From July 15 to 17, 2025, biotechnology students, as part of their academic biotechnological and research practices, visited the State Institution “Pinsk Zonal Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology” under the guidance of Maria Mikhailovna Vorobyeva, Head of the Department of Biotechnology, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor; Ekaterina Igorevna Prilovskaya, Deputy Dean for Ideological and Educational Work; Natalia Vasilyevna Vodchits, Head of the Research Laboratory “DNA and Cell Technologies in Plant and Animal Husbandry”; Olga Nikolaevna Zhuk, Associate Professor of the Department of Biotechnology, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor; and Alexander Viktorovich Shashko, Associate Professor of the Department of Biotechnology, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor.
Diana Vasilyevna Dubnovitskaya, Head of the Microbiological Laboratory, acquainted the students with the equipment and research conducted at the laboratory, including: clinical diagnostic studies; serological studies; and molecular genetic studies. Valery Ivanovich Telyatitsky, Head of the Sanitary-Hygienic Laboratory, discussed the research carried out by the laboratory, including: water quality control for safety; food quality control for safety; and measurement of physical factors in the external environment.
The students were particularly interested in the organization of the laboratories, the possibilities of implementing the results of student research in the practice of the real sector of the economy, and the experience of cooperation with foreign partners.
