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• How to Deal with Exam Stress: Advice from Scientists

  …n your mind: imagine that exams are Death Star and you are Luke Skywalker and you must destroy it, or that exams are the one ring and you are Frodo who must take it up the mountain. Does the hobbit give up? No, not at all. Tip 2: Don’t drink coffee and don’t binge on chocolate At the University of Leicester they encourage their students to have a well-balanced …

  16.01.2018

• Digital Culture: New Educational Module At ITMO University

  …hine learning, neural networks, and databases. For the last two terms, the students will have the opportunity to choose courses from the list of electives, though following certain courses will imply having advanced knowledge in particular fields. For completing the Digital Culture module, the students will have to take examinations in both mandatory and elective cou…

  16.01.2018

• Winter School “It’s Your Call!”: Leading Experts’ Lectures, Semi-Hackathon and Chess Pong.

  …at is, regularly change the playing field from the chessboard to the pingpong table. Organizers decided to take advantage of the location of the Winter School. So, the entertainment part of the program will necessarily include activities that are directly related to the cultural code of St. Petersburg. We’d like to point out that eleven Winter Schools of the St…

  12.01.2018

• 10 Top Tech Trends of 2018: Part One

  …e introduction of 5G will allow to eliminate the data deference, which will play a decisive role in the introduction of such systems as driverless cars, for instance. The entertainment industry has long been waiting for the new standard, as well: if everything goes according to plan, it will give a start to the development of the so called Tactile Internet, where any…

  12.01.2018

• Things to Do in St. Petersburg: January 13-14

  …. Unfortunately, it is yet to have an English version, so be sure to turn to your Russian-speaking peers for a little bit of help! As for the more traditional kinds of entertainment, this week, there’ll be several cultural events that are definitely not to be missed. Following the Modigliani, Soutine, and Other Legends of Montparnasse at the Faberge Museum, two mo…

  10.01.2018

• ITMO Master's Student Receives Praise for Immuno-Oncology Research

  …. Our article also describes an interesting experiment on molecular dynamics in detail. That is, calculations of the behavior of this protein in a medium with water - for a certain, given time, which is predominant for our body. The article compares the inhibitor (blocking substance) developed by us and the reference compound, which binds with the CIS protein in our …

  10.01.2018

• Joint PhD Programs: Recent Graduates Share

  …r research fields (like philosophy, psychology, bibliography and the like). Thus, the students can dedicate a lot more time and effort to real research, which contributes to attaining better results. Also, they are quick to put forward financing for trips to conferences and similar things. I defended my thesis in Iceland, and then had my diploma verified in Russia…

  09.01.2018

• ITMO Begins Research on Carbon Nanodot Synthesis Methods

  …minated by special radiation, they radiate light and help identify where the cells are located. Today, most quantum dot-based luminescent markers use semiconductors that contain toxic elements such as cadmium or lead, and their use in vivo is contested by medical experts. Markers made using carbon nanodots would be bio-compatible and low in toxicity. Besides, the …

  09.01.2018

• ITMO Fellowship Stories: 'Science is Our Common Language'

  …ork and socialization are strongly encouraged in France. People are not only expected to work in groups, but they also drink coffee together and go to lunch together, which certainly helps to build relationships. In fact, lunch is pretty much sacred, and everything stops from noon to two. In the United States, or in modern Russia, individualism is more acceptable, an…

  04.01.2018

• ITMO Fellowship Stories: 'Interest In Research Is Primary, Success Is Secondary'

  … temperatures. This is a very standard way of academic career to go through a sequence of short post-doctoral contracts in different groups and in different countries before obtaining some kind of permanent faculty job with certain privileges. What is characteristic for postdoctoral positions is that you mostly do research, which is int…

  02.01.2018