VESTNIK OF SAINT PETERSBURG UNIVERSITY. BIOLOGY

THE JOURNAL IS PUBLISHED UNDER THE TITLE "BIOLOGICAL COMMUNICATIONS" FROM 2017

ISSN: 1025-8604
Index Catalogue: 36844

Editorial Board Members:

Dr. Yegor B. Malashichev, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia; Head, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Saint Petersburg, Russia; ORCID;
Dr. Marina A. Romanova, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. Botany, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia;
Prof. Evgeny V. Abakumov, Head, Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia; ORCID;
Dr. Natalia V. Alenina, Researcher, Group of Molecular Biology of Peptide Hormones, Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Helmholtz Gemainschaft, Berlin, Germany; ORCID;
Prof. Thomas CG Bosch, Head, Institute of Zoology, vice-rector, Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany;
Prof. Raul R. Gainetdinov, Head, Laboratory of Neurobiology and Molecular Pharmacology, Director, Institute of Translational Biomedicine, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia;
Professor Emeritus R. Neil Jones, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, U.K.;
Dr. Nikita V. Zelenkov, Head, Laboratory of Palaeoornithology, Borissiak Palaeontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; ORCID;
Dr. Alla I. Ignashchenkova, Research Associate, Abteilung Kognitive Neurologie, Universitatsklinikum Tubingen, Eberhard Karls Universitat Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany; ORCID;
Prof. Zesary Kabala, Institute of Soil Science and Environmental Protection, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland; ORCID;
Dr. Cinzia Chiandetti, Assistant Professor, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy; ORCID;
Dr. Dunja Knapp, researcher at DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany; ORCID;
Prof. Dmitrii E. Korzhevskii, Head, Laboratory of Functional Morphology of the Central and Peripheral Neural System, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Saint Petersburg, Russia; ORCID;
Dr. Mikhail A. Kostylev, Researcher, School of Medicine, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, United States;
Dr. Alla V. Krasikova, Associate Professor, Leader of the Group “Structure and Dinamics of the Cell Nucleus”, Department of Cytology and Histology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia; ORCID;
Dr. Vasiliy B. Martynenko, Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Geobotany and Protection of Vegetation, Institute of Biology, Ufa Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences Ufa, Russia;
Dr. Farida V. Minibaeva, Head, Laboratory of Redox Metabolism, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia;
Dr. Sergey V. Mylnikov, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia; ORCID;
Prof. Stephen J. O’Brien, Leading Researcher, Head, Theodosius Dobzhansky Center for Genome Bioinformatics, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia;
Prof. Paulo Pereira, Head, Environmental Management Centre, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania;
Dr. Andrey O. Plotnikov, Head, Resource Center “Persistence of Microorganisms”, Institute for Cellular and Intracellular Symbiosis, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Orenburg, Russia; ORCID;
Dr. Igor Yu. Popov, Senior Researcher, Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia; ORCID;
Prof. Oleg L. Serov, Head, Laboratory of Developmental Genetics, Federal Research Center of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia;
Dr. Alexey V. Smirnov, Associate Professor, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia; ORCID;
Prof. Michael L. Firsov, Director, Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia; ORCID.

Editor-in-Chief: Malashichev Egor Borisovich, Ph.D. of Biology, Associate Professor of the Department of Vertebrate zoology
Editorial Assistant: Roman G. Khalikov

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Editorial policy
Editorial board takes into consideration the original (not previously published, except for materials of scientific conferences) research works within the theme of the magazine, presenting new scientific results obtained personally by the authors . Also are published reviews, describing the current state of relevant areas of science and technology, reports about scientific conferences, proceedings of scientific debates and reviews of new books.
In its routine activity Editorial board is guided by principles of editorial ethics.

Editorial ethics
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