Atlas of Microbial Communities of Russia

Atlas of Microbial Communities of Russia

We map microbial habitats, discover unknown species, and look for new uses for Bacteria and Viruses by analyzing their metagenomes and using other Bioinformatics methods.

To Atlas

Atlas In Numbers

The largest collection of environmental microbial communities in Russia

6977

Samples collected and analyzed
35

Expeditions
organized
149

Total locations
visited
125

Animal species collected
105

Plant species collected
69

Soil horizons described

Data analysis

Sequencing

Sample collection

Expedition

How it
works

From Soil to Sea

The spectrum of our samples collected during the expeditions

Explore the Atlas

Educational Events

We hold lectures and master classes for schoolchildren and students, cooperate with schools in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod.
Announcements of upcoming events can be viewed here, and you can read about past events here.

Skoltech Bioinformatics Intensive

Metagenome Analysis Intensive at ITMO, St. Petersburg, Russia

After the Bioinformatics Intensive for Schools, Nizhny Novgorod

In the Bioinformatics Workshop, participants complete the tasks on their own. If they have difficulties, the facilitators help them out

Participants of the Conference of Young Scientists “Genomics, Metagenomics and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms” at Skoltech

Poster session of the Conference of Young Scientists “Genomics, Metagenomics and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms” at Skoltech

Partners