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"Armbiotechnology" Scientific and Production Center
"Armbiotechnology" Scientific and Production Center
Division of Natural Sciences
Specialization: Biotechnology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Ecology, Food and Agricultural Safety
Founded year: 2010
Director: PhD
Avetis H. Tsaturyan
Address: 14 Gyurjyan Str., 0056 Yerevan, Armenia
Phone number: (+374 10) 654180
Fax: (+374 10) 654183
E-mail: armbiotech {[ at ]} gmail.com
Website: http://www.armbiotech.am/
General Information

"Armbiotechnology" Scientific and Production Center NAS RA, State non-profit organization ("Armbiotechnology" SPC SNPO NAS RA), was established by the RA Government Decision in 2010 as a result of merging the "Scientific Research Institute of Biotechnology" CJSC and “Center of Microbiology and Microbial Depository” NAS RA. It is the legal successor of the joint organizations.

The "Institute of Biotechnology", "Institute of Microbiology" and "Center of Microbial Depository" are institutions of the "Armbiotechnology" SPC NAS RA.

The following Associations are established and operate in the Center: "Biotechnological Association of Armenia" (BAA, 2007) and "Armenian Microbiological Association" (AMA, 2009). The latter exercising its full membership rights is included into the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS).

The Center has 127 researchers including 1 Academician of NAS RA, 1 Corresponding Member of NAS RA, 8 Doctors of Sciences and 54 Candidates of Sciences.

Main Fields of Activity
  • Fundamental research in biotechnology, microbiology, molecular biology, genetics, genetic engineering and organic chemistry.
  • Synthesis, production of protein and non-protein amino acids, peptides, enzymes and other biological preparations.
  • Development and optimization of biotechnological processes of BAS production.
  • Medical and biological screening of synthesized preparations.
  • Genetics, gene engineering, genetic construction of producers.
  • Solution of urgent problems in medicine, pharmacology, agriculture, food industry and ecology.
  • Study of microbial diversity of Armenia. Maintenance, deposition and study of the Collection of microorganisms’ cultures of research and production significance.
  • Scientific-research grants, contracts.
  • Scientific-educational activity.
  • Biotechnological productions (non-protein amino acids, biological fertilizers, fermented dairy products, galenical and non-galenical preparations).

Main scientific activities

- Biomimetic asymmetric synthesis. Development of efficient methods for the asymmetric synthesis of enantiomerically pure non-protein amino acids, peptides and their analogs used in pharmaceutics, PET diagnostics.
- Biotransformation and biocatalysis. Production of amino acids, enzyme preparations, polysaccharides and other biologically active substances (BAS).
- Microbiological synthesis. Search, production of BAS producing strains (L-, D-amino acids, enzymes, bioinhibitors, biostimulators, biofertilizers, bacterial insecticides) for the needs of medicine, pharmaceutical and food industries, agriculture.
- Biopreparations and bioadditives. Development of techniques for producing BAS for food, medical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic purposes.
- Management of biotechnological processes. Development of fundamentally new technological approaches of management.
- Processing of agricultural and food waste products. Development of efficient technologies.
- Study of microbial biodiversity of Armenia: systematics, taxonomy, morphology, physiology, biochemistry, cytology and genetics of microorganisms.

Main Results
  • Production of non-protein optically active (R)- and (S) α-amino acids and short peptides was set up.
  • Production of biological fertilizers “Azotovit” “Ecobiofeed” and “Ecobiofeed+” based on free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria was set up.
  • High-yield producers of L-amino acids (proline, valine, alanine, ornithine, arginine, histidine) were obtained by gene-engineering and selective methods. More than 20 technological regulations for production of L-amino acids were developed.
  • To produce D-amino acids (alanine, aspartic acid, proline, methionine, leucine), microbial degradation and enzymatic hydrolysis methods were developed.
  • Technologies for production of enzyme preparations (amylase, glucoamylase, bactorennine) for food industry were developed.
  • Manufacture of health-improving vegetable and fruit-berry syrups, inuline, fructose and fructose-glucose syrups, β-cyclodexrins, plant and essential oils for medical and cosmetic purposes, was established.
  • Production of the fermented dairy product "Narine", yoghurts was organized.
  • Technologies for producing new bacterial insecticidal preparations and growth inhibitors of infectious diseases agents were developed.
  • The Collection of cultures of microorganisms (more than 13000 strains) was created. 
International Activity

The Center successfully collaborates with a number of scientific-research and industrial organizations of the USA, EU, CIS, China that resulted in fulfillment of joint scientific research projects and contracts within the framework of the following programs: INCO-COPERNICUS, ISTC, INTAS, CRDF, NFSAT, ANSEF, EURASIA, NATO, VOLKSWAGEN.

For contribution in the development of biotechnology and achievements in scientific collaboration the Center and, particularly, director of the Center, Academician of NAS RA, Ashot S. Saghyan were awarded “Descartes Prize” (EU, 2001), “Award of Friendship” (the Government of the Chinese People's Republic, 2002), “Golden Star” Special Prize of the International Business Initiative Directions Organization in the category “Quality and Leadership” (“International Quality Star Award”, 2003), RA President’s Prizes (2004, 2011), State Prize of RA (2016), “Tien-Shan” Prize (the Government of Xinjiang province, China, 2002, 2005), RA Prime Minister’s Diploma (2006).


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On October 22-25, 2025, The Institute of Literature after M. Abeghyan of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, The Division of Armenology and Social Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, The Institute of World Literature after A.M. Gorky of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Mekhitarist Congregation, Yerevan State University, House-Museum of Avetik Isahakian, The Fundamental Scientific Library of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, invite to participate in the jubilee international conference dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Avetik Isahakyan's birth

On June 12, 2025, the director of the Institute of the Physical Research (Candidate of Phys.-Math. Sci.) Pavel Muzhikyan will present a seminar on the topic "New research opportunities and collaborations" at the conference hall of Presidium of the NAS RA at 15.00

On 16-21 June, 2025, the Institute of Applied Problems of Physics of NAS RA organizes "IV International Scientific School for Radiation Physics and Related Applications named after Academician Alpic Mkrtchyan", in Yerevan

On June 26, 2025, the NAS RA, the Institute of Chemical Physics after A.B. Nalbandyan, the Scientific Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, the Institute of Geological Sciences, the International Scientific Educational Center of NAS RA will organize a Scientific and practical conference for chemistry and geography teachers of high schools entitled"Modern Chemistry and Earth Sciences: Issues of Popularization and Teaching"

On 8-11 September, 2025, the Institute for Physical Research of NAS RA is holding the XIII International Conference on Magnetic and Superconducting Materials (MSM25) in Yerevan, Armenia

On September 26-27, 2025 the Shirak Center for Armenological Studies of NAS RA invites you to Gyumri to participate in the 12th International Conference entitled "Historical and Cultural Heritage of Shirak: Contemporary Issues of Armenian Studies"

On October 17-18, 2025, the NAS RA, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of RA, the International Scientific and Educational Center of NAS RA will organize a "National Sciences, Mathematics, Technology, and Computer Science in the 21st Century: problems and solutions in the field of popularization and education" 8th Pan-Armenian Conference at the National Academy of Sciences of RA

Международный инновационный центр нанотехнологий СНГ (МИЦНТ СНГ) объявляет о проведении в 2025 году очередного Конкурса на соискание грантов и 18-й научной Стажировки для молодых ученых и специалистов из стран СНГ

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