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• Metanano 2020 on Gender Inequality in Science

  …bout a scientist, they often imagine a middle-aged man. This is especially evident in the group of natural and technical sciences referred to as STEM – science, technology, engineering, and math. For instance, over the past ten years, 25 men and only one woman – Donna Strickland – have received the Nobel Prize in Physics. It was therefore decided to organize a sep…

  21.09.2020

• Programmer’s Day at ITMO University: Programming Championship, IT Lectures, and Online Concert

  …and not only for the sake of art but as a real tool. For example, in parametric modeling. David Bowen’s Tele-present wind is a remarkable example of the synthesis of engineering, art, and programming. In his home state, Minnesota, he installed a dried flower with an accelerometer. An installation of 22 such flowers travels the globe. When the wind in Minnesota…

  18.09.2020

• Picture of the Week: Magneto-Active Glass-Ceramics

  …glowing material in the picture isn’t a jewel – it’s a piece of magneto-active glass-ceramics created by the staff of ITMO University’s Research Center for Optical Material Engineering. This material is unusual because its optical properties (the way it absorbs or emits light) depend on the way a magnetic field affects it. For example, in the picture, the piece is…

  18.09.2020

• Student Spotlight: Gabriel Guerra, Ecuador

  …Gabriel graduated as а Electronics and Telecommunications engineer at Polytechnic National School in Ecuador. While he was studying his Bachelor’s degree, his desire to go abroad increased with the time.  “I always wanted to know how people are in other parts of the world, how they live, what culture and customs they have. Honestly, I have never considered Russi…

  17.09.2020

• Bike Ride With the Rector 12.0: Participants Share Their Impressions and Pandemic Experience

  … those who live far away, I would recommend coming for a bike ride with the Rector by regular scooter. Marina Abramenko, third-year student at the Faculty of Physics and Engineering This is my first time joining the bike ride. We were told that the dean of our faculty, Pavel Belov would be coming so we couldn’t miss it. I rode here by bike which I rented ou…

  16.09.2020

• ITMO Researchers Present New Inventions at AGRORUS-2020 Expo

  …on in the event is one of the Faculty of Biotechnology’s development initiatives. Renamed in late August, it was previously known as the Faculty of Food Biotechnologies and Engineering. “Food biotechnologies are but a part of the wide spectrum of biotechnologies, and we are planning to expand the Faculty’s activities into the five primary fields of biotech,” exp…

  15.09.2020

• Medical Discoveries That Changed the World

  …allowed scientists to make a breakthrough in medicine – both in diagnostics and treatment. Scientists discovered many genetic disorders and ways to treat them using genetic engineering. For example, treatment of sickle cell anemia showed great results. Prior to the discovery, the only way to cure it was to transplant bone marrow from a donor, but now scientists are a…

  15.09.2020

• ITMO Graduate Wins National Theses Competition

  …ith ion traps. We recently invited about 15 capable and ambitious first-year Bachelor’s students from completely different specializations: computer technology, physics and engineering, laser technology, and even several biologists. Later on, after certain training, they will continue to work on our tasks and help us in their implementation. We have a lot of ideas…

  15.09.2020

• Sounds of Soil and Petunia Manifesto: Pangardenia Exhibition Launches at Art.ITMO.Residency

  …ram also includes virtual events and an offline outdoor event. “On September 11, from 11 AM till 2 PM, we’ll conduct a joint project with a team of ITMO scientists and engineers headed by Alexandr Kapitonov. Together with artists, curators, scientists, and an environmental specialist we’ll get on a boat and sail the rivers and canals of the city,” says Artur Kon…

  11.09.2020

• ITMO Scientists are on the Verge of Designing Pathogen-Based Drug Delivery Systems

  … lot of biological supplements with this substance. “We are developing material for a specific task, namely, for combating bacterial infections,” says Nikita Serov, an engineer of the ChemBio Cluster and a PhD student at ITMO University. Calcium carbonate is an affordable and experimentally tested material, you can buy it at any chemical store. Besides, it is ve…

  11.09.2020