Search by tag «Biotechnology» 39 results

• Student Spotlight: Meera Alaji, Syria

  Meera Alaji, an international student from Syria, fought against all odds to keep shining and make the best of her opportunity at ITMO. With a great passion for biotechnology and regenerative medicine, Meera aspires to make an impact in the field of therapeutic medicine. How is she transforming her dreams into reality? Let’s learn it from Meera herself.

  23.02.2023

• Student Spotlight: Bui Huong Giang, Vietnam

  Hailing from Vietnam, Bui Houng is a fourth-year Bachelor’s student of biotech whose favorite subject is bread technology – the study of different types of bread and how they’re made. Besides studies, she loves fashion design, modeling, and content creation. In this interview, we dive deep into her life and learn about all the memories that she has made over a period of almost five years in St. Petersburg.

  02.02.2023

• ITMO Fellow Ahmed Eldeeb on Working in Russia and Becoming a PI at 28

  Ahmed Eldeeb decided to become a scientist when he was still at school. Though his family wanted him to pursue a career in engineering, medicine, or programming, the future researcher was so passionate about biotechnology and DNA/RNA technologies that, eventually, his dream brought him to ITMO University. Now the head of a frontier laboratory at the university’s SCAMT Institute, he develops DNA robots for cancer gene therapy and viral diagnostics. In this interview, Ahmed Eldeeb gives an insight into what it's like to build a lab from scratch and lead a team of 23 as a young PI.

  29.12.2022

• Get to Know ITMO’s Food Biotech Specialists

  Baking bread, brewing beer, and making marmalade might sound like a fun way to spend your workday, but their work at the Faculty of Biotechnologies allows our experts to explore the fundamentals of food biotechnologies, functional foods and food storage methods. When they’re not saving the planet from hunger with their innovative research and educating the next generation, they also have their hobbies and interests. So, we decided to get to know some of them in this feature. 

  15.11.2022

• ITMO and Partners Announce Contest for Biotechnology Specialists and Their Teams

  Designed to support high technology research, the competition launched by ITMO’s SCAMT Institute in partnership with Almetyevsk State Oil Institute and the oil-and-gas company Tatneft will allow skilled principal investigators (PIs) to start their own teams and conduct biotechnology research at the biotech center in Almetyevsk. Read on to learn the details.

  01.08.2022

• Student Spotlight: Nataly Tapia, Ecuador

  From the Andes to the Urals, the decision to study abroad was an exciting one for Nataly, an international student at ITMO. Presently, she is a student at the Foundation Program where she is learning Russian. Later this year, she will start her Bachelor’s degree program in biotechnology. What made her interested in biotechnology? How did she come across ITMO? Nataly shares it all in this conversation with ITMO.NEWS.

  16.06.2022

• ITMO and Almetyevsk State Oil Institute to Train Specialists in AI and Biotechnology

  ITMO University and Almetyevsk State Oil Institute are launching a new Master’s program AI in Biotechnology Systems, which will train future middle and senior specialists in biotechnology. During the training, students will learn to solve biotechnological problems using information technologies and big data, as well as to apply these technologies to produce even more efficient treatments. The corporate partner of the program is Tatneft.

  10.06.2022

• Student Spotlight: Talha Imtiaz, Pakistan

  A man of many talents, Talha Imtiaz joined ITMO as an international student in 2020. After two long years of hard work and perseverance, he is now about to graduate with a Master’s degree. In our conversation, he talks about his current research and future plans. Read on to learn more about the experiences of this soon-to-be ITMO graduate.

  19.05.2022

• Fork up Night Meetup: Dealing With Challenges in FoodTech Industry

  We often hear about successes in business, but what does it actually take to build a prosperous company? At the Fork up Night meetup, representatives of FoodTech companies shared their experiences of ups and downs when launching projects in the field of alternative food production. Here are the highlights of the event.

  12.05.2022

• Student Spotlight: Muhammad Shahan Anwar, Pakistan

  The pandemic made life difficult for many international students but through relentless hard work and perseverance, they were able to overcome it. We got the opportunity to talk to Muhammad Shahan Anwar from Pakistan who shared his experience of studying and doing research at ITMO remotely. Read on to learn more about the challenges he faced and how he made the best out of his time in St. Petersburg.

  12.05.2022