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• Student Spotlight: Bashar Mawase, Israel

  …system in Israel is also quite good. We have some great universities with highly skilled experts. Some of the leading universities of Israel, such as the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, are partnered with ITMO on research and student exchange. Do you have any favorite traditional Israeli food? To be honest, I only relish Ar…

  11.05.2023

• ITMO Fellowship Stories: Physicist Ksenia Chichay on Spintronics, Data-Related Advances, and Academic Career

  …vances of spintronics, researchers can achieve higher data density and its transmission speed in logic devices.  How did you get into spintronics and what made you become a scientist?  About to receive my university degree, I realized that I didn’t want to stop studying: learning something new was essential for me. As a final-year student, I was fortunate to ge…

  10.05.2023

• Can AI Do My Job For Me? An Experiment

  …I-written texts, I would refuse it purely on grounds of moral queasiness. So, what’s the takeaway? Well, this tiny experiment obviously carries little to no actual scientific value. I merely wanted to see with my own eyes just how warranted the claims of AI replacing human writers were. The results were not entirely unexpected (2 to 1 in favor of humans, …

  09.05.2023

• Research Under Siege: How Leningrad Scientists Fought to Overcome Famine

  …ed to preserve the original product’s quality and nutritional value while also increasing its volume. Apart from the perils of bombing and regular power and water outages, the scientists had to overcome a severe shortage of resources. Because of that, over the years of the siege, among the “bread’s” components were dark rye flour, knotweed seed flour, saltbush, birch…

  05.05.2023

• Tinkoff Magazine Names ITMO Best Technical University in Russia

  …and the Ural Federal University, located in Yekaterinburg. Overall, the ranking is split into nine categories corresponding to the following subject areas: technology, natural sciences and mathematics, medicine, agriculture, economics, law, psychology and educational science, arts, and humanities It should also be noted that in 2022,…

  04.05.2023

• Four-Lane Highway To Connect ITMO Highpark With St. Petersburg

  …tersburg, and the members of the Government of St. Petersburg.  During the session, the Governor emphasized the value of ITMO Highpark as one of the largest projects in the science and technology sector. The tender for the construction of its first phase was awarded to PolitekhStroy. The company will erect the main academic building, a student club, and two dormit…

  04.05.2023

• Student Spotlight: Lilia Tafran, Syria

  …eally interested in evolutionary biomedicine. The field has a unique approach to finding cures for diseases. Epigenetics is one such field that has raised many eyebrows in the scientific community. I want to do a project that involves epigenetics and ways of using it for improving health. How did you come across ITMO? I came to know about the Russian government…

  04.05.2023

• ITMO Student Featured on Forbes Russia’s 30 Under 30 Longlist

  … “ITMO has a great Master’s program about space technology entrepreneurship. As a researcher, I need to keep track of all the new developments and remain in touch with the scientific community. ITMO provides me with these opportunities, so, naturally, I plan to apply for a PhD program here. I consider it to be an important stage of my scie…

  03.05.2023

• ITMO's Monday Science Roundup #29

• Cancer Explained: How Scientists Can Tame the Disease

  …triggers of breast and stomach cancers is the HER2 receptor, which makes cancer cells grow and divide when activated. In order to block the receptor and stop cell replication, scientists make use of targeted cancer drugs, such as Trastuzumab. The medication contains special proteins that bind to the receptor, leaving it out of nutrients and suppressing incoming signa…

  28.04.2023