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• ITMO Associate Professor Elena Koshel on What DNA Robots Could Mean for Medicine

  …tion; it’s a common term for artificial molecules – intellectual systems consisting entirely of nucleic acids. Under certain conditions, such structures acquire a number of unique functions: they can locate targets (certain DNA or RNA chains), connect with them, disintegrate or change their spatial organization, block their replication, or deliver therapeutic agents …

  28.01.2021

• ITMO's Soft Skills Module: Students Share Their Experiences

  …ning by visiting lecturers from the USA, Ireland, and Turkey. I had a chance to talk to native English speakers. Also, this course introduced a new format of teacher-student interaction: these were not our typical lectures but friendly communication, buzzing with a calm and friendly atmosphere. At first, I felt like the program was too intense but then realized…

  28.01.2021

• ITMO Launches a New Master’s Program in Applied Genomics

  …but also formulate research problems and tasks. "Our program is aimed primarily at educating scientists, not administrative staff. We want our students to be able to set the direction for their research themselves and to understand the problems that science faces," emphasizes Aleksey Komissarov. The organizers also note that many companies are now looking f…

  27.01.2021

• How To Study Abroad: Student’s Guide to International Opportunities in 2021

  …Despite the unusual circumstances, academic mobility programs are still on: offline, online, and in the blended learning format. How to: study abroad for a whole semester Selection criteria When choosing candidates for semester exchange, the competition’s coordinators pay special attention to a student’s academic performance, language proficiency (B2 being t…

  27.01.2021

• Break Down by Atoms: Obsession-Free Eco-Lifestyle and Space Explorations

  … life, and eco-friendly habits – but it’s not as easy as it may seem. For example, many are moving away from buying plastic bags in favor of seemingly greener paper bags. The production of one such package requires, in turn, far more resources, including natural ones, and paper doesn’t decompose properly in the conditions of ordinary landfills. So, it is a disposa…

  26.01.2021

• Mind-Blowing Research of the Month: Neuroarchaeology

  …making such tools and then answer questions about them (typically, they would do this while lying in the MRI tube), or make the tools themselves (impossible to accomplish with the functional MRI method; here, the data is recorded using, for example, near-infrared spectroscopy). But what else can we vary? To test the role of communication in the process of acquirin…

  26.01.2021

• ITMO Physicists Discover New Physical Effect

  …onnected to the battery, and its end faces – to the voltmeter. The arrow of the measuring device will remain at zero as the current will run through the metal in the longitudinal direction. In this case, there is no voltage in the transverse direction. However, if you hold a magnet close to the plate, then the device’s readings will beg…

  26.01.2021

• Editor Clare Wilkinson on Challenges to the Field of Science Communication During and After the Pandemic

  …dia; public policy; gaming, Sci-art and visual communication. Third comes the theme of inclusivity in science communication: gender, class, disability, ethnicity and other “intersectional” perspectives. Here, we will also touch upon the casualisation of science communication labour.  Moreover, proposals can be focussed on specific science, health, environmental…

  25.01.2021

• Picture of the Week: FESTO Robot Vision Cell With Complex Arm Movement

  …are layer for adapting complex trajectory commands to the robots’ language. The entire path is described not as a set of points in space that the robot must repeat but as a set of functions, each of which controls only a small segment of the path. The in-depth analysis of the trajectory results in a smooth and continuous motion of the device.   The developed algor…

  25.01.2021

• Growing Your Professional Network as a Researcher: Tips & Platforms

  …fessional life – for instance, you will more likely find your next position via Twitter than on specialized job platforms.  A professional network involves every work-related connection that you have (not necessarily people you know personally) and ideally brings you new opportunities, ideas for projects, potential collaborators, and even new job positions. …

  22.01.2021