Workshop Information
On September 2–5, 2025, the NSCMB FEB RAS (hereinafter, Center) and the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), held the Russian–Chinese Bilateral Workshop “Marine Biology and Biodiversity Science in the 21st Century”. The Workshop became the 7th meeting organized by the Center and the IOCAS within the framework of the scientific and educational cooperation agreement between our institutions (the previous meetings were held in Qingdao in 2007, 2010, 2017, 2023 and in Vladivostok in 2012, 2019).
The scope of the Workshop covered a wide range of marine biodiversity issues: analysis of deep-sea, mesopelagic and coastal fauna and flora; challenges to environment conservation under the conditions of global climate change; current threats to the safety of marine ecosystems and those that may arise in the future; etc.
Within two days, scientists from both countries presented their findings in marine biodiversity research, conducted mainly in the Northwest Pacific, and discussed related issues concerning marine biology and ecology.
On the first day, the Workshop was hosted by the Center. The Director of the Center Prof. Igor Yuryevich Dolmatov, Corresponding Member of RAS, gave a welcoming speech to the Workshop participants. He presented to Chinese colleagues the main achievements of the Center, already implemented and planned major scientific projects.
In his reply speech, Prof. Fan Wang, the Director of the IOCAS, supported the Chinese side’s desire to fully develop scientific ties between our institutions and emphasized that it was a great honor for the Chinese delegation to participate in the regular traditional meeting. One of the well-known Chinese oceanographers presented a report where he told about the comprehensive support provided to the basic research in China. Among the topical areas of cooperation, the following key points for future joint activities were identified: the deep-sea ecosystem research including joint cruises by Russian and Chinese scientists with the use of up-to-date underwater vehicles and the cooperation within the framework of a program to study the climate circulation.
On the following day, a special section was held at the Primorsky Aquarium a branch of the NSCMB FEB RAS, where the participants had the opportunity to fruitfully exchange their opinions and new ideas. Then they were offered a rich cultural program including a marine mammal show and a tour of the Primorsky Aquarium.
A total of 22 foreign representatives took part in the Workshop: from the IOCAS, the Andover Leisure Group, the Dalian Ocean University, the Hengyu Biology, Ruarts (Shanghai) Business and Commercial Consulting Co. Ltd., and the Heilongjiang River Fisheries Research Institute. The Russia’s side was represented by scientists from the Center, the Primorsky Aquarium, the Institute of Oceanography RAS, the A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, etc.
The NSCMB FEB RAS and the IOCAS have a long-term history of successful partnership. In 2006, the first Memorandum of Cooperation was signed, and a Joint Research Laboratory under the auspices of IOCAS was founded in 2023.
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Program of the workshop
P R O G R A M
of the
Russia-China Bilateral Workshop
Marine Biology and Biodiversity Science in the 21st Century
September 23–24, 2025, Vladivostok, Russia
A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology,
Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Oceanology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
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September 23 (Tuesday) |
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Venue – Conference Room of the NSCMB (Palchevsky Str., 17) |
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8.30. Chinese participants meet in the lobby of the Bay Garden Hotel to proceed by bus to the NSCMB with a member of the Organizing Committee |
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9.00–9.30. Registration of the Russian and Chinese participants and guests (Lobby of the NSCMB) |
| Welcome session |
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9.30–9.35. WELCOME SPEECH by Prof. Igor Yu. Dolmatov, Director of the A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology FEB RAS |
| 9.35–9.40. WELCOME SPEECH by Prof. Wang Fan, Director of the Institute of Oceanology CAS |
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SESSION 1 (Chair: Dr. Sun Xiaoxia) |
| 9.40–10.00. Vladimir V. Mordukhovich, Anastasia S. Maiorova, Marine V. Malyutina, Andrey V. Adrianov. THE KURIL-KAMCHATKA TRENCH – THE MODEL AREA FOR LONG-TIME MONITORING OF THE HADAL IN THE NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC |
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10.00–10.20. Sun Song. A NEW OBSERVATION AND ASSESSMENT SYSTEM IS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE OCEAN HEALTH AND ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT |
| 10.20–10.40. Coffee break and collective photo |
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10.40–11.00. Jianing Wang, Fan Wang. OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF DEEP OCEAN CIRCULATIONS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC |
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11.00–11.20. Konstantin A. Lutaenko. RUSSIAN-CHINESE COOPERATION IN MARINE BIODIVERSITY STUDIES: HISTORY AND MODERNITY |
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11.20–11.40. Olga A. Golovan, Marina V. Malyutina. DEEP DIVE: EXPLORING ISOPOD DIVERSITY IN THE NORTH PACIFIC TRENCHES WITH HOV FENDOUZHE |
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11.40–12.00. Junlong Zhang, Sadie Mills, Malcolm Clark, Owen Anderson, Jennifer Beaumont, Caroline Chin, Yan Tang. DEEP-SEA FAUNA DISTRIBUTION AND EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS ON WESTERN PACIFIC SEAMOUNTS |
| 12.00–14.00. Lunch |
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SESSION 2-1 (Chair: Dr. Konstantin A. Lutaenko) |
| 14.00–14.20. Tatiana N. Dautova, Evgenia Egorova, Anastasia Volkova, Galina Brak, Alena Konoplina. BOUNDARIES IN THE DEEP SEA – THE ROLE OF SEAMOUNTS IN FAUNA DISPERSAL |
| 14.20–14.40. Ziyuan Hu, Xiaoxiao Sun, Song Sun. SIMULATING MARINE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH ON CHINA’S COAST |
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14.40–15.00. Elena M. Krylova. CHEMOSYMBIOTIC BIVALVE MOLLUSCS PLIOCARDIINAE (VESICOMYIDAE): TRACES OF PAST HABITATS AND DYNAMICS OF RANGES |
| 15.00–15.20. Xinyu Liu, Yuxiu Xia, Jingru Teng, Pin Huan, Baozhong Liu. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHELL FIELD IN THE POLYPLACOPHORAN MOLLUSK (CHITON) ACANTHOCHITONA RUBROLINEATA |
| 15.20–15.40. Coffee break |
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SESSION 2-2 (Chair: Dr. Tatiana N. Dautova) |
| 15.40–16.00. Vasily I. Radashevsky. STUDIES ON POLYCHAETES (ANNELIDA: POLYCHAETA) IN PACIFIC ASIA: PATTERNS, TRENDS AND CONSEQUENCES |
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16.00–16.20. Hao Wang, Junlong Zhang. COMPARATIVE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND ADAPTIVE GENOMICS OF TWO SYMPATRIC MANGROVE LUCINID CLAM SPECIES ALONG THE SOUTH CHINA SEA COAST |
| 16.20–16.40. Marina V. Malyutina, Olga A. Golovan. GHOSTS OF THE HADAL: GIANT ASELLOTES BATHYOPSURUS FROM THE ALEUTIAN AND KURIL-KAMCHATKA TRENCHES |
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16.40–17.00. Anastasia L. Volkova, Salim S. Dautov, Tatiana N. Dautova. DEEP-SEA OPHIUROIDEA (ECHINODERMATA) ON THE EMPEROR SEAMOUNT CHAIN IN THE NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: SPECIES COMPOSITION, COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, BIOGEOGRAPHY |
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17.00–17.30. Excursion to the NSCMB Museum |
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17.40. Bus departs to Bay Garden Hotel |
| Free time |
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September 24 (Wednesday) |
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Venue – Conference Room of the Primorsky Aquarium (Russky Island) |
| 8.00. – Chinese participants meet in the lobby of the Bay Garden Hotel to proceed by bus to the Primorsky Aquarium, Russky Island |
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SESSION 3-1 (Chair: Dr. Andrey V. Boroda) |
| 9.00–9.20. Olga G. Shevchenko, Director of Primorsky Aquarium. PUBLIC AQUARIUM: NEW MEANINGS AND NEW TRENDS IN ITS DEVELOPMENT, AND ITS CONTRIBUTION INTO RAISING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS |
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9.20–9.40. Sun Xiaoxia, Meng Liujiang, Zheng Shan. CONSIDERATIONS FOR REDUCING HUMAN EXPOSURE TO MICROPLASTICS FROM CONSUMPTION OF FISH |
| 9.40–10.00. Tatiana Yu. Orlova, Inna V. Stonik, Alexandra.Yu. Zvereva, Albina V. Podoba, Anton A. Zinov, Irina Yu. Petrova. PHYCOTOXINS IN THE FOOD WEB FROM THE RUSSIAN PACIFIC: THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF A POTENTIAL THREAT |
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10.00–10.20. Coffee break |
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SESSION 3-2 (Chair: Dr. Junlong Zhang) |
| 10.20–10.40. Andrey V. Boroda, Daria N. Kamenskaya, Alina V. Komkova, Veronika A. Yachmen, Maia N. Dyagileva, Daniil D. Malyshev, Elizaveta A. Selivanova, Daria A. Golovko, Polina V. Esipova. STUDYING PHYSIOLOGY OF MARINE MAMMALS |
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10.40–11.00. Tatyana V. Sikorskaya. LIPIDOMICS OF MARINE ORGANISMS: MEMBRANE ADAPTATION, CORAL RESILIENCE, AND ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
| 11.00–11.20. Yan Sun, Minxiao Wang, Chaolun Li, Song Sun. USING BATHYMODIOLINAE MUSSELS AS MODEL ORGANISMS TO STUDY ADAPTATION AND EVOLUTION IN DEEP-SEA ENVIRONMENTS |
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11.20–11.40. Andrei V. Grinchenko, Yulia N. Sokolnikova, Nikita A. Shved, Ivan А. Buryak, Daniil I. Semirulnik, Daniil N. Kozyrev, Vadim V. Kumeiko. A MARINE MOLLUSK-DERIVED PROTEIN MKC1QDC AS AN EFFECTIVE CANDIDATE FOR GLYCOSYLATION-SPECIFIC DETECTION AND SUPPRESSION OF GLIOMAS AND CARCINOMAS |
| 11.40–12.00. Libin Zhang. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SEA CUCUMBERS: COGNITION AND APPLICATIONS |
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12.00–13.00. Lunch |
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SESSION 4 (Chair: Dr. Vadim V. Kumeiko) |
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13.00–13.20. Alexander A. Karpenko, Vyacheslav S. Odintsov, Aleksandra A. Istomina, Maxim A. Karpenko. DEGRADATION OF POLYETHYLENE AND POLYPROPYLENE IN DIGESTIVE TRACTS OF ECHINODERMS |
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13.20–13.40. Shaobing Zong, Huijie Liu, Junlong Zhang. CHROMOSOME-LEVEL GENOME ASSEMBLY OF THE DEEP-SEA CHITON GRANDIDENSICHITON CHINENSIS PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO THE ADAPTATION TO THE COLD SEEP HABITAT |
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13.40–14.00. Olga V. Yurchenko, Darya D. Golubinskaya, Alexander V. Kalachev, Olga M. Korn. REPRODUCTION OF RHIZOCEPHALA: NEW DATA ON RECEPTACLE DEVELOPMENT |
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14.00–14.20. V.V. Kumeiko, N.V. Goncharov, V.S. Gulaia, D.V. Lanskikh, I.N. Baklanov, V.O. Doroshenko, N.A. Shved, V.M. Farniev, I.A. Buriak, V.S. Melikhova, M.E. Shmelev, V.M. Zhmenia, O.Yu. Kuziakova, A.S. Belousov, A.K. Kravchenko, V.E. Lebedev. BIOENGINEERED CELL-BASED MODELS AND MOLECULES FROM MARINE ORGANISMS FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALIZED ANTICANCER DRUGS |
| 14.20–14.40. Elena V. Levchenko. HYDROCHEMICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY OF COASTAL WATER AREAS OF PETER THE GREAT BAY, SEA OF JAPAN |
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14.40–14.50. Organizing Committee. Closing remarks |
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15.00–15.45. Demonstration of mammal skills n Primorsky Aquarium |
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16.00–18.00. Excursion in Primorsky Aquarium |
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18.00-19.45. Farewell party in the Primorsky Aquarium’s restaurant |
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20.00. All participants meet in front of the PA to proceed by bus to Bay Garden Hotel |
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