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

  …ries of the ChemBio Cluster and at the moment, we’re engaged in the development of a system for express diagnostics of infectious diseases of the central nervous system, commissioned by the Federal Medical-Biological Agency. We have already designed a working prototype of the diagnostics platform and tested it with the help of our partners: Research Institute of Infe…

  28.01.2021

• Student Spotlight: Daniil Koshelev, Russia

  …about our university from one of my teachers in school. After some research I found out that it has a progressive and impressive educational system, aiming to train the “professionals of the future.” Moreover, I learned that ITMO provides students with a huge amount of different activities in their extracurricular time. So that’s why I chose ITMO University. We kn…

  28.01.2021

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

  …heck with your employer if you can work remotely. Talk to other students who just got back from their exchange semester or are still in the program. You can find them in discussions on the ITMO Student Exchange VK page or in the highlights and stories of its Instagram account.  Choosing the university You should start by choosing the countries you’d like to…

  27.01.2021

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

  …l or Organic to their products. There are, in fact, real eco-labels that confirm that the product has gone through many iterations in laboratories and verification by commissions. There is no need to learn them all by heart, you can simply use an app called Ecolabel Guide, which allows you to scan the package and get all the relevant information on labeling.   …

  26.01.2021

• Mind-Blowing Research of the Month: Neuroarchaeology

  …, we can deduce if language was a prerequisite for mastering the later Auchelean industry. We can also compare brain activations in novices, trained participants, and professional stone knappers. I don't know about you, but personally I was surprised to learn there even are such professionals. Imagine making stone tools for a living!…

  26.01.2021

• ITMO Physicists Discover New Physical Effect

  …ng is, some excitons collapse and emit light once the electron returns to its place. Such quasiparticles are called bright excitons. Other excitons disappear without light emission – they are called dark excitons. It’s hard to study them, especially because it’s hard to get a cloud of dark excitons: both types of quasiparticles are “born” simultaneously. However, the…

  26.01.2021

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

  …aving conversations about proposals with a number of authors, and we expect to have some contracts in place in 2021. Due to the global pandemic and pressures on peoples’ professional and personal lives, we also expect more interest in 2021, when people have had an opportunity to consider being part of the series. Which topics are you planning to cover in the serie…

  25.01.2021

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

  …ratory of Geometrical Methods in Control and Application uses the platform to test algorithms of complex trajectory analysis. Such algorithms allow robots to perform high-precision movements along a curved pattern, for example, reproduce a drawing from a graphic file or write a greeting – “¡Hola!” As the robot’s software remains a close source, the ITMO team came …

  25.01.2021

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

  …rough social media – or at least knowing that sooner or later every major event will make it to your feed. Not many of us probably know, though, that this also works for professional life – for instance, you will more likely find your next position via Twitter than on specialized job platforms.  A professional network involves every …

  22.01.2021

• Public Speaking, Negotiating, and More: Soft Skills at ITMO University

  …ork. That’s why students can take a course in communication and team-building developed by top-tier experts in business communication, psychologists, HR specialists, and professional educators. The course consists of eight modules. Each addresses the real challenges that young people face during their studies and will have to deal with in their future careers. The…

  22.01.2021