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• 5 Things That Make St. Petersburg Russia's Cultural Capital

  St. Petersburg is a city with many names and faces: the Venice of the North, the Cradle of Three Revolutions, the City of White Nights – and, above all, the cultural capital of Russia. And if you’ve ever wondered about the origins of this honorable title, here are some facts and figures to convince you of its right to bear it. 

  07.12.2020

• Nanolasers, MRI, and Cultural Heritage: ITMO University Wins Three Megagrants

  For the first time in its history, ITMO University has received approval on three megagrant applications at once. Soon, laboratories for optoelectronics, MRI, and cultural heritage studies will launch in St. Petersburg.

  03.12.2020

• Scientists Demonstrate New Opportunities for Controlling Light in Optical Graphene

  This will help scientists and engineers to better understand the properties of light propagating in materials with a hexagonal structure, and use this knowledge in fundamental research and the development of optical devices. Physicists from ITMO took part in this research.  The article was published in Nature Photonics. 

  03.12.2020

• New Citizen Science Project Helps Researchers Find Volunteers

  Launched in October, the Liudi Nauki (“People of Science” – Ed.) website helps regular citizens participate in research – and scientists to find volunteers for their projects. The website has already over 40 different offers for volunteers. Learn more about the project and its mission in this ITMO.NEWS article.

  01.12.2020

• ITMO Graduate ‪Andrei Gorodetsky on His Career, European Science, and Work in Different Countries

  Andrei Gorodetsky received his PhD degree at ITMO’s Faculty of Photonics and Optical Information in 2010. Now, he works at the University of Birmingham and continues to supervise projects at ITMO University.

  01.12.2020

• Picture of the Week: Fluorescence Microscopy Image of Neuroblastoma

  Neuroblastoma cells are used in the first stages of testing biocompatibility of nervous system drugs.

  30.11.2020

• Scientists Propose Method of Assessing the Gene-Disease Connection

  The method can be used to assess the probability of a specific gene or genes affecting various processes in an organism, including the development of diseases. The article was published in BMC Bioinformatics.

  27.11.2020

• Beginner’s Guide to Brainstorming and Writing Articles for Scientific Journals

  How many experiments should you carry out for an article? What do you do if you can't get into Nano Letters on the first try? And, above all, how do you deal with frustration and burnout? Find all the answers to these troubling questions in this ITMO.NEWS article.

  25.11.2020

• ITMO Launches a Series of Scientific Meetups With the Vice Rector for Research

  During these meetings, scientists from ITMO University and their colleagues from all over the world will discuss cutting-edge scientific projects from various fields of studies. Vladimir Nikiforov, Vice Rector for Research at ITMO University, will moderate the events. Find out more in this ITMO.NEWS article.  

  24.11.2020

• Top Nine Questions About Genome Decoding

  These days, we often hear about scientists having decoded the genome of this or that species. ITMO.NEWS and Aleksey Komissarov, a researcher at ITMO’s SCAMT Institute, explain what DNA is, how it helps us study animal ancestry, and in what way DNA testing differs from genome research.

  20.11.2020