A meeting of the National Academic Network of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was held in Varna to mark the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising On June 19, an expanded meeting of the National Academic Network (NAN) was held at the BAS Creative House in Varna, attended by Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva, President of BAS; Prof. Shtelian Shterionov, DSc, Vice-President; regional coordinators; and members of the Advisory Council. The meeting was opened by Corr. Memb. Alexandre Kostov, chief coordinator of the NAN. In his opening remarks, he outlined the successes and challenges in the regional centers’ work to date, as well as their short-term prospects. In the presentations by the coordinators and during the discussion, the key priorities in the planned activities of the [...]

A lecture titled “Biogenic Volatile Isoprenoids - Climate Change and Plant Protection. Interrelationships and Consequences” was delivered by Corr. Memb. Violeta Velikova from the Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics of BAS. The lecture took place as part of the academic seminar “Current Issues in Science” on June 18 in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall at BAS. What biogenic volatile isoprenoids are, why we should be interested in them, and how our knowledge of them could be used for the benefit of society were just some of the questions addressed in the lecture. On a global scale, plants release enormous amounts of volatile organic compounds equivalent to about 1,300 Tg of carbon per year, and these emissions are about 10 times greater than total anthropogenic [...]