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• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #115

  Biotech, robots with spatial awareness, and the Nobels – here are the top highlights from the past two weeks of science reporting by ITMO NEWS.

  20.10.2026

• 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: From Primordial Soup to Next-Gen Medicine

  This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry is going to Henri B. Kagan (France) and Kenso Soai (Japan) “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.” The laureates’ research will allow scientists to control chemical reactions and create organic molecules with a specific orientation. Such molecules have a special purpose in pharmaceutics, where the necessary biological activity is produced by only one of the mirror-image isomers. What are chiral molecules? How do they affect the human body? And why will the new discovery lead to the creation of next-gen medicines? ITMO NEWS looked into it with Ekaterina Skorb, the head of ITMO’s School of Life Sciences and the Infochemistry Scientific Center.

  09.10.2026

• 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics: Ghost Particles and Ice Lab

  This year, the Nobel Prize in Physics is going to Francis Halzen for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. The latter are particles born in remote cosmic processes: supernova explosions and black hole and neutron star mergers. We talked to Dmitry Karlovets, a senior researcher at ITMO’s Faculty of Physics, to learn how neutrinos are used to conduct research on Earth and in deep space, how ice helps catch these evasive particles, and how ITMO contributes to this research.

  06.10.2026

• 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine: Controlling Brain With Light

  This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine is going to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel, whose research helped shed light on how our multibillion-cell brain forms memories, feelings, and behavior strategies. The scientists’ achievements laid the foundation for optogenetics, a method of studying neurons. Why did they receive the Nobel Prize? How does optogenetics help treat diseases? And who studies the brain at ITMO? That’s what we discussed with Vera Medvedeva, a senior researcher at ITMO’s Center for Molecular and Biological Technologies, and Evgeniya Sokolova, the head of the Public Health Sciences Master’s program.

  05.10.2026

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #90

  Twice a month, we bring you the latest in research, education, and tech. In today’s science news digest: advanced nanomaterials, the everyday impact of Nobel Prizes, and the pros and cons of AI in education.

  20.10.2025

• Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Next-Gen Smart Sorbents

  The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to researchers Susumu Kitagawa (Japan), Richard Robson (Australia), and Omar M. Yaghi (USA) for the development of metal-organic frameworks that can be used for gas sorption and separation, as well as to collect water from desert air, detect toxic gases, accelerate chemical reactions, and even process data. We asked Valentin Milichko, a leading researcher at ITMO’s Faculty of Physics, how this technology works and how it’s already used in practice.

  08.10.2025

• Immune System Researchers Receive Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Why It Matters

  The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for their research into immune tolerance. What is the importance of their work? How did they help us redefine the immunology paradigm? And what new avenues have they unlocked towards treatment of dangerous diseases? We dig into these questions with Oleg Kuchur, a senior researcher at ITMO’s Center for Molecular and Biological Technologies.

  07.10.2025

• Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Quantum Tunnelling: ITMO NEWS Explains

  In 2025, the Nobel Prize in Physics went to John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis for their discovery of macroscopic quantum tunnelling. What is the essence of this phenomenon and how has it already changed our daily lives? To get it all explained, we turned to Ivan Iorsh, a chief research associate of ITMO’s School of Physics and Engineering.

  07.10.2025

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #66

  It’s certainly been an exciting couple of weeks for science – after all, we’ve learned the names of this year’s Nobel Prize recipients! Naturally, we’ve already prepared our breakdowns of a few of these remarkable achievements. Also in today’s digest: the future of energy, self-designing robots, IT contests, and a new science art exhibition in St. Petersburg!

  21.10.2024

• Science, Culture, Medicine, and Humor: Noble Talks by ITMO Kick Off in St. Petersburg

  ITMO’s Center for Science Communication has launched a series of free pop-science lectures titled Noble Talks at New Holland Island. Here, scientists, medical specialists, artists, and tech experts will discuss scientific, medical, and technological breakthroughs in the wake of the 2024 Nobel Week and analyze trends from different perspectives.

  14.10.2024