Faculty of Biology, Geography and Land Management. Faculty of Biology, Geography and Land Management BSU Faculty of Biology personal account

Dean

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor,

Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation

Bashkatov Sergey Alexandrovich

The Faculty of Biology of Bashkir State University is one of the leading educational and scientific centers Russian Federation in the field of biology, ecology and biotechnology. Its teaching staff ensures the training of highly qualified personnel for scientific and scientific-production enterprises in the biological, medical and agricultural fields. Graduates are also in demand in government agencies management and control (State Service for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, State Committee on ecology and rational use of natural resources, other state and public environmental organizations), in expert laboratories.

laboratory of reproductive biology and plant cloning,

Laboratory of Molecular Biotechnology,

PCR diagnostic laboratory,

safety assessment laboratory modern materials and technologies,

laboratory of electroencephalography and printing,

The Faculty of Biology has developed large scientific schools in the field of botany, physiology and biochemistry of plants, human anatomy and physiology, genetics and fundamental medicine. The faculty has a Dissertation Council D 212.013.11 for the defense of candidate and doctoral dissertations in the specialties 03.02.01 - botany, 03.01.05 - physiology and biochemistry of plants.

Graduates of the Faculty of Biology are employed in various scientific and industrial institutions and enterprises, in state environmental structures, specialized laboratories of the ministries of health, internal affairs, Agriculture, food and processing industries, carry out teaching activities in educational institutions. Biologists, ecologists and biotechnologists are also in demand as specialists in small and medium-sized businesses engaged in livestock farming, floriculture, fish farming, phytodesign, agribusiness, etc.

Many biology graduates choose teaching. They successfully teach biological disciplines at universities, schools and colleges in Ufa and the Republic of Belarus, as well as in other regions of the Russian Federation and abroad.

Study work

Education at the Faculty of Biology includes students mastering the humanities, natural sciences, general professional and special disciplines. Students consistently study philosophy, history, political science, ethics, cultural studies, fundamentals of law, psychology; botany, zoology, biochemistry, biotechnology, anatomy, physiology, biophysics, immunology, ecology, etc.

Educational and training internships are also of great importance for the formation of specialists in the field of biology, during which students improve in the application of scientific methods and carry out experimental field and laboratory research. These studies are carried out in scientific centers in Ufa and cities of the republic. If necessary, students are sent for internships to other educational establishments and research institutes of the Russian Federation.

The Faculty of Biology provides training in the following areas and specialties:

Direction: 06.03.01 " Biology"(bachelor's degree)

Biological Faculty of BSU

This term has other meanings, see Faculty of Biology.

Faculty of Biology, Belarusian State University– a leading scientific and educational center for training biological specialists in the Republic of Belarus. Every year, more than 2,100 students, 60 graduate students and undergraduates study at the faculty.

The teaching staff includes 89 full-time teachers, of which 2 academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 21 doctors of science, 65 candidates of science, 12 professors, 52 associate professors. More than 60 researchers also take part in the implementation of research projects.

Dean – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor Vladimir Vasilievich Lysak.

Photo of the faculty building

Story

The Faculty of Biology was opened in 1931. Prior to this, since 1922, biological training of students was carried out at the natural science department of the Faculty of Education. The first dean (from 08/16/1931) was associate professor Olga Dmitrievna Akimova, who worked as dean from 1931 to 1932 and from 1944 to 1948. In the 30s. The position of dean was considered a social burden, and it was occupied alternately for relatively short periods by faculty teachers: F. I. Derbentsov, E. M. Zubkovich, T. N. Godnev, M. E. Makushok. Enrollment of students at the Faculty of Biology in 1931–1940. were relatively small - 25 - 45 people each.

The beginning of the Great Patriotic War interrupted the work of the university for 2 years (1941–1942). By resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of May 15, 1943, BSU resumed its activities in evacuation, at the Skhodnya station near Moscow. Among others, 25 students from the Faculty of Biology began their studies. The university returned to Minsk in 1944. The faculty was located in a small two-story house on the street. Vitebsk. Classes alternated with work on dismantling ruins and building new buildings. By 1947, the work of 5 departments was fully restored, in which 21 teachers worked, including 6 professors. During the same period, the creation of a stock herbarium at the Department of Botany began, and the Zoological Museum was restored. Already in 1946, a biological station began operating on Lake Naroch.

From 1948 to 1953, the dean of the faculty was Associate Professor S. V. Kalishevich. During this period, student enrollments increased significantly, and the level of professional staff of the teaching corps increased noticeably (in 1953 alone, 2 doctoral and 9 candidate dissertations were defended).

From 1953 to 1971, Associate Professor P. G. Petrovich worked as the dean of the Faculty of Biology. During this period, new departments were created: Darwinism and genetics (1947), microbiology (1960), biochemistry (1964). Prominent scientists worked at the faculty - academicians N.V. Turbin, P.F. Rokitsky, A.S. Vecher, professors G.G. Vinberg, B.Ya. Elbert, P.A. Bulanov, A.P. Kesoreva and etc. The number of graduates of the faculty has increased due to the development of forms of full-time, evening and correspondence education.

In 1971–1973, the dean of the faculty was Professor Yu. K. Fomichev, who made significant efforts to improve the level of scientific research and expand its topics.

From 1973 to 1980, the position of dean was held by Professor A. T. Pikulev. During this period, the department of general ecology was created at the faculty (1974), several new areas of scientific research were developed, the faculty was relocated to a new academic building on the street. Kurchatova.

In 1980–1996, the dean of the Faculty of Biology was Professor A. S. Shukanov. During this period, the preparation of students in the specialty “Bioecology” and the direction “Biotechnology” began. In addition to the continuously functioning Naroch Biological Station, from 1987 to 1992, the Vileika Biological Station worked as a base for student internships.

Since December 1996, the dean of the faculty is Associate Professor V.V. Lysak. During this period, the curricula for training specialists are being improved and new courses are being introduced. Since 2011, training of students in the specialties “Biochemistry” and “Microbiology” has been opened.

Structure

• Department of Biochemistry
• Department of Botany
• Department of Genetics
• Department of Zoology
• Department of Microbiology
• Department of Molecular Biology
• Department of General Ecology and Methods of Teaching Biology
• Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
• Department of Human and Animal Physiology

Research laboratories

• biotechnology
• biochemistry and pharmacology biologically active substances
• biochemistry of metabolism
• hydroecology
• molecular genetics and biotechnology
• applied problems of biochemistry
• transgenic plants
• physiology
• plant physiology and biotechnology

Student research laboratories

• molecular biotechnology
• applied problems of biology and biotechnology of plant cells
• conservation and dynamics of biodiversity

Zoo museum

Hall of Vertebrates

Hall of Vertebrates

The Zoological Museum of the Faculty of Biology of BSU was created in 1921 on the initiative of the head of the Department of Zoology, Professor A.V. Fedyushin. Currently, the museum's collection fund is the largest collection of zoological objects in the republic (stuffed animals, clutches of birds, preparations, osteological material and other vertebrate and invertebrate animals) with a total number of over 102 thousand storage units. The museum's scientific collections are stored in special modern premises with a total area of ​​980 m2. The zoological collections include 260 species listed in the Red Books of the CIS countries and the world. Over the past decade, the exhibition fund has been replenished with such rare species as the red wolf, wandering albatross, ostriches, hyacinth macaw, chimpanzee, as well as numerous tropical insects and a number of other exhibits that are not available in natural history museums of Belarus. In addition, the museum has a significant number of long-extinct fossil animals, for example, fragments of the skeleton of a fossil elephant (the only discovery in Belarus), discovered in 2006 during the construction of the Minsk Metro. Also, a series of species new to science are concentrated here, unique zoological exhibits of the 19th–20th centuries are stored, as well as albinos and chromists with unnatural coloring of the integument, which have no analogues in the republic. The main fund of the museum is annually replenished with new acquisitions (average annual growth rate of 1100 storage units). Throughout its existence, the Zoological Museum has been doing a lot of work to popularize the ideas of nature conservation and as a center of education in environmental sphere. The museum enjoys well-deserved popularity among the population not only of city residents, but also of guests of the capital. About 10 thousand people visit it annually. Among the visitors are not only students, but also researchers from a number of foreign countries.

Botanical Garden

Succulents in a greenhouse

The Botanical Garden of BSU was organized at the Department of Plant Systematics of the Faculty of Biology in 1930. Its founder was Professor S. M. Melnik. From the time of its formation until 1956, the botanical garden with an area of ​​2 hectares was located on the territory of the university campus. The collection included 37 species of woody plants, 19 species of shrub plants and numerous herbaceous plants. In 1956, the botanical garden was moved to Krasnoe tract (south-eastern outskirts of Minsk). The botanical garden was planned according to geographical principles. Plant taxonomy areas were created there, useful plants and arboretum. The collection consisted of more than 800 species. In 1965, the botanical garden was moved to Shchemyslitsa on the territory of the educational and experimental farm of the BSU. Since 2002, the botanical garden has been located near the Faculty of Biology at the address: Minsk, st. Kurchatova, 10. The botanical garden also includes a greenhouse, arboretum and natural monument republican significance"Dubrava". Plot open ground The botanical garden is represented by collections of useful, spicy-flavoring medicinal, ornamental annuals and perennials, rare and endangered plants. There is also a plant taxonomy department, an orchard, and a section of ornamental tree and shrub species. The collection includes more than 900 species, varieties and forms. The collection of tropical and subtropical plants contains about 400 species and varieties belonging to 190 genera from 69 families. The main species composition of tropical and subtropical plants is located in the greenhouse, as well as in winter garden and on the floors of the biological faculty building. The arboretum of the Botanical Garden of the BSU was founded in 1928 on the basis of the stronghold of the All-Union Institute of Plant Growing (VIR) “Schemyslitsa” on the initiative of Academician N.I. Vavilov. Currently, it includes about 250 species and forms from 96 genera and 38 families.

Educational and Scientific Center “Narochan Biological Station named after. G. G. Vinberg"

The building of the Naroch Biological Station

The Naroch Biological Station (NBS) was created in 1947 and in 2002 it received the status of the Narochan Biological Station Educational and Scientific Center. In 2006, the biological station was named after the outstanding hydrobiologist G. G. Vinberg. The first director (from 1948 to 1960) was Candidate of Biological Sciences P. S. Nevyadomskaya, then the biological station was led by A. I. Sergeev, I. A. Zhuk, G. P. Shleshinsky, then L. P. Kashevarov, A. F. Orlovsky, since 2002 - Doctor of Biological Sciences Tatyana Vasilievna Zhukova. In 2002, a new multi-storey building was put into operation, including 14 modern laboratories, as well as classrooms, a conference room, a library and a dormitory. The NBS staff consists of 18 people who provide Maintenance and provide assistance in conducting student internships and research. The biological station has motor and rowing boats, a car, special hydrobiological equipment for field work and the necessary instruments for experimental research. As part of the educational process, NBS provides training and production practices, laboratory classes, organization of coursework, diploma, master's and postgraduate work; promotes the training of highly qualified personnel (execution of master's and doctoral dissertations). On the basis of the NBS, research is carried out aimed at studying the patterns of functioning of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, the mechanisms of formation of water quality and the productivity of reservoirs in order to preserve their natural features and sustainable use of resources, conducting long-term routine observations (ecological monitoring) on ​​the lakes of the Naroch group. The basic unit ensuring the implementation of scientific research work of the NBS is the Research Laboratory of Hydroecology of the Faculty of Biology. The biostation facilitates research by departments, scientific departments of BSU and the scientific department of the Narochansky National Park, and takes part in the development and implementation of scientifically based recommendations for preserving the natural potential of the Narochansky region. As part of scientific and educational activities, the biological station ensures the organization and conduct of scientific conferences, meetings and seminars, promotes environmental knowledge among the local population and vacationers, provides scientific and methodological assistance to schools in the region in the field of environmental education and nature conservation.

Specialties

• Biology (research and production activities); qualification “Biologist”
• Biology (scientific and pedagogical activities); qualification “Biologist.” Teacher of Biology and Chemistry”
• Biology (biotechnology); qualification “Biologist-biotechnologist”. Biology teacher"
• Biochemistry; qualification “Biologist.” Biochemist"
• Microbiology; qualification “Biologist-Microbiologist”
• Bioecology; qualification “Biologist-ecologist. Teacher of biology and ecology”

Scientific research

• Biological diversity, problems of ecology and xenobiology
• Genetic, physiological and biochemical mechanisms of vital activity of living organisms
• Scientific basis of biotechnological processes and biological safety
• Physico-chemical biology and regulatory mechanisms of functioning of biosystems

• Biotechnology: drugs, genetic engineering, food and feed additives, plant protection products
• Molecular biochemical and molecular genetic testing of genomes
• Assessment of the quality and comparative bioavailability of drugs and pharmaceutical substances
• Technologies for the isolation and purification of recombinant proteins, the creation on their basis of highly effective and biologically safe medicines and food additives of a new generation
• Xenobiotics and biosafety

Graduates

Over 80 years of operation, the faculty has trained more than 11 thousand highly qualified biologists. Among the graduates are 3 academicians, 13 corresponding members, 8 laureates of state prizes, more than 85 doctors of science, more than 600 candidates of science.

Academicians and corresponding members Astapovich Natalia Ivanovna Gorin Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Davydenko Oleg Georgievich Dzyatkovskaya Elena Nikolaevna Kuchuk Nikolay Viktorovich Nikiforov Mikhail Efimovich Ostapenya Alexander Pavlovich Semenchenko Vitaly Pavlovich Serzhanin Ivan Nikolaevich Slobozhanina Ekaterina Ivanovna Smeyan Nikolay Ivanovich Stelmakh A dolf Fomich Sushchenya Leonid Mikhailovich Usanov Sergei Alexandrovich Chaika Maria Tikhonovna Yakushev Boris Ivanovich Laureates of state prizes Belyavsky Vladimir Martinovich Kaminskaya Larisa Nikolaevna Kucher Aksana Nikolaevna Litvinko Natalya Mikhailovna Prosnyak Mikhail Ivanovich Slobozhanina Ekaterina Ivanovna Smeyan Nikolay Ivanovich Finenko Zosim Zosimovich

Notes

1. Procedure for admission to the Faculty of Biology.
2. Honored Workers of the Belarusian State University
3. www.interfax.by/news/belarus/59566 The oldest herbarium in Belarus turns 85 years old
4. Pavel Grigorievich Petrovich.
5. Belarusian State University named after V.I. Lenin / A.I. Kozhushkov, V.P. Vorobyov, O.A. Yanovsky. Minsk, 1991
6. Belarusian State University - 85 years old. Illustrated edition. Minsk: “Riftur”, 2006
7. BSU plans to begin admission to new specialties
8. http://www.tio.by/news/3140 TOP 15 most unusual museums in Belarus
9. http://vandrouka.by/2011/zoologicheskiy-muzey-bgu/ Zoological Museum of BSU
10. http://elib.bsu.by/handle/123456789/13740 Natural monument of republican significance "Dubrava"
11. http://www.naroch.com/news/435.html The season of spring educational practices for BSU students has ended
12. http://www.wildlife.by/node/12225 The IV International Conference “Lake Ecosystems” is being held in Naroch
13. http://bio.bsu.by/naroch/files/naroch_biostation_booklet_ru_and_en_ocr.pdf Educational and Research Center "Narochan Biological Station named after G.G. Vinberg." / A.P. Ostapenya, T.V. Zhukova, R.Z. Kovalevskaya, T.M. Mikheeva - Minsk: BSU, 2008.
14. http://bio.bsu.by/dekanat/files/alumni-1925-2011.pdf V.V. Lysak, T.I. Ditchenko, V.V. Grichik, I.M. Popinachenko. “Graduates of the Faculty of Biology”, Minsk: BSU, 2011. - 327 p. ISBN 978-985-518-517-9
15. National Academy of Sciences of Belarus:: Corresponding Member ASTAPOVICH Natalia Ivanovna (1940-2005)
16. National Academy of Sciences of Belarus:: Corresponding Member Oleg Georgievich DAVYDENKO
17. Dzyatkovskaya Elena Nikolaevna - Scientists of Russia
18. Kuchuk Nikolay Viktorovich - IKBGI

Head of the department:
Doctor of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor

Kuramshina Zilya Mukhtarovna

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• The Biological and Chemical Department was organized in 1998 on the basis of the Department of Natural Science and Mathematics, Faculty of Pedagogy and Methods of Primary Education, Sterlitamak State Pedagogical Institute.

  On September 1, 2001, on the basis of Order No. 265 of June 6, 2001, the Department of General Biology was organized. Daniel Nikolaevich Karpov was appointed head of the Department of General Biology. From April 1, 2004, by order No. 128K dated March 26, 2004, the department was reorganized into 2 departments - the department of “General Biology” and the department of “ General chemistry" Vera Ivanovna Levashova became the head of the Department of General Chemistry. Since August 2009, the departments of “General Biology” and “General Chemistry” have been merged into the department of “Biology and Chemistry” as part of the Institute of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Daniel Nikolaevich Karpov has been appointed head of the department.

  Since June 2012, in connection with the reorganization of the department of “Fundamentals of Medical Knowledge and Children’s Health,” the Department of Biology was organized and, according to Order No. 1397 of August 29, 2012, was assigned to the Faculty of Natural Sciences.

  
  
• The main directions of research work of the department: biology and ecology of terrestrial and aquatic plant communities of the Southern Urals; biology and ecology of flora and vegetation on saline soils of the Southern Urals and adjacent territories; biology and population ecology of invertebrate and vertebrate animals of the Southern Urals; development of principles and methods of biomonitoring of natural and anthropogenic ecosystems of the steppe zone of the Southern Urals; study of vegetation of hydrobiocenoses of macrophytes of ravine-gully steppe ecosystems of the Southern Urals; biodiversity and ecology of algae, fungi and lichens of the Southern Urals and Cis-Urals; study of the protective effect of microbial drugs; study of the prevalence of mycorrhiza in the root system of the most important agricultural crops.
• Interuniversity connections have been established with the following universities: Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov; Bashkir State University (Ufa); Sterlitamak branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus; Orenburg State Pedagogical University; Institute of Ecology of the Volga Basin RAS (Tolyatti); Bashkir State Agrarian University (Ufa); Botanical Garden-Institute of the UC RAS ​​(Ufa); UC RAS ​​Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics (Ufa); Moscow Pedagogical State University; Bashkir State Pedagogical University; Russian State University of Oil and Gas named after. Gubkin; Ufa State Oil Company technical university; Ufa State Petroleum Technical University; Institute of Biology Komi Scientific Center Ural Branch RAS (Syktyvkar); Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Russian Academy of Sciences (Ekaterinburg); Vyatka State Humanitarian University (Kirov); Russian Academy Medical Sciences(Moscow city).

Finding your calling is not an easy task. Maybe because for many people it is considered a fad. “How many, how many jobs have you changed? You studied philosophy, and now you're laying bricks? And what's the point?

Finding something you love means finding yourself. And it’s almost impossible to do this offhand. But it's worth a try. At least that's what I think.

Hello. My name is Ksenia. I am 25 years old.

Place of birth - the small town of Glubokoe, not far from the border with Latvia. Quiet, cozy and peaceful place. The birthplace of the aircraft designer Sukhoi, the founder of the Belarusian theater Buinitsky, the region where, according to legend, Napoleon, retreating from Russia, buried his treasures. There is also a prison here - according to some sources, it ranks second in terms of severity in the entire CIS. That's it. That, however, does not stop the local youth from walking without fear until the very morning.

To school - no problem

The north of Belarus is a lake-like place. There are about 80 of them in the generally small area, and two in the city. One is located in the very center of the city, and on its shore is school No. 1, from which I graduated.

I liked studying at school. Either in those years teachers were not as overwhelmed with paperwork as they are today, or because since childhood I was interested in everything - from the cause of ball lightning to the issue of the movement of lithospheric plates, but I attended classes without problems. Plus I really enjoyed reading books. When in your free time you can easily get through a book of 300-400 pages, then read the paragraph and literature on homework In the original, this is a simple matter. In addition, reading improved overall literacy. My favorite school subjects were mathematics (although I didn’t have enough stars in it), geography, chemistry (again, it was not easy, but remained an unusually mysterious science until the 11th grade), partly literature, biology (high school program - anatomy, genetics, ecology). The German language was also quite good.

I think that I was very lucky with my classmates: some of them were simply extraordinary people, the vast majority were interesting to communicate with. Almost all the teachers taught their subjects well (and with soul, but without fanaticism), which also attracted people to the school. In addition, a significant part of my life was occupied with music.

Extracurricular hobbies can also be very important

In addition to the music school, I also attended a pop studio. She performed a lot. For some time, my parents took me to study vocals at a music school. In short, I studied music quite a lot. But in the future I didn’t connect my life with her, which I regret to this day.

There were two reasons for this. Firstly, for further vocal training, I had to be sent to study in another city (this opportunity was available from the 7th grade), which my parents did not dare to do. From this follows conclusion No. 1: children need to be taught to be independent from childhood, so as not to be afraid to let them go later. Now, having my own children, I understand that this is incredibly difficult, but... Everyone has the right to make their own mistakes.

Secondly, I was very embarrassed about this extracurricular activity. Which leads to conclusion No. 2: you are just you, no more and no less. And if you are not burning with a secret desire to kill someone for nothing (exaggeratedly speaking), then everything else is absolutely unimportant.

Choosing a direction and preparing

As a result, by the 11th grade, having left (as I thought temporarily) the musical direction, I decided that there were several ways for me to further continue my studies. The options were the following: Faculty of Journalism, Linguistic University, as an option, some direction in the chemical profile was considered. Whether or not to go to university was not a question. It was somehow just in the air: at home, at school, and among my friends and classmates.

The Faculty of Journalism was my little dream. I was interested in everything, and I liked collecting information from different sources. In addition, working as a journalist, as my professional development progressed, meant for me meeting new interesting people from different fields and traveling to new places. But... at that moment I didn’t have the courage to at least try my hand. For some reason, it seemed like nothing would work out for me. It seems to me now that I was mistaken then. And years later I made the following conclusion - in general, trivial (conclusion No. 3): if you want, try at least once now, so as not to regret it a thousand times later.

The linguistic one somehow immediately disappeared. Even at school I had problems with my German teacher. I won’t go into details, but she even somehow blackmailed me that if I didn’t go to the Olympics, I wouldn’t get a “9” for the quarter. The approach, of course, is simply non-negotiable.

My parents somehow found me a tutor in Minsk. I don’t remember exactly, but he was, it seems, the head of some department at the same university. I went to his classes a couple of times and realized that I wouldn’t study with him. Apart from the absolutely boring classes (probably it was my parents’ mistake to hire a university teacher), he didn’t inspire me with a single drop of respect. As a result, having returned from Minsk once again, I told my parents the option I had already thought about along the way - I was going to study biology at BSU (Belarusian State University). The statement had the effect of a bomb exploding, so to speak...

In this option, I liked the following: a chemical bias (which I liked initially, but I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to take the chemistry department), the opportunity to study “higher biology” (my own designation for anatomy, ecology and genetics combined). My opinion was also influenced by a very respected person who is already at the same faculty. There was another factor. It was already the end of December, and there were only six months left before the entrance exams. “As a last resort, I’ll figure it out later,” I decided.

I had two tutors - in chemistry and biology. The Russian language was studied at school as an elective without any problems, and on testing it was passed without problems with a “9”. Regarding tutors. In my opinion, if you don’t have problems at school, a biology tutor is only needed for coaching on solving problems. It’s possible to pass today’s testing with 7-8 points without problems, studying on your own. There are a lot of examples of solving tests - both in books and on the Internet. There would be a desire. For me, a biology tutor was just a waste of money.

Chemistry is another matter. A great tutor, after an hour of lessons with whom you leave like a squeezed lemon - that’s what I was lucky with. And it’s only her merit ─ my “9” on the university exam.

The shortened courses (lasting 2 weeks) at BSU helped a lot. Especially in terms of biology. Over the course of several lessons, complete order was restored in my head, all topics were sorted into shelves.

Exams for the Faculty of Biology of BSU

She submitted documents to the Faculty of Biology of BSU (biology, biotechnology major - this was due to her love for genetics). In 2004, the competition there was high.

As mentioned above, there were no problems with the exams. I was worried, of course, and studied at night. I understood that the passing score was high - 26 out of 30. I imagined the Olympiad participants who had already taken probably half of the places.

But all the excitement is normal. I had two moral support factors, in addition to the common ones (friends, parents, etc.). Firstly, I was already imbued with the atmosphere of the upcoming entrance campaign to the course - and it no longer had such a frightening effect on me, secondly, my young man, who was already studying in Minsk at that time, relieved me of all organizational issues regarding finding audiences, etc. ., which was also important.

The arrival went without any problems. The rest of that summer I worked in my city, helping my mother’s friend. At the end of the summer I called my friend from biology: “We’ll meet soon!” “How do you draw in general, okay?” ─ a question was asked that I did not immediately understand...

Training at the Faculty of Biology of BSU

I remember my studies at the Biology Faculty of BSU with kind words. The first thing that struck me was the amazingly respectful attitude of the teachers towards you, the calm atmosphere, very friendly. Students ─ mostly have girlfriends, 30-40 percent are guys. And everyone is normal interesting people. No arrogance, cronyism, rudeness (this is important to me). The setting is a new, bright building located outside the city near a forest. The birds sing in the morning so hard that you will sway. However, this is probably all simple for those who live nearby in a dorm, but for others, at first it’s not easy to get used to going to the outskirts of the city every day.

But these are minor things. The main thing is that that autumn, on weekdays, every morning with undisguised pleasure I cheerfully walked to classes, where new knowledge and my new pleasant acquaintances were waiting for me.

About the Faculty of Biology itself

Let me make a reservation right away that my studies took place not only here. We often studied in the nearby building of the Faculty of Radiophysics, where the old laboratories of the Faculty of Biology remained. Also, during the first and second years, we visited the Chemistry Faculty of BSU for six months once or twice a week.

But, in my opinion, many people loved their biology department. Spacious, clean, bright classrooms (1st floor), laboratories and classrooms of several departments (2nd, 3rd and 4th floors). New equipment, knowledgeable, friendly teachers - what else is needed for excellent studies?

The guys who mastered very well in the first 2 years foreign language, as promised, we were able to go for an internship in EU countries for six months. One of them was a boy from my group.

Training - what is it?

It was not for nothing that my friend asked me after my admission whether I was a good drawer. Although what matters is not that you draw well. You will draw. The first two courses are general education, as elsewhere. Various departments of the plant and animal world are studied, as well as higher mathematics, philosophy, languages ​​(including Latin), etc. The main emphasis is on classes in basic subjects, where new students, with the help of a teacher, study preparations of living objects. But if necessary, they open them (yes, they cut them). And then they sketch. In biological science, this is part of future reports. The second year is the choice of specialization. Departments – Anatomy and Physiology of Humans and Animals, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Genetics, Department of Plant Physiology, Department of Microbiology…

With the choice of the department where you will study your first scientific work, you need to decide at the end of the second year. A month is given to decide. By the way, some of my classmates have been attending the department since their first year. To do this, all you had to do was go to the department and find a scientific supervisor who is ready to work with you, such green ones. But since the teachers at the Faculty of Biology are mostly warm-hearted, non-conflict people (albeit strict), then, as far as I know, no one had any problems with the early start of their scientific career. The first thing you need to be prepared for is studying literature. A lot.

Well, after such a historic decision - the choice of a department - the entire biology department leaves for the summer... for a walk. Yes, yes, you heard right. Directly with the teachers.

The fact is that, like all natural science faculties, the Faculty of Biology provides for summer internships. And if in the first year it proceeds peacefully in classrooms over keys and with a microscope, including frequent excursions to obtain material for a herbarium or collection of insects, then in the second year it is carried out at a summer base in the city of Volozhin.

For two whole weeks you have the opportunity to go with your fellow students to nature. The base is located outside the city, there is a river nearby, i.e. You can swim at any time of the day. Of course, there is no curfew. But if you have an excursion scheduled for 5 am, where you will have to walk 6 kilometers, or even more, then it would be wiser not to go to bed at 2 am.

Of course, don't forget about studying. It flows very actively here too. Studying the local fauna and forest ecosystem is what you have to do.

From the third year, “true” studies begin. Subjects are becoming more highly specialized, and specific courses are appearing. Selection of producers, for example. An active study of the bacterial genome and its features ─ sequences, various methods of regulating the production of biologically active substances begins.

From experience I can say that course 3 is the most difficult. The bulk of the students from our group flew out on it. Unlike the first two courses, where studying does not take so much time (it took me on average 2-3, rarely 4 hours a day to prepare), for 3 you need to study almost around the clock. And be sure to attend lectures. The problem is not only that you need to master a large amount of previously unknown information. Most biotechnological research, their history and results have not been translated into Russian. There are simply no textbooks as such that would provide the necessary information. This means that the Internet and the library will not be able to help you if you do not understand something in a lecture.

I remember the picture from 3rd year very well. I sit on the bed and study, a colloquium is a day later. There are notes on my knees, and the whole bed is covered in open books. I especially liked one, with an A4 sheet, 400-500 pages in volume, written by foreign authors. Large, but very necessary...

In the 3rd year, the study of biotechnology, biologically active substances, principles of working with microorganisms and callus cultures, and genome features continues. Then a new subject appears, which continues until the 5th year. It’s called “special workshop on specialization”. It teaches highly specialized techniques in the department you have chosen. For example, the content of enzymes in the liver of rats and their activity are being studied. By the way, to conduct experiments ─ alas and ah ─ they use animals (you have to learn from something). Usually these are rats. They are beheaded (don’t worry, no one will force you to do this), dissected, the required material is crushed (for example, the same liver) and examined. Not very pleasant, but necessary. And you quickly get used to it.

After the 3rd year, the main studies move to the laboratory, where students study in their free time. They communicate there at the same time. Preparations for coursework are underway (in the 3rd and 4th years they are taken in 2 parts - theoretical and practical).

This relaxed and focused pace is maintained until the end of the 5th course. Usually there are no classes for the last six months.

And one more thing: at the end of the 4th year, you have the opportunity to take an exam in chemistry to receive a diploma in the corresponding specialty. I highly recommend it if your future plans after university involve working in a laboratory of a large industrial enterprise.

In general, education at the Faculty of Biology is given good for that that wants to get it. All the prerequisites are there. Another thing is work. Even from course 3, the teachers openly told us that they were “raising us as general specialists.” And although the “biotechnology” direction has been available at the university for several years, the first biotechnological enterprise in Belarus opened only in 2010. The bulk of students are assigned to work in the laboratory industrial enterprises, where everything is done the old fashioned way and the knowledge you received is practically not needed. I think in 10 years the situation will change. But it’s too early to talk about anything.

In my deep conviction, if you want to devote your life to science or after graduating from university you decide to go work in a laboratory, then the Faculty of Biology is what you need.

Studying at BSU and my life: parallels

As you probably understand, I really enjoyed studying. It was a new, mysterious, high-tech world of a new trend developing in the world.

From the third year I became interested in studying useful properties plants, more precisely, their antimicrobial action. Another girl from my group had a similar job, and we worked together. We had the only one graduate work at the sound of two departments (biochemistry ─ microbiology), i.e. general practical skills were given so that any student from the Department of Biochemistry, for example, had good skills in working with bacterial cultures (as was the case in our case) and calli. The work was creative. Since we chose the topic ourselves, the return was appropriate. We had tremendous fun! By the way, the result of the study was positive.

After graduating from university, this girl (she is now my close friend) went to work in her specialty, but I did not. The main reason for this was probably that after the 3rd “combat” course I got married. Priorities shifted somewhat, plus after graduation I had to go on assignment with my husband (he was assigned before me) to the small town of Smolevichi, where at that time there was no work in my specialty. The only job was as a school teacher.

A little later, we moved to another city, where I worked first in the quality laboratory at the local epidemiology center, and then in the ZhES - as an environmental engineer. But neither one nor the second job was interesting to me. Static, repeated actions day after day, constant reporting ─ this is not for me. Therefore, it seems to me that it was not in vain that I did not go to work in my specialty. Firstly, I am a theorist and it’s hard for me to practice, despite the fact that I have excellent practical skills. Secondly, I can't stand monotony. A job in my specialty, where you can get a more or less normal salary (500-700 dollars), is work, roughly speaking, in a factory. Monotonous and uninteresting. Working in research institutes is a different matter. But... Here I already had to choose between family and work. In this case, it requires a certain dedication. And time.

That’s why I’ve been enjoying being on maternity leave for quite some time now. And I'm looking for her. Your favorite job. And it seems that I’m already starting to find it.

While still at the Faculty of Biology, in addition to my passion for pharmacognosy, I was attracted by another field - human anatomy and biochemistry. I enjoy writing articles about medicine, which often require highly specialized knowledge. There is already an assumption that this will be my main source of income after leaving maternity leave. Well, let's see.

I can say one thing. Those of my acquaintances and friends who were looking for their calling, having changed more than one job, eventually found it. Even if they did not always follow the right path.

History of the faculty

The Faculty of Biology and Geography has been functioning since the formation of the Buryat-Mongolian Agropedological Institute (February 10, 1932), initially on the basis of the Faculty of Natural Sciences with two leading departments - botany and chemistry. In 1936, the first graduation of biology teachers was made, and in 1942, the Department of Geography was opened. From 1954 to 1956 The faculty worked as a “biological” department from 1957 to 1992. - "biological-chemical". In 1984, the department of anatomy and physiology of humans and animals appeared at the faculty, in 1988 the department of geography was created and a new specialty "Geography" was opened along with "Biology", Chemistry, "Medicine". In 1993, a new department was formed - ecology.

In 1995, Buryat State University was formed on the basis of the Belarusian State Pedagogical Institute and the Charitable Branch of NSU. In the same year, the Department of Geology was opened within the faculty. In 1997, the Faculty of Chemistry was separated from the faculty, and in 1999, the Faculty of Medicine. The faculty became “biological-geographical”.

In 2001-2002 The faculty opens postgraduate studies and two dissertation councils for the defense of dissertations for the degree of Doctor of Biological Sciences in the specialties "Ecology" and Botany" and geographical sciences in the specialties "Geoecology", "Physical Geography, Biogeography, Soil Geography, and Landscape Geochemistry", " Economic and social geography." In 2003, a new department was opened - land use and land cadastre with two specialties "Land Cadastre" and "City Cadastre". In 2006, another specialty "Environmental Management" was opened.

Since 2015, the faculty has been called the Faculty of Biology, Geography and Land Management.

Currently the faculty has 4 departments:

• head Department of Botany - Ph.D. biol. Sciences, Associate Professor Tatyana Georgievna Baskhaeva;
• head Department of Zoology and Ecology - Ph.D. biol. Sciences, Associate Professor Larisa Aleksandrovna Naletova;
• head Department of Geography and Geoecology - Doctor of Geography. sciences, prof. Bair Oktyabrievich Gomboev;
• head Department of Land Use and Land Cadastre - Ph.D. biol. sciences, prof. Valery Nikitich Khertuev.

The faculty employs 51 teachers, incl. 13 professors, doctors of science, 38 candidates of science (associate professors and senior teachers).

Today, 351 students are studying full-time at the faculty, of whom they are studying in the following areas of training:

• 03/06/01 Biology - 97 people,
• 04/06/01 Biology - 28 people,
• 03/05/02 Geography - 78 people,
• 04/05/02 Geography - 29 people,
• 03.21.02 Land management and cadastres - 51 people,
• 04/21/02 Land management and cadastres - 28 people,
• 03.21.03 Geodesy and remote sensing - 28 people.

10 students are studying part-time in the field of study 03/44/01 Teacher Education. Profile Biology.

Bachelor's areas:

• Direction of preparation: 03/05/02 Geography;
• Direction of training: 06.03.01 Biology;
• Area of ​​training: 03/21/02 Land management and cadastres;
• Direction of preparation: 03/21/03 Geodesy and remote sensing;
• Direction of training: 44.03.01 Pedagogical education. Biology profile (correspondence).

Master's areas:

• Direction of training: 05.04.02 Geography, qualification;
• Direction of training: 06.04.01 Biology, qualification;
• Area of ​​training: 04/21/02 Land management and cadastres.

Postgraduate studies

• Direction: 06/05/01 Geosciences
• Profile: 25.00.23 Physical geography and biogeography, soil geography and landscape geochemistry
• Profile: 25.00.24 Economic, social, political and recreational geography
• Profile: 25.00.36 Geoecology (Earth Sciences)
• Direction: 06.06.01 Biological sciences
• Profile: 02/03/01 Botany
• Profile: 03.02.03 Microbiology
• Profile: 02/03/08 Ecology (in biology)
• Profile: 02/03/13 Soil Science
• Profile: 03.03.01 Physiology

Small innovative enterprises and scientific units

• Scientific Herbarium, Head - Dr. Biol. sciences, prof. Namzalov B.B.;
• Educational and experimental forestry enterprise, head of Ph.D. Petelin Sergey Mikhailovich, in the structure of UOL - Botanical Garden, head of Ph.D. agricultural sc., prof. RAE Batueva Yulia Mikhailovna;
• Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Head - Ph.D. biol. Sciences Lavrentyeva E.V.

Contacts: 670000, Republic of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude, st. Smolina, 24 "a", main building of BSU, phone: 21-15-93, E-mail: