According to NEFU Pro-Rector for Natural Sciences and International Cooperation Mikhail Prisyajny, the question of cloning a mammoth is interesting scientifically, because it is a part of life, which will be used in the structure of other animals, including modern. On March 16, the staff of the Mammoth Museum of the federal university disclosed the secrets of the possible cloning an ancient fossil.

North-Eastern Federal University launched the International Scientific Seminar on modern methods of research of fossil animals.

"If we will find in the tissues of the mammoth something alive, science will be able to understand the properties of living animals’ organisms. Blood or liquid in the body of Malolyakhovsky mammoth did not freeze at low temperatures. Humanity has not been able to get liquid with such properties yet. Therefore, it seems that this research work will allow us to achieve the desired properties in artificial materials and liquids. This is our big scientific interest", NEFU Pro-Rector for Natural Sciences and International Cooperation Mikhail Prisyajny said.

"Such center was opened for the first time in Russia. The research will be done in partnership with the leading paleontological centers of the world, which are found mainly in North America, the United States and Canada. We also, of course, use the best practices of Asian scientists, especially from Japan, who have been our partners for long, and South Korea, which are co-founders of the center "Molecular Paleontology", the Pro-Rector said.

The seminar will host the opening of the International Center for collective use "Molecular Paleontology" of NEFU Institute of Applied Ecology of the North. According to the Institute’s scientists, the Center will be the first and only place in Russia, conducting research on finding living cells of mammoth and DNA study of ancient animals on the newest equipment using unique technologies.