NATO Workshop in Novosibirsk

A workshop on "Sponsored Biological Research in Russia for the New Millenium" recently took place in the Novosibirsk Region of Russia. The Workshop was supported under the NATO Science Programme and the host institution was the State Research Center for Virology and Biotechnology, Koltsovo, Russia. It was co-directed by Prof. Lev S. Sandakhchiev, Director General of the Center, and by Dr. J. Wolfram of the US Department of Energy and brought together scientists from the United States, European countries and Japan, to interact with Russian colleagues in the southern Siberian Region of Russia.

The workshop was held to exchange scientific information about ongoing research in biotechnology, and to discuss the potential for international collaboration and the development of selected research areas for commercialization. Topics discussed included Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Biodiversity/Sustainability of Natural Resources, and International Collaboration Opportunities and Commercialization.