Members of «Extreme biology» Lab took part in the first Russia-Japan meeting on "Yamane" dormice genome project in Kyoto University. In order to understand the molecular mechanisms of hibernation in the "long-sleepers". This work is supported by JSPS (Japan) and RFBR (Russia) and unites researchers from Kazan Federal University, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan Space Agency, Moscow University and several institutes of Russian Academy of Sciences.