G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (PIBOC)

G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (PIBOC) is a research Institute within the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). The Institute was founded in 1964 for chemical and biochemical research of the unique Far-Eastern plants and biological resources of the World Ocean. Investigation of marine biological objects (including microorganism and fungi)) is now the main trend of the research.

The Institute carries out scientific investigations in bioorganic chemistry, molecular immunology, molecular biology, genetic engineering, biotechnology, and related fields. The Institute's current research in the chemistry of secondary metabolites of marine invertebrates and marine microorganisms as well as in enzymology, molecular immunology, and genetic engineering are of special scientific value.

The results of fundamental research create a basis for developing marine biotechnology. The wide search for and screening of strains-producers of physiologically active compounds from marine microorganisms (including tropical ones) are of paramount importance and high practical value. The Institute's collection of marine microorganisms (KMM) contains several thousand strains of eubacteria, Actinomyces, my cellar fungi and yeast from all over the world.