Staff of the Institute of Biology KarRC RAS study lipids and fatty acids in marine organisms, including commercial ones. Their research objects include Antarctic krill and deep pelagic fishes inhabiting in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. This year, Head of the Laboratory for Ecological Biochemistry Svetlana Murzina and PhD Student Viktor Voronin took part in a Russian expedition to Antarctic coastal waters on board the research vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh.

Researchers at the Institute of Geology KarRC RAS study corundums of the Arctic zone of Karelia. Ruby and sapphire are the best known varieties of this mineral. Corundum crystals are remarkable for their hardness and color palette. The studies of this mineral were introduced in more detail to KarRC RAS Learned Council meeting on May 26 by the Head of the Mineral Raw Materials Department of the Institute of Geology Vladimir Shchiptsov.