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![](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?app_id=957173808510696&sdk=joey&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=share_button&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lu.lv%2Fen%2Fmbi%2Fabout-us%2Fnews%2Fdetail-view%2Ft%2F2943%2F&picture=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lu.lv%2Ffileadmin%2Fuser_upload%2Flu_portal%2Fprojekti%2Fmbi%2F2018_02_01_PhD_theses_Rozentale%2F20180201_123129.jpg&description=February 2018 started with successful defense of doctoral theses "Anhydrobiosis in yeast grown at oxygen limited conditions and its biotechnological applications" by our colleague Linda Rozenfelde. Scientific supervisor of theses is also our colleague Dr.Hab.Biol. Alexander Rapoport.){kind=link}
The history of our institute has started in 1946…
Since 1993 we are at the University of Latvia.
Our history counts many research directions including soil microbiology, setting up a lysine factory, application of microorganisms for ecological tasks, production of valuable substances from waste, cell physiology, food biotechnology, medical applications, systems biology, mathematical modeling and other approaches.
We are open for new challenges!