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Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that on August 5^th 2016 the Presidium of the Main Board of VSG&B awarded VSG&B members with jubilee medals and diplomas. The list of awardees can found at the VSG&B site.

The award ceremony will be held on November 8 in the Blue Hall of the Presidium of the RAS (Moscow, Leninsky pr. 32A)  during the opening ceremony of the of the International conference “50th Anniversary of Vavilov Society of Geneticists and Breeders: Achievements and Perspectives”

Dear colleagues,

All participants have been informed of abstract review results via email. If you have not received an email, please check your spam folder or contact the Organizing committee (vogis50@vogis.org).

Oral presenters (excluding VSG&B medal or diploma awardees and VSG&B members) should submit the following information at vogis50@vogis.org before October 15:

• Full name;
• Affiliation;
• Scientific degree and current position;
• Whether you need an invitation letter (a pdf copy of the letter can be sent via email);
• Whether you would like to attend the banquet which will be held on November 8 after the main session.

Please note that email confirmation is required to permitted to the venue (Moscow, Leninsky pr. 32A, the Blue Hall) on November 8.

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The Jubilee Conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Vavilov’s Society of Geneticists and Breeders will be held in Moscow on Nov 8-10, 2016. The theme of the conference is the following:

“50th Anniversary of Vavilov Society of Geneticists and Breeders: Achievements and Perspectives”

 

The main aim of the event is exchange of experience, networking and discussion of advances, difficulties and perspectives in the field of genetics and breeding in the Russian Federation.

The goals of the event are the following:

• Exchage of experience and sharing information on research in genetics and breeding in the Russian Federation with Russian and foreign specialists.
• Development and stengthening of collaboration between academic and educational organizations, as well as discussion of joint projects and fundamental and applied studies in genetics and breeding.
• Promotion of the newest advances in genetics and breeding.
• Networking with leading foreign specialists in genetics and breeding.

The event includes celebration of the 50th Anniversary of VSG&B as well as scientific sessions that will include talks about the current trends in the genetics and breeding. We invite you to participate in the Conference. For participation, you need to register and send your abstract to the Organizing Committee.

The Programm Committee will choose between participants based on their abstracts and offer the selected authors the opportunity to deliver an oral presentation. The Conference will not include a poster session.

No fee is charged for participation.

You can contact the Conference Office at vogis50@vogis.org

Registration and abstract submission forms will be released in February 2016 at the Conference site.

Working languages of the Conference and Russian and English.

 

Hope to see you at the Conference,

Organizing Committee