The Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology was established in 1923.
In the following years the Department was headed by:
1923-1936 – Prof. Vasiliy S. VESELOV
1936-1941 – Prof. Boris P. PERVUSHIN
1941 – Prof. Pavel F. ANDREEV
1941-1943 – Prof. Pavel P. VISHNEVSKII
1943-1945 – Prof. Stepan K. BEZZUBETS
1945-1949 and 1953-1959 – Prof. Assoc. Maria V. VOROBIEVA
1949-1953– Prof. Anna A. BESSONOVA
1959-1961 – Prof. Galina V. KORNILOVA
1961-1967 – Prof. Assoc. Anna M. KHOVANOVA
1967-1969 – Prof. Assoc. Ruslan S. TSIRKIN
1969-1981 – Prof. Lyudmila I. KARTUSHINA
1981-1998 – Prof. Albert A. OBGOLTS
1998 – Prof. Assoc. Vladimir P. KLISHEVICH
1998-1999 – Prof. Vissarion A. SHAMARDIN
Since 1999 – Prof. Nikolai V. RUDAKOV