Биотехнология и селекция растений (Dec 2023)

On the results of the Second Scientific Forum “Genetic Resources of Russia”

  • I. A. Tikhonovich,
  • D. V. Geltman,
  • N. S. Chernetsov,
  • N. A. Mikhailova,
  • A. S. Glotov,
  • N. V. Dementieva,
  • V. К. Khlestkin,
  • Yu. V. Ukhatova,
  • A. A. Zavarzin,
  • A. A. Nizhnikov,
  • E. K. Khlestkina

DOI
https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-6266-2023-2-o1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 2
pp. 43 – 52

Abstract

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The Second Scientific Forum “Genetic Resources of Russia” was held in St. Petersburg, June 26-28, 2023. Thе Forum comprised nine associated scientific conferences and conference schools dedicated to the establishment, formation, conservation, development, studying and utilization of biological (bioresource) collections as well as to the activities of bioresource centers, and a round table entitled “Statutory Legal Regulation and Standards for the Work with Bioresource Collections”. More than 700 researchers representing over a hundred scientific institutions and universities from Russia and other countries participated in the Forum. In total, more than 200 oral presentations were made during those events (including 16 talks at the Forum’s Plenary Session). The participants of the Forum events thoroughly discussed the results of the Federal Scientific and Technical Program for the Development of Genetic Technologies for 2019-2030 associated with the establishment and development of bioresource collections for research in the field of genetic technologies, the prospects for the promotion of this sector, and the regulatory legal framework in the sphere of ensuring conservation and development of biological (bioresource) collections, establishment and functioning of bioresource centers, and their sustainable and rational utilization in scientific research and development activities. The outcome of those discussions is presented in this publication in the form of the Forum’s Resolution. Upon reviewing the results of the Federal Scientific and Technical Program for the Development of Genetic Technologies for 2019-2030 pertaining to the establishment and development of bioresource collections for research in the field of genetic technologies, the Forum recognized them as successful. The Forum approved the draft of the legal act “On Bioresource Centers and Biological (Bioresource) Collections”, which is currently under consideration in the State Duma of the Russian Federation and emphasized the need for its soonest adoption.

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