Our story
1995
A museum of microorganism cultures was created at the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology LNU named after I. Franko
2008
The beginning of the screening program for biologically active substances of actinomycetes from natural biotopes of Ukraine
2016
A structural subdivision of LNU named after I.Franka for the Collection of antibiotic-producing microorganisms
2002
The museum was reorganized into the Collection of cultures of microorganisms - producers of antibiotics, which received the status of a scientific object, which is a National Property of Ukraine
2012
The first new antibiotics from actinomycetes of the Crimean Peninsula were discovered
2018
"Collection of cultures of microorganisms - producers of antibiotics" becomes a participant in scientific research of Ukraine in the Antarctic.
The collection of cultures of microorganisms producing antibiotics (KKMPA) of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (I. Franko LNU) was founded in 1995 on the basis of the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology and functioned as a museum of cultures of microorganisms within the scientific laboratory NDL-45 “Genetics, Breeding and genetic engineering of antibiotic producers”.
In 2002, the Museum of Microorganisms was reorganized into the KKMPA, which by order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated August 19, 2002 No. 472. included in the State Register of Scientific Objects, which constitute the national property of Ukraine.
In 2008, Ph.D. Gromyko O.M. isolated the first actinomycetes, starting a program of screening biologically active substances of actinomycetes from natural biotopes of Ukraine. Today, about 4,000 isolates of actinomycetes have been isolated and characterized. In 2012, the first new antibiotics were discovered: pimprinols A, B and C, lepoline acid, as well as uniperolide in cooperation with partners Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) A. Further fruitful cooperation between KKMPA and HIPS allowed to discover and characterize more than 20 new natural compounds.
In 2016, according to the decision of the academic council of I. Franko LNU (order No. О-34 dated 03/04/2016), a separate structural unit “Collection of cultures of microorganisms – producers of antibiotics” was created.
Since 2018, KKMPA has become a participant in the Ukrainian research program in the Antarctic under the auspices of the National Antarctic Science Center of Ukraine. The area of research is the Argentine Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago near the western coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.