Prof. K. Skryabin is actively promoting collaboration of Russia with EU within the 7th Framework program in biotechnology, as well as bilateral collaborations with Poland, France and Germany in the areas of postgenomic biotechnology, plant sciences and bioinformatics. He promoted organization of two PolishRussian meetings in biotechnology (Moscow, 2008 and Gdansk, 2009). He was invited as a speaker and chairman of several international scientific conferences. Prof. Skryabin is a member of two working groups of the OECD, - "Working group on the Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight of Biotechnology" and "Task Force for the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds"; he organized in Moscow and St.-Petersburg five international meetings for Biosafety with participation of the OECD experts.

Establishing genome sequencing techniques in Russia, pioneering research projects on sequencing of eukaryotic ribosomal RNA genes, genomes of plant viruses and bacteriophages. • Development of systems for production of growth hormones, other biologically active proteins in bacterial and eukaryotic cells, structural studies of pharmaceutically important proteins. • Construction of transgenic plants resistant to herbicides, pathogens and abiotic stresses. • Scientific and regulation activities in transgenic plants field trials, including the UPOV-based testing of variety identity. • Genetic analysis and mathematical modeling of plant flower development • Development of new techniques for expression of target proteins in plants based on the use of selfreplicating plant viral vectors. Production of vaccine proteins in plants. • Design and engineering of artificial proteins, protein complexes and viral-like particles with predetermined properties for nanobiotechnological applications. • Sequencing and analyzing the genomes of extremophilic microorganisms, search and isolation of new enzymes for biotechnological applications. • Plant genome studies and biodiversity assessment using DNA-based approaches. • Analysis of genetic diversity of human populations, identification of polymorphic loci associated with various diseases in different ethnic groups. • First complete human genome of kidney cancer patient. • Biosafety and ethical issues of genetic engineering.