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Russian Scientists Conduct Research on European XFEL
…icine, and quantum informatics. For one, they can potentially be used for data transfer by means of single photons. To control nanowhiskers effectively, scientists need to study their crystalline framework and properties: electronic, optical, and mechanical. There is no better place for such research than the European XFEL, but it’s not easy to get access to. …
04.02.2019
ITMO University Scientists Create Cancer Treatment Nanomachines
…NA nanomachine for various RNA targets. In order to improve the efficiency and selectiveness of our constructions in cellular conditions, we are selecting new RNA targets and studying the stability of DNA machines in cells, which we plan to improve with the help of the already existing chemical modifications," comments Daria Nedorezova, Master's student at ITMO's Bio…
04.02.2019
Free Online Courses to Help You Keep New Year’s Resolutions
…Master’s program offered by HEC Paris, this course will introduce you to the essential notions such as self-awareness and help you gain self-confidence for better leadership. Study program includes an hour and a half of videos, 14 materials for independent learning, and 16 theoretical texts. The course has an exceptional rating, with lots of former students’ raving r…
31.01.2019
SCAMT Achievement Award Winners on Genetic Engineering and Doing Research as a Master’s Student
…from food technology to microbiology, and so on. What do you specialize in? Darya Nedorezova: I’m a second-year Master’s student. My subject area is biotechnologies, and I study in a program called Molecular Biosensing and Biorobotics. I initially applied to a program taught in Russian, but when a position opened up in an English-language program, I decided to tra…
31.01.2019
Genetic Testing: What Human Genome Tells Us About Ourselves
…al humans for the presence of specific mutations in their DNA. One of the most direct methods of genetic testing, notes Alexey Sergushichev, is genome-wide association study (GWAS). It is used to search for single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the related phenotypic traits. Today, the method is often used to identify the genetic factors that determine th…
29.01.2019
Three ITMO University Staff Awarded St. Tatiana Badges of Honor
…ding them with the eminent St. Tatiana badges of honor. I’m proud of the fact that the young St. Petersburgers of today live their lives to the fullest and do their utmost to study and develop themselves,” noted Julia Ablets. Students and educational activists received their St. Tatiana badges of honor from the hands of the representatives of the Council of Rect…
28.01.2019
Robot’s DNA, Biofuel Cells and Holographic Protection: SCAMT Workshop Week at ITMO
… where the experience of participation in such events can come in handy. The project my group is engaged in has to do with DNA-based machines. We create these machines and study how they split RNAs. We are all given the same task that we have to perform on a certain DNA machine and its target. What I like the most about the workshop is that it’s really practice…
28.01.2019
Magic of Light: ITMO’s Interactive Exhibition in Shanghai
…c installation called Laser Harp. And after these have been visited and marveled at, exhibition guests will have a chance to take a peek at themselves as an infrared image by studying the so-called Kirlian radiation of their fingers. Bearing the name of its discoverer, this visualization method implies the lighting-up of biological objects in a gas-discharge plasma f…
25.01.2019
Analyzing Metagenome Helps Understand the Role of Bacterial Species in Crohn’s Disease
…’ lifestyle. The disease is associated with a compromised reaction of the immune system to a person's own gut microbes, as well as an imbalance in gut microbiota. In order to study its development and find the methods of effective diagnostics and treatment, scientists research the role of bacteria in the pathologic process. Among the most promising approaches is m…
24.01.2019
Moscow Topography of Terror, Geography of Holocaust and Gulag Retrospective: Digital Humanities Projects That Remind of the Horrible Past
… By now, the Holocaust Geographies Collaborative has already explored several topics: the evolution of the SS concentration camp system in 1943-1945; architectural and visual study of Oswiecim; arrests of Italian Jews; mandatory evacuation from Oswiecim in the end of the Second World War; detailed study of the Budapest Ghetto and others…
23.01.2019