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Our Favorite Places to Experience Fall in St. Petersburg
…a breath of fresh air, and finding your inner peace (your soul and lungs will thank you later) while soaking up those last days of crisp bronze sunlight before the first chill promise of winter. And its valleys are eerily romantic under a fresh coat of leaves! And don’t forget to treat yourself with a coffee, tea, hot chocolate, or anything warm and comforting becaus…
06.10.2020
Epidemiologist Vasily Vlassov on Medical Problems Exposed by the Pandemic
…e all over the world, but it also exposed many problems of modern healthcare and medical science that used to be hidden from a wider audience. Vasily Vlassov, one of the most prominent epidemiologists in Russia and vice president of the Russian Society for Evidence Based Medicine, discussed these problems with the students of ITMO University’s Science Communication …
06.10.2020
You Can Fight the World and Win: ITMO Graduate Kirill Rivkin on DataArt, Studies in the US and His Startup
…ple. In the US, even first-level managers rarely have engineering experience. Their job is not to create something new but to choose one idea out of the existing five and then promote it within the company. Engineers are deemed to be subjective, they are believed to always choose something they have worked on themselves. In my experience, it is often true. Moreover, …
05.10.2020
Scientists Create New IR-Activated Coating for Local Drug Delivery
… of BMP-2 for regulated cell growth. Moreover, the fabricated surfaces have excellent biocompatibility with MC3T3-E1 preosteoblast cells. It was proved that the released BMP-2 promotes cell differentiation towards bone formation. We also conducted several experiments with local release of the substance,” notes Svetlana Ulasevich. An additional advantage of the n…
02.10.2020
Staff Spotlight: Mingzhao Song, China
… survive outside the lab. What is the technology you are working on? How can it change the world? We’re developing the technology of wireless power transfer — a very promising invention that will greatly improve our lives. It was the topic of my PhD thesis, and now we continue our research in the lab. At the current stage, we're working on the proof of conc…
01.10.2020
ITMO University and Gazprom Neft Launch Energy Club
…This academic year opens up a new opportunity for those ITMO University students who would like to try their hand at a career in the energy industry. In cooperation with Gazprom Neft, the university has founded a student Energy Club – a new open self-regulating platform for future developers in the field of traditional and renewable energy. “The club is created …
30.09.2020
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 3-4, 2020
…More Than Moscow) exhibition August 8 – October 15, 11 am to 9 pm The Manege Central Exhibition Hall 150 rubles (purchase them for a specific time slot here; use the promo code “150” for a student discount – and don’t forget to bring your student ID) Are you a contemporary art connoisseur always looking for new perspectives on modernity? First of all, …
30.09.2020
ITMO Researchers Create Unique Wound-Healing Nanofibers Based on Hyaluronic Acid
…uired from polymer solutions by electrospinning can be used to produce wound dressings for treatment of melanomas, burns, ulcers, eczemas, and neurodermitis, which is a rather promising and important field in medicine, as, for instance, there is still no functional treatment for melanoma. The developed method of introducing biologically active substances into a polym…
30.09.2020
100 Free Courses from Coursera: Seize the Opportunity
…lds, from well-being to mathematical analysis, in this article by Business Insider. How to enroll for free: Choose a course you’d like to take. Make sure there’s a promo banner at the top of its page. If not, try refreshing the page. Click “Enroll for free”. Once a window with the name of the course opens, click “Continue”. The discount w…
29.09.2020
Down the River: Delightful Journey Through My Suddenly Unfamiliar Country
…ildings, both wooden and stone architecture. We escaped from the bus tour and went for a walk – and found the most delicious coffee, amazingly interesting people and even an impromptu drummer show on the waterfront. Thank you, Kostroma! Escaping from the bus proved a winning strategy at the stops that followed. It gave us a chance to explore and find our own adven…
29.09.2020