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Russian Delegation visit KIST (6.16)
- Date : 2009-06-24
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A Russian delegation, headed by Dr. Igor Grigoryev, Director of the Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry (NIOC), paid a visit to KIST June 16, 2009 on the sideline of the Korea-Russia Bio-Industrial Technology Forum, which was held June 18-19, 2009 at the KIST Gangneung Institute.
They met with Dr. Dongwha Kum, President of KIST, and visited the Center for Neural Science and the KISTorium (
During the meeting with the delegation, Dr. Kum conveyed his best wishes for the success of the Korea-Russia Bio-Industrial Technology Forum, and called for concerted efforts to unearth substantial cooperation projects in the field of natural products research.
The forum, which was held as one of follow-ups for the MoU between KIST and NIOC signed during the Korea-Russia summit meeting in September of last year, was co-hosted by the KIST Gangneung Institute and the Gangneung Science Industry Foundation to discuss collaboration measures to utilize natural resources in the Far East Siberian region.