The International Congress "VIII Congress of the Vavilov Society of Geneticists and Breeders dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Russian Science and Higher Education" was held in Saratov on June 14-19, 2024.

The International Congress "VIII Congress of the Vavilov Society of Geneticists and Breeders dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Russian Science and Higher Education" was held on the basis of the Saratov National Research State University named after N. G. Chernyshevsky in Saratov on June 14-19, 2024.

The Congress was chaired by the President of the Vavilov Society of Geneticists and Breeders, Academician I.A. Tikhonovich (Scientific director of the All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Microbiology (VNIISHM), Dean of the Faculty of Biology of St. Petersburg State University).

Modern trends in genetics, breeding and biotechnology were highlighted, including medical and agricultural genetics, genetics of supra-organizational systems, genomics and pangenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, bioinformatics and systems biology.
The round tables discussed the history of genetics, the interaction of science and business, the problems of continuing education (schools – universities – research centers), as well as ethical, legal and social aspects of genetic and genomic research.

30 employees took part in the Congress from the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of VNIISKHM, among them the scientific director of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of VNIISKHM, Academician I.A. Tikhonovich, Director of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of VNIISKHM V.E. Tsyganov, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, G.N. S.A.A. Nizhnikov, G.N. S. E.E. Andronov, G.N. S.E.A. Dolgikh, V.N. S. M.L. Rumyantseva, V.N.S.V.A. Zhukov, V.N.S. A.V. Tsyganova, V.N.S. K.S. Antonets, V.N. S. A.P. Yurkov and others.