“Konstantin Georgievich Scriabin did not die tonight,” RIA Novosti quoted the representative of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Scriabin was one of the pioneers in the field of genomic research in the USSR and Russia.

For the first time in the world, Scriabin determined the complete sequence of DNA encoding all ribosomal RNAs of a eukaryotic organism. Co-author of more than 300 scientific papers, including 64 inventions in Russia.