History
The Laboratory was founded in 1981 as a laboratory of the physiology of photosynthetic apparatus. Since 2003 the laboratory has been called laboratory for applied biophysics and biochemistry.
Until 1997 it was headed by the corresponding member of NAS of Belarus, doctor of science, professor Maria T. Chaika. Since 1997 the laboratory has been heading by the corresponding member of NAS of Belarus Ludmila F. Kabashnikova.