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• ITMO.ENTER: Notes From the Orientation Marathon for First-Year Students

  …y 49 and Lomonosova 9 campuses. The activities were spread between stations, allowing students to complete their journey in their preferred order. Each station focused on a specific subject: at #itmo_edu, the students could learn about the specifics of the study process at ITMO (namely, the electives and modules), while #itmo_native int…

  05.09.2022

• Three University Missions Ranking: ITMO Ahead of 1,500 Universities Globally

  …versity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge University, Oxford University, and University College London. You can view the full MosIUR ranking here. As for specific regions, the top performers are:  ETH Zurich (11th globally) – continental Europe;  The University of Tokyo (12th) and Peking University (14th) – Asia; Lomonosov Moscow State Un…

  31.08.2022

• Graduate Chronicle: Moustapha Nour, Djibouti

  …o properly discuss this with my principal investigator (PI) yet. Probably I will be working on aptamers, single-stranded oligonucleotides that have the ability to fold into specific architectures and bind to targets like proteins.  How do you feel about living in Russia? I feel quite comfortable here. I am surrounded by people who care for me and don’t let me d…

  25.08.2022

• Traveling at the Speed of Light: What Is Special Relativity?

  … 38 microseconds a day. Are there any exceptions to the special theory of relativity? Naturally, every theory has its limitations. As special relativity is just a specific case of the general theory of relativity, it does not describe the movement of bodies in a spacetime distorted by massive objects like black holes or the Sun.…

  18.08.2022

• Find Us at @itmo_uni

  …ghts to the itmo.ru domain name and in October 2019 changed its official English-language name to ITMO University – or simply ITMO. Now, the name doesn’t stand for anything specific. Instead, it represents a brand deeply rooted in historic traditions. So, how do you pronounce it? You don’t spell out the letters I-T-M-O, you just take the two syllables IT-MO, and y…

  11.08.2022

• Mischief Managed: ITMO Students Create a Harry Potter VR Game

  …ve to first find plaques with spells strategically placed all around the house. Players will be able to cast any of the game’s five spells by conjuring up their wand with a specific gesture and then drawing symbols with it in the air. After a player has collected all the objects, they will have to send them back to the shop by pronouncing its name into the mic (ju…

  05.08.2022

• Paving the Way to Next-Gen Devices: Your Guide to Metaphotonics

  …es that have a notable difference in their physical properties, such as refraction index or conductivity. What are their applications in metaphotonics? Knowing specific properties and advantages of each of these materials, researchers can experiment not only with the geometry of photonic structures, but also with different combinations of materials. F…

  01.08.2022

• ITMO Scientists First to Propose Binary Antisense Agent for Cancer Treatment

  …ith the antisense oligonucleotide.  With this method, scientists can regulate activities of various genes but not activate and deactivate the antisense agent by creating specific conditions when it is needed. Researchers from SCAMT’s Gene-Therapeutic Agents Based on Nucleic Acids Lab have further advanced the technology, resulting in the creation of a binary antis…

  26.07.2022

• 2022 Shanghai Ranking: ITMO University Leads in Seven Subject Areas

  …akthrough paper in Nature or Science, you’d most probably see that it was created by an international team. But the significance of contributions made by researchers from a specific university matters, too. As of now, ITMO is in the top five of Russian universities in terms of its scientific participation rate (the Nature Index) and we hope that our university’s impa…

  19.07.2022

• Working in Russia: A Guide For International Students

  …to students who are enrolled at state-accredited universities on a full-time basis. This permit is valid for only a year but can be renewed. It allows students to work in a specific occupation and in the region (city) where their university is located. Permits are renewed on the condition that you still work in the same capacity and region. Otherwise, you will have t…

  12.07.2022