KarRC RAS to run trials of Belarusian technologies for woody plant reproduction

KarRC RAS CEO Olga Bakhmet signed a cooperation agreement with the Belarusian Republican Forest Breeding and Seed Production Center (RBSPC). Karelian Research Centre RAS will be a base for trying out Belarusian technologies for reproduction of woody plants in a northern environment.

Breams infected with ligula worms are edible

Biochemists and parasitologists at KarRC RAS studied how the wellbeing and nutritive value of the bream is affected by ligula – a flatworm that can grow to be several times as long as the host fish. To this end, scientists checked a number of crucial parameters in healthy and ligula-infected fish from Lake Syamozero. Analyses show that this parasite, non-hazardous for humans, does not have much effect on the quality of the fish either.

Karelian Research Centre RAS to organize and host water research school for young CIS scientists

Karelian Research Centre RAS in collaboration with the North-Center Association is organizing the international school “Under the Pressure of Global Climate Change: A Youth Network for Water Ecosystem Research”, which will be attended by young CIS researchers. The project is among the winners of the grant competition of the Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund.