School of Molecular
and Theoretical Biology

Zimin Foundation, in collaboration with the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology, is introducing the Summer Internship Program 2025. Applications are accepted until January 31, 2025.

We are opening the call for applications to the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology 2025. Applications will be accepted until midnight UTC on December 31, 2024. SMTB is generously supported by the Zimin Foundation.

We are opening admission to the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology 2024 for the citizens and residents of Ukraine. The application can be submitted up to and including February 5, 2024 (UTC).

We are opening the call for applications to the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology 2024. Applications will be accepted until midnight UTC on January 15, 2024. SMTB is generously supported by the Zimin Foundation.

In 2023, we will organise two SMTB programs. One of them will take place at the Institute of Technology of the University of Tartu in Estonia.

We are happy to announce that one of SMTB-2023 programs will be held in Armenia in cooperation with the Institute of Molecular Biology of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.

SMTB Admission Committee has sent the results of the admission to SMTB-2023. We had more than 130 interviews with candidates. Each applicant should have received an email with the decision of the Admission Committee.

The admission call to the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology 2023 is now closed. We will do everything we can to organize the SMTB season offline and to welcome all accepted students regardless of the place of their residence. We would like to avoid holding SMTB online and are working on several possible locations for SMTB-2023. SMTB is generously supported by the Zimin Foundation.

We are opening the call for applications to the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology 2023. Applications will be accepted until midnight UTC on January 15, 2023. SMTB is generously supported by the Zimin Foundation.

SMTB Admission Committee has sent the results of the admission to SMTB-2022. We had more than 120 interviews with candidates and finished assessing the applications after a two-month pause. Each applicant should have received an email with the decision of the Admission Committee.

SMTB Admissions Committee would like to inform you that we are pausing our work for one month. We will send an update on April 3. We pray for the safety of all of our applicants caught in the warzone.

The admission call to the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology 2022 is now closed. The continuing restrictions due to the pandemic do not let us be confident that SMTB can be held offline in 2022. If the situation allows, SMTB-2022 will take place at the University of Tartu in Estonia. If not, SMTB-2022 will be organized online in two parts, similar to that we have done in 2020 and 2021. In this case the School will start in mid-July and end in mid-August. The final decision, and the exact dates of the online version, will be announced in the beginning of May and will be communicated to the accepted students and their parents. SMTB is generously supported by the Zimin Foundation with additional support from the HHMI and Petrovax.

Многие уже написали, и ещё напишут, подробно о жизни и значительных достижениях Дмитрия Борисовича. Вспоминая его в эти дни, Научный директор ШМТБ Федор Кондрашов написал о его роли в создании ШМТБ в контексте многолетней работы его детища, фонда “Династия”, упомянув историю создания ШМТБ.

We are opening the call for applications to the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology 2022. Applications will be accepted from November 15, 2021 until midnight UTC on January 15, 2022. SMTB is supported by the Zimin Foundation with additional funding from the HHMI and Petrovax.

We are starting to admit applications to the Zimin Foundation - SMTB Alumni Summer Research Program for 2022. SMTB alumni who were accepted to SMTB through the Russian-speaking application process and have not yet been accepted into a PhD program are eligible to apply. The deadline for the applications is January 15, 2022.

We would like to announce our decision that SMTB-2021 will take place online. The organization of the coming season will be similar to SMTB-2020. The School will consist of two parts. During the first one we will offer preparatory courses, lectures and other activities to the students. The preparatory part of SMTB-2021 will take place from July 22 to 31. The main part of SMTB-2021, during which the students will work on projects, will take place from August 3 to 21.

We are pleased to announce that Petrovax, one of the leading biopharmaceutical companies in Russia, became a sponsor of SMTB. We thank Petrovax for the support that will allow us to continue bringing research to young aspiring scientists with renewed vigor.

SMTB Admission Committee has sent the results of the admission to SMTB-2021. We received many great applications, about 7 for every place at the school. We had more than 130 interviews with candidates.

The Admission Committee is still working on all applications to SMTB-2021. This year the decision process is taking us more time than usual. We are working hard to be able to share the results with each applicant as soon as possible. We will keep you posted and share the news on our Facebook page and SMTB website when the results are announced.

The admissions to the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology 2021 is now closed. Due to the current pandemic situation we are not sure if SMTB is possible offline in 2021. If the situation improves, SMTB-2021 will take place at the University of Tartu in Estonia from 3 to 19 August, 2021. If not, SMTB 2021 will provide an online experience, similar to that we have done in 2020, that will start in mid-July and end in mid-August. The final decision, and the exact dates for the online version, will be announced at the end of April.

The call for applications to the SMTB-2020 is now open. Applications will be accepted from December 1, 2020 until midnight UTC on January 24, 2021. Since 2016, the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology is generously supported by the Zimin Foundation.

We are happy to announce that SMTB-2020 will take place online from August 2 to 18. Since 2016, the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology has been generously supported by the Zimin Foundation.

We are happy to announce the results of the admission to SMTB 2020. This year we had more than 7 applications for every spot in both Russian- and English-speakin calls. We received many strong applications, and the decision process took a considerable amount of time. The Admission Committee organised more than 130 additional skype-interviews before reaching the final decision.

The admissions to the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology 2020 is now closed. SMTB-2020 will take place in Poznan (Poland) from August 2 to 18, 2020. Since 2016, the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology is generously supported by the Zimin Foundation.

The call for applications to the SMTB-2020 is now open. Applications are accepted from November 15 until January 9, 2020. Since 2016, the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology is generously supported by the Zimin Foundation.

We are happy to announce the results of the admission to SMTB 2019. This year we had more than 9 applications for every spot in the Russian-speaking call and that ratio was more than 10 to 1 in our English-speaking call. We received many strong applications, and the decision process took a considerable amount of time.

The admissions to the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology 2019 is now closed. SMTB-2019 will take place in Barcelona from August 7 to 23, 2019. Since 2016, the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology is generously supported by the Zimin Foundation.

The call for applications to the SMTB-2019 is now open. Applications are accepted from November 15, 2018 until January 15, 2019. Since 2016, the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology is generously supported by the Zimin Foundation.

SMTB has been awarded an educational seed grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for the 2018-2020 school seasons.

The admissions to the 2018 School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology has closed.

The call for applications to the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology - 2018 opens today.

On August 16, one day before the conference session of SMTB 2017, Mikhail Abramovich Roytberg passed away during complex surgery to remove a malignant tumor.

Thanks to the contribution of the expertise of Steve and Mikhail we succeeded in obtaining the 501(c)(3) resolution from the IRS, granting us the status of a charitable educational organization. All of us can now focus on fulfilling our primary mission of research-oriented education.

Admission to SMTB-2017 in Russian is closed.

15 января закончился прием заявок на Школу молекулярной и теоретической биологии - 2017