Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals
The Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals located in Novosibirsk is one of the oldest research organization in the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The institute was founded in 1944 as Biomedical Institute, the first Siberian academic establishment working in biology. The Siberian Zoological Museum of the ISEA SB RAS has the third-largest coleopteran collection in Russia. Some Siberian research organizations as the Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS and the Institute of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry SB RAS were derived from the Institute former laboratories.
General background
The Institute research mission is the study of animal populations and communities structural and functional organization along with community ecology and biodiversity.The ISEA international activities include collaboration with researchers from the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Japan and China.
History
The institute was formed as the Biomedical Institute in 1944 due to the special Order of the USSR Sovnarkom. It was renamed a few times:- 1944 — the Biomedical Institute, the USSR Academy of Sciences West Siberian affiliate;
- 1953 — the Biological Institute, the USSR Academy of Sciences West Siberian affiliate;
- 1959 — the Biological Institute, the USSR Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch;
- 1991 — the Biological Institute, the Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch;
- 1993 — the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, the Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch.
Institute directors
- 1944—1951 — Victor V. Reverdatto, Prof, ScD
- 1951—1953 — Sergey U. Stroganov, Prof, ScD
- 1953—1954 — S. I. Gluzdakov, PhD
- 1954—1955 — Kira A. Sobolevskaya, Prof, ScD
- 1955—1978 — Alexey I. Cherepanov, Prof, ScD
- 1978—2006 — Vadim I. Evsikov, Corresponding Member of RAS, Prof, ScD
- since 2006 — Victor V. Glupov, Prof, ScD.
Research units
There are seven laboratories, one special research team, three research stations and one affiliated research and production unit in the institute.Laboratories
- The Insect Pathology Laboratory ;
- The Invertebrate Systematics Laboratory ;
- The Laboratory of Behavioral Ecology of Animal Communities ;
- The Laboratory of Vertebrate Community Ecology ;
- The Philogeny and Faunogenesis Laboratory ;
- The Population Structure and Dynamics Laboratory ;
- The Zoomonitoring Laboratory.
- The Research Group in Avian Ecology.
Research stations
- The Karasuk research station ;
- The Chany research station ;
- The Teletsky research station.