It is with great sadness that we received news of the death of Dr Sergey Alexanian, Deputy Director of Foreign Relations at the Vavilov Institute, Russia’s historic national genebank. Sergey was a friend as well as a colleague and collaborator. He will be much missed by the plant genetic resources community of which he was such a knowledgeable and active member. Funerals will be held on Wednesday, June 18, at the Smolenskoye Cemetery in St Petersburg.
I was so sorry to hear this news. Sergey was a wonderful fellow. It was always a great pleasure to work with him.
I had the pleasure of enjoying his hospitality at the Institute with the SEEDNet RSC. My condolences to his family…