International Sakharov Environmental Institute of Belarusian State University

Research Sector (NIS) is a structural division of the Institute that provides organization, coordination and implementation of scientific and innovative activities of the Institute and its management.

Main tasks of NIS:
1) Organization and conduct of fundamental and applied scientific research in priority areas of natural, technical and socio-economic sciences corresponding to the profile of graduates.
2) Priority development of scientific research aimed at improving the education system at all levels.
3) Development of innovative activities, provision of scientific, technical and consulting services aimed at commercialization of research and development results.
4) Development of international scientific and technical cooperation.
5) Legal protection and protection of property rights to intellectual property objects.
6) Development and implementation of organizational and economic measures to attract budgetary and extra-budgetary financial resources to scientific and innovative activities.
7) Ensuring close connection of scientific and innovative activities with the educational process.

Key NIS functions:
1) Development of long-term and current plans for conducting scientific research and development in accordance with promising areas of scientific development, plans for socio-economic development of the Republic of Belarus, and the needs of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus.
2) Organization and implementation of timely and high-quality performance of fundamental and applied research performed under state, industry, regional scientific and technical programs and individual projects, research works performed under contracts and contracts with domestic and foreign customers.
3) Execution of scientific and economic contracts for the provision of services to organizations and the public.
4) Conducting acceptance and organizing the delivery of the results obtained for completed research projects and their stages.
5) Organization of work on normative-methodological and information-analytical support of scientific research and development.
6) Marketing of scientific research and development in the domestic and international markets.
7) Preparation and holding of scientific conferences, seminars and meetings at all levels, participation in international, national and industry exhibitions.
8) Coordinate the connection of scientific research with the educational process by providing the available laboratory facilities for students, undergraduates, postgraduates and doctoral students to complete course and diploma projects, complete practical training and conduct scientific research.

2016-2020:
SPNI 8 “Physical Materials Science, new materials and technologies “subprogram 1″ Materials Science and technologies”:
Task 1.42.2 “Investigation of the structural and phase state, microstructure, corrosion and radiation resistance, time and temperature stability of fast-cured Sn-Zn-Bi eutectic alloy foils and solder joints based on them”, completed in 2016-2018.

GPNI 10 “Nature management and ecology” subprogram 3 “Radiation and natural systems”:
Task 3.01“State of regulatory mechanisms of calcium metabolism in platelets of irradiated animals”, deadline 2016-2018
. Task 3.08 “Study of the availability of microelements selenium, iodine, iron and zinc in the population of various ecological regions of Belarus with high rates of thyroid disease”, implementation period 2016-2018.
Task 3.10 “the Formation of the dose transuranic elements, their biological consequences and direction of the processes of radioadaptation in biota of water bodies with different levels of radioactive contamination”, the implementation period 2016-2018
Job 3.13 “Evaluation of pheno – and genotypic stability of segetal plants agroalimen territories to the combined effect atatechnology emissions of thermal power plants and municipal solid waste (MSW) with the aim of improving local phytomonitoring and reclamation”, the implementation period 2016-2018
Job 3.15 “the Study of the fractional composition of the elements of the main pollutants in soils of Belarus in the conditions of various anthropogenic pressures, with the goal of developing diagnostic criteria for the assessment of soil pollution by heavy metals”, deadline 2016-2018
Job 3.18 “development of a model of the foundations of environmental security as a major environmental component in the solution of tasks of the National strategy for sustainable socio-economic development of the Republic of Belarus (NSDS)”, deadline 2016-2018

GPNI 11 “Convergence 2020”:
Subprogram 2 “Microcosm, plasma and universe”
Task 2.2.02 “Higgs bosons and neutrinos in extensions of the standard model”, deadline 2016-2018
. Subprogram 3 “Unification”
Task 3.06.1“Study of the possibilities of correcting metabolic abnormalities of various etiologies by general gas cryotherapy and development of recommendations for optimizing cold exposure regimes”, implementation period 2016-2018.

BRFFI projects:

• Physical bases for increasing the photocatalytic activity of semiconductor nanostructured materials during processing in nonequilibrium plasma media (state registration number 20170953). Completion date 2017-2019

• Study of the contribution of molecular genetic changes and environmental mutagenic pressure to oncogenesis (on the example of kidney cancer) (state registration number 20170889). Completion date 2017-2019

• Formation of the structure of entomocomplexes of open ecosystems of the Belarusian Polesie on anthropogenic transformed lands (state registration number 20170890). Completion date 2017-2019

• To develop a methodology for assessing the adaptation of agrocenoses to heavy metal and radionuclide contamination (state registration number 20181470). Completion date 2018-2020
• Photochromic systems based on semiconductor quantum dots with photoinduced reversible fluorescence modulation (state registration number 20181351). Completion date 2018-2020
• Ecological safety and biodiversity of the Eastern European and Central Asian regions in the context of sustainable development, global bioethics and survival strategy (state registration number 20181420). Completion date 2018-2020
• Synthesis and study of antiproliferative, immunomodulating, and antiviral properties of nucleoside monophosphate derivatives (state registration number 20181493). Completion date 2018-2020
• Investigation of the structural-phase state, microstructure, and properties of fast-solidified eutectic alloys Al-Sn and Al-Ge (state registration number 20181494). Completion date 2018-2020
• Assessment of the bioelement status of the population as a regionally oriented method for correcting microelementosis and a way to increase the level of ecological culture (state registration number 20181495). Completion date 2018-2020

Selected projects of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus:

• Energy use of marsh biomass based on peat-reed-willow (state registration number 20180408). Completion date 2018
• Modeling of electrical characteristics of photovoltaic converters in the conditions of Belarus (state registration number 20180409). Completion date 2018
• To develop a method for ecological assessment of the state of the industrial city environment using ruderal plants: on the example of Zhodino (state registration number 20180360). Completion date 2018

Other individual projects:

• – по заказу Entsorgungsfachbetrieb HLD-Umwelt GmbH
  To conduct research on the possibility of organizing a waste management system in the Brest region, taking into account international experience and the introduction of technologies used by Entsorgungsfachbetrieb HLD-Umwelt GmbH, Germany (state registration number 20180945). Completion date 2018-2019
• – commissioned by the SPC of the State Committee of Forensic Examinations of the Republic of Belarus
  Create a reference information and search system “Pollen of woody and shrubby plants growing on the territory of the Republic of Belarus” (state registration number 20180407).

1) The Republic of Belarus

• 20101644. Assessment of the quality of aquatic ecosystems using the pro-oxidant-antioxidant balance in macrophytes as an indicative indicator (on the example of reservoirs and watercourses in Minsk). International Sakahrov Environmental Institute of BSU, 3.2012.
• 20101868. Bioethical foundations of biomedical and genetic research. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 3.2012.
• 20101869. Assessment of cytogenetic effects of complex anthropogenic impacts in an urbanized environment using the Allium test. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 3.2012.
• 20102654. Evaluation of the significance of alternative breeding methods in freshwater pulmonate mollusks in preserving natural foci of helminthic diseases. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 3.2012.
• 20102655. Study of cytogenetic features of Orthoptera under anthropogenic load in order to develop environmental monitoring. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 3.2012.
• 20111067. To develop new tools and methods for correcting metabolism in the tissues and organs of the irradiated body. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12. 2013.
• 20111112. To study the regularities of regulation of the main body functions under irradiation conditions and the action of other factors. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2013.
• 20114131. Determine the levels of tritium content in open reservoirs and existing water intakes in the area of the planned construction of the Belarusian NPP. ISEI BSU. 12.2012.
• 20114132. To estimate the values of accumulation of heavy metals by higher aquatic vegetation, to determine the antioxidant activity, pro-oxidant-antioxidant balance and GDV-grams of plants as indicative indicators of technogenic pollution. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2011.
• 20114133. Elucidation of the role of monooxygenases in oxidative stress and drug resistance of tumor cells. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12. 2013.
• 20115062. Development of unified scientific and methodological bases for training, advanced training and retraining of specialists and teachers in the field of nuclear and radiation safety. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2011.
• 20115063. Develop a set of measures and methodological support for accounting, forming and maintaining a database of the cadastre of renewable energy sources, certification of confirmation of the origin of energy produced from renewable energy sources. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 11. 2011. report
• 20115192. Assessment of anthropogenic pressure and endoecological status of natural populations of Betula pendula growing in urbanized areas. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 3.2013.
• 20115194. To develop mathematical models and computer programs for analyzing and predicting the processes of moisture, heat, and salt transfer in capillary-porous materials used in building structures. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 3.2013.
• 20115195. To study the regularities of polydismicroelementosis formation under conditions of increased physical activity and correction measures. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 3.2013.
• 20115196. Using a fast neutron generator to develop a new method for measuring cross-sections of nuclear reactions. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 3.2013.
• 20115197. To develop a system of genetic and phenotypic tests to improve the efficiency of pharmaceutical support for athletes ‘ training International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2012.
• 20115198. Creation of a system of continuous environmental education in the context of solving the tasks of the national strategy for sustainable Socio-economic development of the Republic of Belarus (NSSD-2020). International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2013.
• 20115199. To assess the effects of electromagnetic radiation of various ranges at the molecular, organismal, and population levels. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2013.
• 20115200. Modeling and forecasting the transport of pollutants in the aeration zone and ground water and with forest fire smoke. Methods and models for analyzing the energy potential of solid waste landfills. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2013.
• 20115201. To develop methods of rehabilitation and conservation of ecosystems in the conditions of anthropogenic impact. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2013.
• 20115202. To study the role of lipid components of photosynthetic membranes under the action of oxidative stress and to develop a strategy for the formation of agrocenoses and forecasting their stability. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2013.
• 20115203. Research of heat and mass transfer processes in biological objects under temperature influence, creation of mathematical models for describing membrane mechanisms and biosynthesis processes in the cell nucleus, and development of methodological recommendations for creating new suprasectoral technologies of the future for medicine and biology to increase the resistance of the human body to adverse external influences. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU               , 12.2015.
• 20120085. Synthesis of new ferromagnetic and magnetoelectric materials and their nonlinear properties in external electromagnetic fields.International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2013.
• 20121210. To develop methods and algorithms for predicting changes in temperature and relative humidity over time using the example of Minsk. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2012.
• 20121211. Environmental aspects of the use of plant and wood waste as sources of biofuels. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12. 2012.
• 20121224. Environmental assessment of the technology of production of renewable biofuels from the territory of developed peatlands based on the life cycle assessment method. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2012.
• 20121225. Mechanisms of antiproliferative action of mesenchymal stem cells. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2012.
• 20121226. Comparative chromatography-mass spectrometry of the minor form of hemoglobin A1b formed in vivo and obtained in vitro. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2012.
• 20121227. Disorders of signal regulation of platelet functional activity in gestosis and methods of their correction. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2012.
• 20121228. Ecological state, species composition of the ichthyofauna of reservoirs and watercourses in Minsk, the degree of accumulation of heavy metals in the muscle tissue of fish. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2012.
• 20122459. Development of software tools for predicting the migration of radionuclides from the soil-ground environment to aquatic ecosystems based on neural network technologies. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 3.2014.
• 20122460. Prevalence of mutations in key genes of the repair system in women of the Republic of Belarus. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 3.2014.
• 20122461. Intensity and dynamics of metabolism, as well as its features in Lepidoptera (Insecta; Lepidoptera: Lymantria monacha L., Bupalus piniarius L.) during ontogenesis. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 3.2014.
• 20122462. Mechanisms of stability in invertebrate communities of water bodies in Belarus and Russia under the influence of global natural and anthropogenic factors. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 3.2014.
• 20123099. Study of the regularities of the formation of the bioelement balance and antioxidant properties of vegetation in the developed peatlands of Belarus. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 3.2014.
• 20123196. Assessment of the resistance of sugar beet hybrids to stress-forming factors at various stages of organogenesis using the gas-discharge visualization method. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 8.2012.
• 20130534. Investigation of the possibility of obtaining multi-purpose composite materials based on clay-salt slurries (waste from the potash production of JSC Belaruskali) for use in nuclear power and agriculture. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2013.
• 20132397. Creating an online ecological map of the cities of Minsk, Brest, Grodno, Gomel, Mogilev, and Vitebsk. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2013.
• 20132398. Methodological approaches to the development of a program for modernization of the radiation monitoring instrumentation base. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2013.
• 20132399. Identification of key polymorphisms of genes of the cytochrome P450 family leading to the development of oncological diseases on the example of breast cancer in women of the Republic of Belarus. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2013.
• 20132400. Contribution of polymorphisms of xenobiotic detoxification genes to the development of pathology of the upper gastrointestinal tract in children living in conditions of ecological disadvantage. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12.2013.
• 20140767. Develop a computer model for analyzing heat losses in energy-efficient construction. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU. 12. 2014.
• 20140768. To develop a method for estimating the radial distribution of 137Cs over annual tree rings for monitoring forest ecosystems contaminated with radionuclides. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2014.
• 20140769. To study the influence of enterprises of the Mozyr industrial district on the microbiological activity of soils in the Pripyat River floodplain. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2014.
• 20141252. To study the phytocenotic diversity of segetal vegetation of Belarusian phytocenoses and the possibility of using concentrator plants as indicators of heavy metal contamination. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20141253. Microelement supply of the body in case of nodular pathology of the thyroid gland in the conditions of elimination of iodine deficiency in Belarus. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20141254. Assess the energy potential of large MSW landfills in Belarus and develop recommendations for its implementation. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20141255. The role of immunoregulatory disorders and environmental factors (infections) in the development of autoimmune aggression. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142167. To develop methods for long-term forecasting of interrelated heat and moisture transfer and migration of pollutants in natural dispersed media using parallel computing technology. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2014.
• 20142168. To investigate the molecular mechanisms of antithrombotic effects of diadenosine-5′, 5″‘ – P1, P4-tetraphosphate in preeclampsia and low-dose ionizing radiation. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142169. To study the molecular mechanisms of action of physiologically active substances (glucocorticoids, low-molecular peptides) in the correction of radiation damage to immune system cells. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142170. Regularities of biogenic migration of priority dose-generating radionuclides (90Sr, 137Cs, 241Am) and their impact on biota in reservoirs with different levels of radiation pollution. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142171. To develop a biological product based on a solid-phase oyster mushroom culture for bioremediation of soils and water contaminated with organic pollutants. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142172. Development of models, algorithms, and software tools for analyzing heat and moisture transfer in multilayer building structures. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2014.
• 20142541. Develop a test system for detecting the effects of agrochemicals and plant growth regulators on agrocenoses. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142542. Locusts (Acrididae) as indicators of ecological and successional processes in technogenically transformed biogeocenoses. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142543. Study of the effectiveness of combinations of herbaceous hyperaccumulators in optimizing phytoremidiation of contaminated soils. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142544. Enzymatic synthesis and physiological and biochemical characteristics of a new immunostimulating agent — bis-(3′,5′)-cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP). International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142545. Develop a methodology for using filters based on annual and perennial plant species to manage diffuse runoff. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142546. Cytogenetic effects of exposure to ionizing electromagnetic radiation on the human genome in the long-term period after exposure. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142547. Scientific and methodological support for the implementation of the UNECE Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development in the Republic of Belarus in 2014-2015 in the context of solving the tasks of the National Strategy for Sustainable Socio–Economic Development of the Republic of Belarus (NSSD-2020). International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142548. To study the influence of stress factors on the neurotransmitter systems of brain neurons. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142549. Nonlinear properties of ferromagnets and magnetoelectrics in external electromagnetic fields. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20142550. Identification of risk markers for gestosis in pregnant women in order to improve its prognosis, prevention and treatment. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 12.2015.
• 20143450. Analysis of features of the molecular and genetic status of breast cancer tissue cells (on the example of genes of the xenobiotic detoxification system, genes of repair systems, and genes of cell cycle regulators) in the female population of the Republic of Belarus. Completion date 2014-2016
• 20151195. The role of ecotones in the conservation of biodiversity on the example of Orthoptera and Hemiptera and ensuring the stability of biogeocenoses. Completion date 2015-2017
• 20151043. Assessment of the contribution of a genetic factor to the development of ludomania. Completion date 2015-2017
• Synthesis and study of radical-regulating, immunomodulatory, and antiviral properties of aminophenol derivatives. Completion date is 2016-2017.
• by order of “Bel SIC” Ecology “
  20171312. Analysis of samples to assess the total content of brominated pops in raw materials, waste, and finished products. Completion date 2017
• by orderUNICEF Representative Offices in the Republic of Belarus
  20171640. The state of iodine supply and prevalence of goiter in children and pregnant women, as well as indicators of intellectual development in school-age children in the Republic of Belarus.
• 20091581. Assessment of the anti-stress response of freshwater bivalves and pulmonate mollusks in Ukraine and the Republic of Belarus. Sakharov International State Ecological Institute of BSU, 3.2011.
• 20115193. Ethical aspects of nanotechnology application in biomedicine and human ecology. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 3.2013 (Republic of Belarus – Ukraine).
• 20132294. Biosafety and problems of mutual adaptation of natural and artificial nanostructures in biomedicine and genetics: natural science and bioethical aspects. International Sakharov Environmental Institute of BSU, 3.2015 (Republic of Belarus – Ukraine).
• 2015104. Comparative assessment of the adaptive potential of Belarusian and Baikal gastropod species with different ecological valence to environmental stress factors. Completion date 2015-2017
• 20151196. Problems of public health promotion in the context of social bioethics and introduction of innovative biomedical technologies. Completion date 2015-2017
• 20151042. Ecological and biochemical approaches to the regulation of growth and reproduction in gill-legged and decapod crayfish in the aspect of their potential use in aquaculture. Completion date 2015-2016

• Poland – Belarus – Ukraine Cross-Border Cooperation Program for 2014-2020
• Belarusian Republican Foundation for Basic Research
• National Information Office of the EU Science and Innovation Programs in Belarus
• Belarusian Institute of System Analysis and Information Support of the Scientific and Technical Sphere (BelISA)
• Main Department of Science of BSU
• EU Funding Trends
• Kolas Central Scientific Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus