Pushchino
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, Russia
Russia
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, situated 120 kilometres (74.6 mi) south of Moscow
Moscow
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, on the right side of the Oka River
Oka River
Oka is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir, and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as to the town of Kaluga. Its length exceeds...
opposite the Prioksko-Terrasny Biosphere Reserve. As it can be confused with other towns with similar names, it is informally called Pushchino-on-Oka. Population:
History
Pushchino existed since the 16th century as a family estate after the land was awarded to the Pushchin family around the year 1500. The area was selected in 1956 as a site for a scientific research center for the Russian Academy of Science. It was incorporated as a city in 1966.Science
It is an academic research center focusing on microbiologyMicrobiology
Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...
, molecular biology
Molecular biology
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and biophysics
Biophysics
Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that uses the methods of physical science to study biological systems. Studies included under the branches of biophysics span all levels of biological organization, from the molecular scale to whole organisms and ecosystems...
.Research institutes comprising the scientific center include:
- RAS Institute of Protein Research
- Pushchino Radioastronomy Observatory
- Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology
- Institute of Cell Biophysics
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms
- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics
- Institute of Basic Biological Problems
- Pushchino State University and a branch of Moscow State UniversityMoscow State UniversityLomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...