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Grant Applications No Longer a Headache: Potanin Scholarship Lifehacks from Successful Contestants
New Magnetically Controlled Thrombolytic Successfully Passed Preclinical Testing
… occur during its 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. Magnetite is a bio…
08.11.2018
ITMO University Rises Higher in THE Physical Sciences Subject Ranking
…The Times Higher Education subject ranking in Physical Sciences includes such fields as mathematics, statistics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology and environmental sciences. 26 Russian universities are included on the ranking, of which 16 are participants of the 5-100 Russian Academic Excellence Project. The best results were show…
07.11.2018
Biking to the Top: ITMO’s 9th International Council Meeting in Amsterdam
…o its expert members providing the University with insightful advice on enhancing its competitive performance on the international higher education scene. Comprised of leading scientists and scholars, the Council convenes twice a year to talk all things progress and development. Following up on the last meeting, which took place in St. Petersburg this April and fo…
07.11.2018
Indigenous Languages and Fun Science: ‘From Volunteering to Social Engineering’ Forum
…orum. Its author Oleg Isakov was awarded a certificate allowing him to create his own quest on the SurpriseMe platfrom, a partner of the 'People Need You!' program. Fun science, Belgorod Three years ago, a project called ‘Fun science’ was launched in Belgorod. The aim of this initiative is to popularize
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
…The opportunities for Russia’s scientific-technological development depend on not only scientific but also entrepreneurial potential of researchers. It is with this goal in sight that the speakers of the ‘Technological Entrepreneurship’ section of the ‘Small Business as a National Project’ forum stated that the country needs a new gener…
07.11.2018
ITMO University in Top Group of Project 5-100 Participants
…-performing universities were mentioned in the first group. These are: Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, National University of Science and Technology MISiS, Novosibirsk State University, National Research University Higher School of Economics, and Tomsk State University. Second group included First Moscow State Medi…
06.11.2018
VR and the Future of Digital Art: The Fourth International Animation Assembly in St. Petersburg
…e St. Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design and involves experts from the Academy’s many partner universities. ITMO University participated in the Assembly’s science section while its staff operated a VR demo area where guests could use HTC Vive and Samsung Gear VR headsets to try out projects by Bachelor’s students of the Graphical Technologies Cen…
06.11.2018
ITMO Graduate Anastasia Svarovskaya on Promoting Space Science
…Tell us about your background: what did you do before joining ITMO's Master’s program in science communication? I completed my Bachelor's program at the Novosibirsk State University with a degree in journalism. The Novosibirsk State University is located in the city’s Academgorodok. This place is all about science: as of now, there a…
06.11.2018