Category: News
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“DNA barcoding of lichens of Armenia” project
The results of the competition for applications for scientific topics announced for the purpose of contractual (thematic) financing of scientific and scientific-technical activities announced by the RA Science Committee have been summarized. We are glad to inform you that the contractual program of the Lichen Research and Conservation scientific group of the A. Takhtajyan Institute…
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Article about our research group by “Past” news agency
The presence or absence of lichens as an indicator of the purity of the environment.The reference of “Past” to the activity of our scientific group
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Fungimate startup by Lichen Research and Conservation group passed to the incubation phase
Our research team participated in the ImpactAim ANAU AgriTech Accelerator with Fungimate startup and passed to the incubation phase. The goal of the project is to identify various innovative ideas that will solve the problems facing the agro-industrial sector in a faster, simpler, and more efficient way. We wish good luck to all participants.Thank you…
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The Lichen Research and Conservation Group started its field-works.
The Lichen Research and Conservation Group started its field-works.This time the scientific group was studying the lichens found near Dilijan National Park. 🔎🔬We perform sampling of lichens for biodiversity research and we store samples in a herbarium, we perform barcoding; molecular research and use the collected samples for a other laboratory experiments. 📌All students who…
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Lichens accumulate micro-plastic from the environment
The aim of this study was to assess if lichens (Flavoparmelia caperata) surrounding a landfill dumping site in Italy accumulated higher amounts of micro-plastics compared with lichens at more distant sites.Lichen samples were collected at three sites along a transect from the landfill: close (directly facing the landfill), intermediate (200 m), and remote (1500 m).…
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“Tree of Life” informational exhibition
The “Young Biologists Association” NGO, in cooperation with Paleobotany group of the Institute of Botany NAS RA is created informational exhibition “Tree of Life”. Within exhibition informational boards with specimens of lichens, algae, mosses, fungi, lycopods, horsetails, ferns, conifers and flowering plants are presented.
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The List of Epiphytic Lichens proposed for Red Book of Armenia is published
The List of Epiphytic Lichens Proposed for Registration in the Red Book of the Republic of will be officially submitted to the Ministry of Nature Protection for inclusion in the Red Book of the Republic of Armenia.
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Seminar on lichens in the schools of city Dilijan
In the frame of of the project “Lichen Conservation and Education Initiative in Armenia”, seminars in the Dilijan Central School and 6th secondary schools has been carried out on epiphytic lichen diversity and conservation in Armenia.
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Monograph “The Epiphytic Lichenized Fungi in Armenia: Diversity and Conservation”
Monograph “The Epiphytic Lichenized Fungi in Armenia: Diversity and Conservation” has been published in the journal Phytotaxa. It summarizes researches of recent years on epiphytic lichen diversity and conservation aspects in Armenia.