The discussion of projects ensuring the achievement of the goals of the strategic technological projects of the SFedU development program for the lots "Research Laboratory", "Research Laboratory for the Development of advanced technologies", "Seed laboratories in new directions" and "Centers for end-to-end technologies" resulted in a decision to create 10 new laboratories:

Biotechnological Cluster Research Laboratory, project leader – Honorary Doctor of the Southern Federal University, Head of the Biorestoration of Polluted Soil Ecosystems Megagrant, Professor Wong Ming Hung;

Chander Prakash, Research Laboratory of 3D Bioprinting Technologies for Flexible Microelectronics, Project Leader, Professor, Leading Researcher at the Research Laboratory "Neuroelectronics and Memristive Nanomaterials" of the SFedU Institute of Nanotechnologies, Electronics  and Equipment Engineering;

"Research Laboratory of Spectral Phenotyping of agricultural Plants", project leader – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher at the SFedU Botanical Garden Pavel Dmitriev.

"The laboratory's activities will be aimed at developing technologies for hyperspectral phenotyping of crops for operational (in real time), remote, non-invasive, high-tech and reliable assessment of their condition in order to reasonably plan a system of agronomic measures such as harvesting, desiccation, weed control, fertilization, etc. The technologies being developed will contribute to the development of precision agriculture, increase the efficiency of agricultural production and optimize management decisions," said Pavel Dmitriev.

"Research Laboratory of Artificial Soil technologies and digital solutions", project manager - Tanvar Sudip;

"Bioinspired AI Research Laboratory", project leader – Candidate of Technical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Psychophysiology at SFedU Scientific Centre Neurotechnology Igor Shepelev;

Additive Technology Center, project manager – Sergey Chapek, Research Engineer at the SFedU Center for High-Tech Instrumentation.

Additive manufacturing is an innovative method of creating products by layer-by-layer synthesis based on digital 3D models. Unlike traditional subtractive technologies (where the material is removed), additive methods make it possible to create objects of complex geometry with minimal material consumption, opening up new opportunities for industry, medicine and science. Thus, the Additive Data Center is designed to become an innovative platform combining fundamental research in this field, educational programs and industrial implementation of digital production technologies.

"The creation of Additive Data Center is an important stage in the development of the high–tech sector of the economy in the South of Russia. The center will become a platform for the generation and transfer of advanced technological solutions, as well as an effective link between industrial enterprises, the scientific community and government authorities," said Sergey Chapek, head of the center.

Laboratory of Post–Pyrogenic Ecosystems, project manager - Kamil Kazeev, Director of the D.I. Ivanovsky Academy of Biology and Biotechnology of the Southern Federal University;

"Laboratory of Quantum Computing for Materials Design", project manager – Engineer of the Frontier Laboratory of X-ray Spectral Nanometrology at the SFedU Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Yuri Rusalev.

According to the project manager, the laboratory will specialize in creating unique hybrid computing architectures (circuits) that organically combine quantum and classical computing, which allows solving the most complex problems of forecasting and designing materials with specified properties.

"The key task is to develop accelerated design methods for materials that will speed up their creation time. This area opens up new opportunities for materials science, combining advanced achievements of quantum technologies and traditional computing approaches," says Yuri Rusalev.

Laboratory of Bioregenerative Technologies, project leader – Yulia Kalyuzhnaya, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Researcher at the Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, SFedU Academy of biology and biotechnology. The aim of the project is to search for biologically active compounds and create prototypes of drugs, coatings and materials for the needs of regenerative and reparative medicine. As part of a 3-year project, it is planned to create prototypes of drugs to protect the eye from exposure to intense sunlight.

"Laboratory of Molecular Biological Screening and Biotesting", project leader – Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Leading researcher at the Laboratory of Ecology and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms of the SFedU Academy of biology and biotechnology Ivan Sazykin.

This unique interdisciplinary project will operate on the basis of the Research Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry, combining the competencies of biologists and chemists to develop advanced screening methods for biologically active compounds. The main task of the laboratory is to create an initial system for the comprehensive assessment of the biological effects of new compounds, helping to select promising candidate substances for further preclinical and clinical trials.

"An important feature of the laboratory will be a wide range of methods: new substances will be tested using natural and genetically engineered whole-cell bacterial biosensors, bacterial biofilms, fungal cultures and mammalian cells. All this is much faster, more informative and more humane than animal experiments.  The laboratory's promising developments will find application not only in the medical field, but also in agriculture, where there is still a need for new chemical plant protection products," says Ivan Sazykin, project manager.