The Institute for Applied Science is engaged in various scientific commercialization projects which further International Scientific Cooperation.

Russia, the ISTC, the European Union, NATO and the US have identified a number of priority research topics for International Scientific Cooperation. For example:

• Improved detection of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials.
• Improved decontamination possibilities are also needed, as well as improved methods of safe destruction for these types of materials.
• Progress in medical responses to counteract such materials is also a priority, for example chemical and vaccine technologies.
• Measures to protect against eco-terrorism and computer terrorism are two more areas earmarked for concentrated study.

For more information on NATO's International Scientific Collaboration for Peace Programs see: "http://www.nato.int/science/about_sps/introduction.htm"

For more information about the International Science and Technology Center in Moscow see: http://www.istc.ru

For more information about Russia- European Union Scientific Cooperation see: http://fp7-infra.ru/en/conferences/1787/

Academician Nikolay Plate, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Director of the Institute for Applied Science (left) with Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) and Academician Anatoly Miroshnikov (right) at the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (IBCH) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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