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• ITMO University Launches New Master’s Program for Future Biotechnology Specialists

  ITMO’s Faculty of Biotechnologies, which was relaunched in 2020, opens a new Master’s program in industrial biotechnology. The program is meant for aspiring biotechnology specialists wishing to learn more about production processes, acquire machine learning skills, and master the digital approaches widely used in modern biotechnology. Among the program’s partners are the biotechnology company Innova Plus and one of the major local pharmaceutical manufacturers Geropharm. What will students learn, and what are today’s employers looking for? Here’s what you need to know about ITMO’s new Master’s program.

  09.03.2022

• New Materials, Nanotoothpaste, and Electric Bacteria: Outcomes of Eighth SCAMT Workshop Week

  Twice a year, students from Russian and international universities get a chance to participate in an interdisciplinary school – ITMO University’s SCAMT Workshop Week. As part of it, students can learn from experienced researchers, use cutting-edge equipment, and complete a team project. In today’s article, we’ll share the opinions and results of this year’s participants.

  15.02.2022

• Nutraceuticals, Prosumerism, and Other Current FoodTech Trends

  Earlier this year, ITMO’s School of Biotechnology and Cryogenic Systems hosted Food BioTech, a major conference on the latest achievements in foodtech – an interdisciplinary field that brings together food production, IT, medicine, and research. Experts discussed the topical trends in the field, including functional foods, food quality and safety, sustainable development and green technologies, as well as the key to digitalizing footech and the changes in opinions on personal nutrition that were brought on by the pandemic. 

  08.12.2021

• Highlights of Another Break Down by Atoms Lecture at the Informational Center for Atomic Energy

  On February 16, scientists from three research institutions in St. Petersburg discussed the projects they are currently involved in. Mikhail Kurushkin, dean of ITMO’s Faculty of Biotechnologies, represented the university at the event. You can read about previous Break Down by Atoms lectures here and here.

  03.03.2021

• How the Pandemic Is Causing a Technological Revolution in Medicine and Biotechnologies

  During a recent popular science lecture, Anton Gopka, dean of ITMO University’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations and venture investor, discussed the drastic change in the field of life sciences in 2020, whereas Ekaterina Skorb, head of the Infochemistry Scientific Center, and Elena Koshel, an associate professor at ITMO University’s SCAMT Lab, talked about the promising solutions developed at ITMO to fight the pandemic. ITMO.NEWS summarized their presentations.

  02.03.2021

• ITMO University to Host the International Food BioTech Conference 2021

  The Food BioTech 2021 conference arranged by the School of Biotechnology and Cryogenic Systems will take place on August 23-25, 2021. Leading scientists from all over the world will discuss results achieved in biotechnologies and the prospects of this field.

  05.02.2021

• ITMO Tech Management and Innovations Students Present Marketing Strategies for Research Projects

  On December 18, students of ITMO’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations defended projects developed by researchers from the School of Biotechnology and Cryogenic Systems. The event was the final part of ITMO’s new course in Management of Competitive Capacities of Enterprises. 

  25.12.2020

• Food of the Future: What’s to Come?

  Join us as we delve into the latest trends of the food industry, projects that aim to prevent disease using food, and see how the food of the future will differ from what’s on our plates today.

  04.12.2020

• FoodTech Master’s Program Head Olesya Volokh: Food Is Always in Fashion

  ITMO University’s Faculty of Biotechnologies (or BioTech) is actively renewing its educational program lineup. Olesya Volokh, a science team leader at Danone Russia and a researcher at Lomonosov Moscow State University, has joined the faculty team to help them in that effort. ITMO.NEWS met with Dr. Volokh to chat about science, FoodTech, and what the program’s students should expect from the updated curriculum.

  03.12.2020

• Artificial Meat and What It’s All About: 10 Top Questions

  Some scientists say that artificial meat could be humanity’s salvation from hunger – but then why isn’t it being produced at an industrial scale? We dig into the subject, guided by Alexander Ishevsky, a professor at ITMO University’s Faculty of Biotechnologies.

  29.10.2020