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• ITMO Staff Develop Tabletop VR Platform For Better User Experience

  …s, public transport stops, etc. The participants of the program have conducted research based on a survey of state and municipal authorities in several countries and written a scientific article, which will be published soon. What is more, Lyudmila Vidyasova, the head of ITMO’s Office for Monitoring and Research, greatly contributed to the research. There are also pl…

  26.03.2021

• ITMO University Hosts the First IChem Prize Contest for School Students

  …Ekaterina Skorb, head of ITMO's Infochemistry Scientific Center, says that the IChem Prize contest was held in conjunction with the launch of a new Bachelor’s program introduced in 2021. Before that, the center held a number of events to engage school students in a new field of science, and the competition has become a result of the ong…

  25.03.2021

• ITMO and Almazov National Medical Research Centre Researchers Study The Effect of Gaming On the Human Brain

  …the effect of gaming and other addictions, such as to chemical substances.  Such studies are made possible by functional magnetic resonance (fMRI), a technology that allows scientists to spot activations in regions of the brain as the participants complete various tasks. Dmitry Iskhakov, one of the authors of the project and an employee at Almazov National Medical…

  25.03.2021

• Student Spotlight: Todd Johnsen, USA

  …hat I wanted to enhance or improve my knowledge of.  What was your educational path before joining ITMO? Before coming here I was working on my Bachelor’s in information sciences at Minnesota State University. How were your first days in St. Petersburg? When I first came here, I had to complete the whole admission process at the university. To my surprise…

  25.03.2021

• Scientists From ITMO and the US Assemble New Reference Genomes of Two Malaria Mosquito Species

  …aria get into the human body. A total of 400 species are considered to be malaria mosquitoes, but only 30 of them are the major vectors of the disease. However, until recently scientists had a reference genome of only one species.  “Such genomes are important for comparison of different species,” explains Anton Zamyatin, a researcher at ITMO University’s Laborat…

  24.03.2021

• Get to Know ITMO Technopark’s XLab

  …d as part of the international Twin Campus project. The laboratory of the same name has been operating for several years now at the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (XAMK), a partner of the Twin Campus. The two laboratories are expected to work together: share experiences and hold joint events.  “The Twin Campus project aims to build an effec…

  23.03.2021

• Art & Science Center Launches Free Elective Courses for All ITMO Bachelor’s Students

  …According to Aliya Sakhariyeva, head of the Art & Science Center at ITMO University, the center’s team came up with these courses while implementing a series of initiatives on the popularization of the Art&Science track among ITMO students: “Last year, we offered our Master’s students the opportunity to do an art project as their gra…

  23.03.2021

• ITMO PhD Student Karina Pats on Working in France During the Pandemic

  … in bioinformatics.  Technically, the laboratory belongs to the University of Lorraine but is also supported by two government organizations: the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA). So, here you’ll find only highly-qualified speciali…

  22.03.2021

• Picture of the Week: Perovskite Crystals in Textile

  …e help of a microscope with a 10x magnification. The work of ITMO’s Laboratory of Hybrid Nanophotonics and Optoelectronics (PeroLab) is conducted as part of the Russian Science Foundation grant (№19-73-30023) focusing on perovskite-based flexible optoelectronic devices: solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and multipurpose devices. The researchers believe that …

  22.03.2021

• ITMO Associate Professor Anastasia Pavlova On Teaching, Social Media, and Participation in Women’s Competition

  … admirable project but it has nothing to do with me, however, later my colleagues reassured me. I consider myself a happy woman who has both the capacity and skills to combine science, teaching, business, and, most importantly, family. I’m eager to call attention to teaching and enhance the prestige of this profession. The teacher seeks to encourage students to make …

  19.03.2021