SCIENTIST FROM THE INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY STEPHAN ANGELOFF PARTICIPATES IN THE BULGARIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

Assoc. Prof. Snezhana Rusinova, PhD, Photo: BTA/Konstantin Karagyozov

The microbiologist and biotechnologist Assoc. Prof. Snezhana Rusinova, PhD, from the Laboratory of "Cellular Biosystems" at the Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, is participating in the 31st Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition to Livingston Island. The project under the title "Biotechnological approach for obtaining biologically active molecules from Antarctic yeasts" aims to track the biodiversity of Antarctic yeasts and to explore their potential for synthesizing biologically active molecules with pharmaceutical applications. 

Here is the link to the full interview with the researcher by BTA (Bulgarian News Agency) - link.