To the 70th anniversary of Andrei Semenovich Simbirtsev

Resume March 12, 2026, marked the 70th birthday of Andrei Semenovich Simbirtsev—a scientist whose name is inextricably linked to the development of Russian immunology and medical biotechnology. Andrei Semenovich Simbirtsev was born in Leningrad on March 12, 1956. In 1973, he enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine at the First Leningrad Medical Institute named after Academician I.P. Pavlov. After receiving his medical degree in 1979, Andrey Semenovich worked in the histology laboratory at the Research Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (RAMS), and in 1984 he was awarded the degree of Candidate of Biological Sciences. In 1993, Andrey Semenovich defended his doctoral dissertation on “The Biology of Human Interleukin-1 in Normal and Pathological Conditions.” In 2000, he was awarded the academic title of professor in the field of “allergology and immunology.” In 2016, Andrei Semenovich was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the field of “medical biotechnology”.