Academician Vasil Grigorov Golemansky Dr. of Sci. – Institute of zoology, BAS Assoc. Prof. Dr. Konstantza Ivanova Pavlova - Institute of microbiology BAS Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liliana Dimitrova Iurukova - Institute of botany BAS Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mariela Kostadinova Odzakova Faculty of biology, Sofia University Assist. Prof. Dr. Pavel Hristov Zehtindziev - Institute of zoology, BAS Assist. Prof. Dr. Krastio Yordanov Dimitrov - Institute of zoology, BAS Assist. Prof. Dr. Michaela Nikolova Nedyalkova - Institute of zoology, BAS Dipl. Ing. Yordan Radkov Yankov – Bulgarian Antarctic Institute Assoc. Prof. Dr. Volodimir Fiodorovich Bezrukov – National University, Kiev, Ukraine