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Picture of the Week: Test Fluid in a Decellularized Spinach Leaf
A decellularized, nearly-transparent spinach leaf is used as a model for testing thrombolytics. Such models of plant origin can become the alternative to the use of lab animals as test subjects.
16.11.2020
ITMO Researcher Nominated for Person of the Year by Fontanka.ru
Kirill Koshelev, a researcher from ITMO University, has been nominated for the Fontanka.ru media portal’s Recognition and Influence award. The list of ten nominees whose achievements were noted by the expert committee is available here (in Russian). Public voting will continue until November 30.
16.11.2020
Art Project as Thesis Initiative Launches at ITMO
This year, ITMO University launches a unique initiative that will allow Master’s students to collaborate with each other and create an interdisciplinary project in place of their thesis. Read more about it in this ITMO.NEWS article.
12.11.2020
BioPrint Workshop Takes Place at ITMO University
Top scientists from Canada, Germany, China, and the US have discussed the future of bioprinting with students, who also were able to try 3D printing with their own hands. Learn more in this ITMO.NEWS article.
10.11.2020
ITMO Highpark Joins New AI-Focused Science and Education Center
ITMO Highpark, the university’s upcoming second campus in the satellite city Yuzhny, has joined a scientific and educational center within the framework of the NOC project. This center will be engaged in studying artificial intelligence in industry.
10.11.2020
University College Dublin's Prof. John T. Sheridan on Holography, Career, and Irish Culture
This November, one of the top experts in the world of photonics will conduct a series of open lectures for ITMO students. ITMO.NEWS spoke with Professor John T. Sheridan about the future of holography, academic networking, and why he believes it’s better to think it over ten times before becoming a professor.
09.11.2020
Picture of the Week: Rainbow Shine in Polymeric Materials
This effect can be used to control the internal stress on surfaces of transparent objects, which is required to monitor quality control of products and their technical state.
09.11.2020
Ancient Art & Science, or What Killed the Medusa
ITMO professor Sergei Stafeev recently delivered a lecture in which he spoke about how Greek philosophers succeeded in discovering many of the laws of optics, how these discoveries were reflected in art, and what’s similar about the story of Medusa and one of the Harry Potter books. ITMO.NEWS put down the main ideas.
02.11.2020
Picture of the Week: An Atomic Force Microscope Celebrates Halloween
The picture shows the probe of an atomic force microscope seen through a secondary optical microscope.
30.10.2020
ITMO Scientists Demonstrate Record-Breaking Light Coupling into Optical Fiber at Large Incidence Angles
The invention opens up new opportunities in the field of medicine, including endoscopy and laparoscopy, quantum technologies, and fiber-optic sensors. The concept proposed by the scientists got on the front cover of the October issue of ACS Photonics.
27.10.2020