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. 2023 Apr 7:3:100089.
doi: 10.1016/j.bbadva.2023.100089. eCollection 2023.

A few notes on science in Ukraine

Anna V El'skaya  1
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A few notes on science in Ukraine

Anna V El'skaya. BBA Adv. .

Abstract

As a person who has had a long scientific career in Ukraine, both before and after its re-acquisition of independence thirty years ago, I would like to share my observations with the readership of this Special Issue. By no means are these observations meant to provide a systematic presentation, which requires a different format. Rather, they are highly personal notes, providing snippets of the past and present and a discussion of the future of Ukrainian science. They also allow me to acknowledge my wonderful colleagues and bright students. I am delighted to see that many of them have contributed excellent reviews and original manuscripts to this Special Issue. (I am also keenly aware of the fact that because of the brutal invasion and bombardments by our imperial neighbor, many of my colleagues have been unable to share their latest work). It will be up to this next generation of Ukrainian scientists to develop Biological Sciences in Ukraine in the future.

Keywords: Biomedecine; Competitive system; IMBG NASU; Ukrainian science.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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