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• Russian-Swiss Project: Researchers Develop a Powerful Bio-Detector

  …tonics gives an opportunity to visualize cells, microbodies and    also differentiate objects that are smaller than light wavelength. It is possible thanks to fluorescent proteins inserted in analyzed biological objects,” said Mikhail Petrov, researcher of The International Research Center for Nanophotonics and Metamaterials of ITMO Uni…

  04.03.2016

• “STRATEGY-2030:” Who Will Be the Stakeholders of Future Development

  …tive” (NTI). It was mentioned that it was very important for universities to participate in social-oriented, economic projects and cluster development. Mr. Vasilyev at a brainstorm session Territorial Clusters as Drivers of Innovative Development in the Russian Federation presented his paper called “the University involved in cluster development: traditional appro…

  02.03.2016

• E-Design for English Language studies: progress in action

  …Teachers, instructors and EL administrators from the Northwestern region of Russia and beyond gathered in Saint Petersburg to get first-hand knowledge and learn newest tricks of the trade from a distinguished American specialist Thom Thibeault, director of the Language Technology Forum at Samford University. Dr. Thibeault is an expert teacher trainer in CALL, distanc…

  01.03.2016

• AIEA 2016 Annual Conference: the Modern Higher Education in Globalized World

  …ous programs. I hope that this discussion induced our partners to think about some changes,” said Ms. Kozlova. AIEA`s participants also focused on the challenges faced by institutions connected with internationalization of higher education. According to the experts, the main things hindering development of exchange programs are the lack of financing, cross-cultu…

  26.02.2016

• AR&VR Hackathon SPB 2016: 30 Hours for Creation a Piece of Virtual Reality

  …hanks to a “death simulator” made by ROFL Team one could analyze the meaning of life; Flying People presented a device, which helped to see what a moving fly saw;  PDLV Gamers inspired by The Witness and Antichamber developed a puzzle-platform video game; Is hard and 22 teams presented fighting video games. The participants also made virtual reality acceptable for…

  26.02.2016

• Excellence Centers Build Bridges Between Science and Manufacturing

  …cus on research and practical activities connected with innovations. They can be based on universities, R&D centers and industrial labs or developed from the ground up. For instance, German excellence centers deal with research projects that increase competitiveness of the local technologies in the global industrial arena; Finnish centers are based on associations…

  25.02.2016

• IT Approach to Modern Medicine

  …What project do you develop at ITMO University? Generally speaking I focus on translational medicine. It means that my colleagues from the Institute of Translational Medicine and I apply information technologies for medical practices. Using medical data we develop specific information systems that will help doctors to prescribe a rehabilitation plan.   The r…

  19.02.2016

• An Article by ITMO University Researchers Is Among The Top-20 Optics and Photonics Papers

  …A topological insulator is a material with non-trivial topological order that behaves as an insulator in its interior but whose surface is current-conducting. The thin conducting surface topologically protects electrons from external disturbances and material`s imperfections due to impurities and defects. ITMO University researchers …

  16.02.2016

• ITMO Fellowship Stories: 'To Make the World a Better Place'

  …university education. That is why I work in higher education in particular. The societal problems that we are facing are global and that is why universities should collaborate instead of competing with each other.   To make the world a better place I came here when I was 18; that is why Russian culture had a great influence on my personality development. I n…

  15.02.2016

• Fifth “Open University:” Free Lecture about a Love Hormone

  …lner carried out an experiment with rats to show that they can be scared. However they made a mistake by implanting an electron within a part of brain responsible for pleasure instead of the “fear center.” The rats repeatedly pressed levers connected with electrodes to receive tiny jolts of current. They did it every six seconds and nothing could divert their attenti…

  15.02.2016