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July 1, 2022
Scientists from the Karelian Research Centre RAS are among winners of the 2022 youth competitions under the Russian Science Foundation’s Presidential Program. Grants will be allocated to three research projects. Congratulations to our colleagues!
Russian Science Foundation announced the results of the 2022 grant competitions for “Research by teams headed by young scientists” and “Implementation of research initiatives by young scientists”. The list of winning applications includes projects by scientists from the Karelian Research Centre RAS:

• “Spatio-temporal dynamics of the Kola Peninsula palsa mires as a marker of climate change in the Arctic”
(Leader Pavel Ryazantsev, Cand. Sci. (Geol.-Miner.), Senior Researcher at the Laboratory for Environmental Monitoring and Modeling (Dept. for Integrated Research KarRC RAS), Senior Researcher at Geophysics Laboratory (Institute of Geology KarRC RAS));

• “Role of O2-/H2O2 in the regulation of cambial stem cell differentiation in different xylogenesis scenarios” (Leader Ksenia Nikerova, Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Senior Researcher, Head of the Analytical Laboratory, Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS);

• “Sucrose signaling as a determinant of the molecular genetic program of vascular cambium differentiation in woody plants” (Leader Yulia Moshchenskaya, Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Woody Plant Physiology and Cytology, Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS).

Congratulations on the success and wishes of fruitful research to our colleagues!

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