Acad. Mikhail P. Kirpichnikov

Biography

Founded in 1930 as the biology section of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Faculty of Biology, with its departments of zoology, botany and soil and geography, is a major center of learning and research, training specialists in various fields of biology. Comprising 28 departments, the Faculty of Biology has 3 problem-dedicated laboratories (the laboratories of space biology and of fermentation chemistry, the laboratory for fisheries and aquatic ecosystems assessment and management), over 50 research laboratories at the departments, 4 faculty laboratories (the laboratories of electronic microscopy, experimental animals, sediment analysis, isotope analysis). We have active affiliations with a biological station in Zvenigorod and a marine station on the White Sea, the Muzeum of Zoology, the Botanical Gardens on Vorobiyevy Hills and Prospect Mira and a wildlife rehabilitation and research centre

Research Interest

The Faculty main areas of research are major modern issues in biology, medicine and agriculture, with our scientists working on the following problems: physical and biochemical principles of self-organization in biological systems (material and energetic component relationships in complex biological systems); comparative physiology and biochemistry of microorganisms; protein and nucleic acids structure, synthesis and functions; genetic engineering on pro- and eukaryotic organisms; histogenesis of connective tissue cells; biological membrane structure and functions; energetic processes of photosynthesis, human and animal physiology (physiology of cardiovascular system and visceral systems, blood physiology); genetics; evolutionary and ecological physiology; the theoretical basis for modelling of biological systems.