ARMENIAN INSTITUTE "BIOTECHNOLOGY" COOPERATES WITH AZERBAIJANI PARTNER
UNDER NATO SPS PROGRAM

YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. "Biotechnology" Scientific and
Research Institute CJSC of the RA Ministry of Trade and Economic
Development is participating in the grant program on studies of
antibacterial and antiallergic properties of lactic-acid bacteria as
food additives under the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS)
program, in which the institute’s partners are scientific institutions
engaged in the same field in Russia, France, Bulgaria, Egypt and
Azerbaijan, NT correspondent was informed by Gayane Avetisova,
scientific secretary of "Biotechnology".

In her words, the three-year grant program was launched in October
2006. It allows "Biotechnology" to improve the antibacterial medication
synthesized at the institute by using information provided by the
scientific institutions cooperating with "Biotechnology" under the
indicated program. Based on this medication, the institute obtains
additives which are used in poultry-keeping and pig-breeding
enterprises of Armenia as preventive substance. Besides, these
additives are used as a preservative on the biological basis at
enterprises of food industry.

According to G. Avetisova, training of young scientists is done within
the framework of the program. 4 Armenian post-graduate students are
also undergoing training at 2-3 month courses in Bulgaria and France.