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• Go with the Flow, Ask Questions, and Shoot for the Stars: Lessons from a Gamedev Meetup

  …s really are, and you can do nothing about it. Either you wait until the engine creators fix the problem, or you give up. Another option is attending meetups like this one and networking with some brainy people who will kindly suggest a solution. I used to think, ‘Just give me a sec and I’ll make a cool narrative game with a spot-on design that will 100% look like…

  09.11.2018

• Grant Applications No Longer a Headache: Potanin Scholarship Lifehacks from Successful Contestants

  …nding for their professional activities. Higher education institutions regularly publish information on grant competitions (at ITMO, this is done through the university’s intranet system ISU). You can also keep up with scholarship open calls on other universities’ websites. There are many competitions out there, and it is not always that one university’s staff can fi…

  08.11.2018

• New Magnetically Controlled Thrombolytic Successfully Passed Preclinical Testing

  …systemic use. To avoid these effects, the action of a trombolytic should be localized, meaning that the drug must be delivered right to the clot. To do this, scientists use magnetic nanoparticles. Researchers at ITMO University are developing thrombolytic drugs based on magnetite nanoparticles coated with heparin and urokinase. Mag

  08.11.2018

• Biking to the Top: ITMO’s 9th International Council Meeting in Amsterdam

  …estions like what's with ITMO University and why spend time on these meetings, I respond that to me, ITMO is absolutely unique and maybe the most exciting university on the planet and the fastest innovating university I know, so it's fascinating to be part of this process. Also, because I come from an established institution, I learn a lot about how to be so adaptive…

  07.11.2018

• Indigenous Languages and Fun Science: ‘From Volunteering to Social Engineering’ Forum

  …s of Tambov State University’s Institute of Economics, Management and Service. The problem of online fraud remains topical, many pensioners still don’t know how to use Internet resources and purchase things online, while school students have to decide on their future profession. Favorite Economics Meetings address all of these issues. The project already has se…

  07.11.2018

• Cancer Survival Guide: Oncologist Ilya Fomintsev Gives Lecture at ITMO University

  …What is cancer? The notion that cancer is an unexplored disease is just false. Scientists have long studied the mechanisms of its emergence. Cancer is a genetic disease, which doesn't mean that it is hereditary. It emerges as a result of gene breakage that can occur due to different factors. The development of cancer is a consistent accumulation of mutations in a …

  07.11.2018

• OPORA RUSSIA: Championing Technological Entrepreneurship

  …n bring in the largest profits,” says Sergey Borisov, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of OPORA RUSSIA. Entrepreneurship in schools as a key current trend Nina Kuznetsova, Head of the ‘Junior Achievement’ nonprofit organization, highlighted the importance of teachers fostering entrepreneurial culture in school students. This was also addressed by the gov…

  07.11.2018

• ITMO Graduate Anastasia Svarovskaya on Promoting Space Science

  …mber of the youth section of the Russian Cosmonaut Federation. Whenever possible, I am helping them with conducting different projects and events. I am also managing social networks for the Open Space VK community. Together with Vitaly Egorov (Vitaly Egorov aka Zelenyikot, space exploration enthusiast, blogger, journalist -- Ed.) we have lots of ideas and plans fo…

  06.11.2018

• Movie Fridays: Studio Ghibli, Nuff Said

  … the acclaimed anime artist. Set in a fictional kingdom where magic is a part of life, this fairy tale follows the story of a young hatter named Sophie, who is turned into a ninety-year-old woman by a witch’s curse. Trying to break the curse, she leaves home and sets off on a journey, during which she meets a young wizard named Howl, his apprentice Markl, and the one…

  02.11.2018

• ITMO’s Teaching Methodology Wins Best Innovation Product Award

  …lution to this problem as of yet. We offered students to create the coating with the help of nanomaterials. When they heard the task, their first instinct was to search the Net for academic literature on paint modification and prevention of biofouling. We encouraged them to move away from classical textbooks and read the latest research papers in scientific journa…

  02.11.2018