Belarusian Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists

The public association "Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists" (BSBMB) was registered on November 11, 2016 by the decision of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus.

The public association "Belarusian Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists" cooperates with state enterprises and public associations.

The most important role in supporting and developing the public association is played by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus , which supports the activities, conducted  by Belarusian biochemists on the basis of the Republican Research Unitary Enterprise "Institute of Biochemistry of Biologically Active Compounds of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus".

The history of the creation of the public association "Belarusian Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists"

The Belarusian Biochemical Society, as an integral part of the all-Union scientific structure, was organized in 1959. In addition to regional scientific conferences, conferences of the Belarusian biochemical community were held with the Baltic republics.

The Council of the Belarusian Biochemical Society was headed: 1959-1985: Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR Alexander Stepanovich Evening, 1985-1992: Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR Yuri Mikhailovich Ostrovsky, 1992-2000: Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Nikolaevich Reshetnikov.

April 28, 2000 on the initiative of the Directorate of the Institute of Biochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, a congress of biochemists of Belarus was held, the proceedings of the congress “Biochemical aspects of the life of biological systems” (edited by Prof. L.I. Nefedov) were published, and the legal registration of the society was carried out in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus.

Reconstruction of the Public Association of Belarusian Biochemists (OOBB) has been undertaken since 2013. with the support of the leadership of the Ukrainian and Polish Biochemical Society. The Ukrainian Biochemical Society, represented by Academician Sergei Vasilievich Komissarenko, were held practical communication between the biochemists of Belarus and the leadership of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

On October 1, 2015, a meeting of the organizational congress of the Belarusian Public Association of Biochemists (BOOB) was held, where the prospects for the reorganization of the society were outlined.

The meeting was attended by:

– representatives of the BOOB departments: Buko V.U., Borodina T.A., Gurinovich V.A., Zverinsky I.V., Zverinskaya N.G., Kondyba N.I., Kuzmitskaya I.A., Lukivskaya O. Ya., Lukienko E.P., Luchko T.A., Moiseenok A.G., Nadolnik L.I., Naruta E.E., Omelyanchik S.N., Stepuro I.I., Sutko I.P. , Chumachenko S.S., Shuriberko A.V., Averin V.A., Cheshchevik V.T., Sushko L.I., Golovach N.G., Kanunnikova N.P., Semenovich D.S., Makarchikov A.F., Kolos I.K., Kurbat M.N., Vinitskaya A.G., Gulyai I.E., Yankevich N.V., Zhuk O.N., Gilep A.A., Chirkin A.;

– representatives of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Vida Mildaziene (Lithuania), Tatiana Borisova (Ukraine).

The participants of the organizational congress unanimously DECIDED:

approve the working group consisting of: d.b.s. Nadolnik L.I., Doctor of Biological Sciences Moiseenok A.G., Doctor of Biological Sciences Zavodnik I.B., Doctor of Biological Sciences Makarchikov A.F., Ph.D. Kurbat M.N., Doctor of Biological Sciences Chirkin A.A., MD Gritsuk A.I., Ph.D. Sevastyanov A.N., Ph.D. Gilep A.A., Ph.D. Semak I.V., MD Taganovich A.D., and instruct the working group to prepare materials for the organizational congress of the "Belarusian Society of Biochemists" in 2016 with its subsequent registration with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus.
To date, the members of the Public Association "Belarusian Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists" are 151 people.

September 15, 2017 at a meeting of the Council of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), the Public Association "Belarusian Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists" was accepted into the FEBS as an associate member.

Cooperation with the Society of Biochemists of Lithuania and Poland is being established.

Charter of the Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (download)

Contact details:

Public Association "Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists" (Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists)

sq. Anthony Tyzengauz, 7, 230023, Grodno, Belarus

phone/fax: +375152558778

e-mail: bobmb@ibiochemistry.by

Bank details: Public Association "Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists", UNP 805003446, Settlement account: BY94BLBB30150805003446001001 (Belarusian ruble), in JSC "Belinvestbank" Grodno, st. Mickiewicz 3, BIC BLBBBY2X, UNP 807000028

Contact Information

Associate Professor, Ph.D. Kuzniatsou Aleh (+375152559075)

Associate Professor, Ph.D. Kurbat Mihail (+375152559075)

Secretary of the Society: M.D. Gorchakova Olga (+375152558778)

Treasurer: Titko Oksana (+375152559072)