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• ITMO Fellowship Stories: ‪Maxim Likhanov on Importance of Spatial Skills and Synergy Between Chemistry and Neuroscience

  In 2019, Maxim Likhanov graduated from Tomsk State University with a PhD in philology. Two years later, he won the chance to do his research at ITMO University as part of ITMO Fellowship and Professorship Program. ITMO.NEWS talked to the scientist to learn more about how to succeed in chemistry, why spatial skills are important, and how they’ve transformed his life.

  23.11.2021

• Student Spotlight: Moayad Terro, Syria

  Hailing from Syria, Moayad Terro is an international Master’s student in Information Security. He is an entrepreneur at heart and has plans to establish a cybersecurity firm in St. Petersburg. In his free time, he likes to vlog and make content for his YouTube channel and Facebook page. We got an opportunity to have a chat with this amazing person who always has an immensely positive attitude.

  16.09.2021

• DOERS International Startup School Winner Arina Dorofeeva

  ITMO student Arina Dorofeeva won the DOERS International Startup School with her startup project, Tamagotchi Earth. She was also one of the finalists at *ship startup festival 2021, Finland. This week we got a chance to learn more about her startup and her ambitions.

  02.09.2021

• ITMO’s Russian Language and Culture Summer School: An Online Experience

  For the sixth year in a row, ITMO is bringing Russian language and culture to the world. Although the school was conducted online for the third time, this format helped to expand the school’s reach. This year we had students from 10 different countries join the school to improve their language skills and also get a deep dive into Russian culture, cinema, history and politics.

  19.08.2021

• ITMO Student Evgenia Ikonnikova on Internship in France

  In 2021, the second year Master’s student went to Nancy, a city in France, for an internship. She spent five months there learning a completely new field. Upon her return, she told ITMO.NEWS about going to Europe during the pandemic, the difference between Russian and European laboratories, and getting a Pfizer vaccine.

  17.08.2021

• Microrevolution: On Home-Made Fermentation in the Modern World

  Home-made fermented foods and drinks, such as sauerkraut and mushroom tea, have been popular in Russia for the longest time and nowadays, there seems to be a new wave of interest in this topic among young people. In today’s article, we discuss this topic together with Valeriia Sofina, author of the Microrevolucion blog on fermentation.

  17.08.2021

• ITMO Associate Professor ‪Andrey Filchenkov on Why Robots Can’t Replace Doctors

  In July, Andrey Filchenkov delivered a talk on machine learning in medicine at a conference at ITMO University. ITMO.NEWS talked to the researcher to learn more about what stands in the way of progress and why machines won’t be able to fully substitute for medical specialists.

  16.08.2021

• Student Spotlight: Susan Dzhiakkhvo, Nepal

  Winner of the Open Doors International Master’s Challenge 2020, Susan Dzhiakkhvo hails from Bhaktapur, Nepal, and is an international Master’s student in molecular biology and biotechnology at ITMO. Due to the travel restrictions, Susan had to complete his entire first year of studies remotely. It was a bag of mixed emotions for him. We got a chance to catch up with him virtually and learn about his experience of studying at ITMO, his expectations regarding St. Petersburg, as well as his goals and ambitions in life.

  12.08.2021

• Faces of ITMO University: Biotechnology Student Perspective

  Tatiana Gusinskaya has just completed her studies as a Bachelor’s student at the Faculty of Biotechnology. Her Bachelor’s thesis “Plant Protein Encapsulation” earned her an excellent grade. Tatiana has a background that shows her as a hard-working person. She transferred to ITMO from another university with excellent grades. Tatiana started her studies in a non-state-funded place, but she later transferred to a state-funded place based on her excellent academic achievements. While Tatiana was still working on her thesis, we talked with her about her program and the life of a student at ITMO University.

  05.08.2021

• ITMO student Daria Minakova on Internet of Bacteria and Citizen Science

  Daria Minakova is a third-year student at the Faculty of Biotechnology and one of the organizers of the Internet of Bacteria project, one of the early citizen science projects created by students and staff of ITMO University. I reached out to Daria to find out why she wanted to conduct the project, what is its importance and why they chose this research format.

  29.07.2021