Originally, Federal State Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics of the Ufa Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, was established as the Department of Biochemistry and Cytochemistry of the Bashkir Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (BF USSR) in 1962. In 2011, the type and name of the Institute was changed to the Federal State Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, of the Ufa Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences.
The main objective of the Institute is to conduct fundamental and applied research in the field of physico-chemical biology and genetics. The main activities of the Institute focus on the molecular mechanisms of plant relationship with the environment and their regulation; creation and study of the properties of genetically modified organisms with unique economically valuable traits; microevolution processes; ethnogenomics and genogeography of hereditary multifactorial diseases and complex traits in human populations; biochemical and population mechanisms of adaptability in insects; mechanisms of interaction between the nervous and immune systems; research of the pharmacological activity of new substances of natural or synthetic origin; development of new technologies for studies of biopolymers, including at the nanoscale.
Currently, 9 research laboratories of the Institute employ 20 doctors and 57 candidates of sciences. Annually, the Institute trains more than 30 graduate students, while there is also a council for the defense of doctoral theses in three academic disciplines. Wide recognition was given to the research studies on organization and expression of genes of higher and lower organisms, in molecular and population genetics of human physiology, as well as in biochemistry of plants and insects, living systems technology and pharmacogenomics.
The Institute participates in various international projects and employes a team of highly skilled professionals. Approximately 50% of the budget of the Institute comes from grants received from the Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences, RFBR, RHF, Rosnauka, European Union and other.
Национальная контактная точка "Здравоохранение"
