Chidunchi I.Y., PhD student, took part in the international conference "Theory and practice of parasitical diseases control", conducted by the Federal State Budget Institution "All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plants named after " (Moscow).

Irina Chidunchi’s report "The ultrastructural features of the fluke Dyplostomum huronense muscular system » attracted the interest of the organizers of the conference and was included in the plenary session of the conference program. By the way, plenary session was attended by prominent scholars from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in the field of biological, medical and veterinary sciences. The scientific article was published in the "Theory and practice of parasitical diseases control" collected works and indextied, in the RISC database.

In addition, the Presidium of K.I. Skryabin Society of helminthologists of Russian Academy of Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, became interested in scientific achievements and developments of PhD student Chidunchi I.Y. and expressed a desire to elect Chidunchi I.Y. as a members of the Society of helminthologists, Russian Academy of Sciences. Uspenskiy A.V., President of the Society of helminthologists, RAS corresponding member, Doctor of Veterinary Science, Professor personally presented the certificate of a member of the Society of helminthologists, wishing further scientific development and professional success.

Within the working trip, Irina Chidunchi visited Moscow ethological seminar of American scholar Robert M. Fagen (University of Ilinois at Urbana-Champaing, Urbana, Ilinois, USA) on the «Play behavior in animals: ethology, ecology, evolution» theme, which was held at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution  of Russian Academy of Sciences.