Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals
| Established | 1944 |
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| Director | Victor V. Glupov, Prof, ScD |
| Staff | 166 (as of 2013) |
| Owner | Siberian Branch of RAS |
| Formerly called | Biomedical Institute, Biological Institute |
| Address | Frunze street, 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia |
| Location | Novosibirsk , Russia |
| Website | http://www.eco.nsc.ru |
The Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals (ISEA) (Russian: Институт систематики и экологии животных, ИСЭЖ ) located in Novosibirsk is one of the oldest research organization in the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS). The institute was founded in 1944 as Biomedical Institute, the first Siberian academic establishment working in biology. The Siberian Zoological Museum of the ISEA SB RAS has the third-largest coleopteran collection in Russia. Some Siberian research organizations as the Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS and the Institute of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry SB RAS were derived from the Institute former laboratories.