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• The Future of Life Sciences: Video Game Treatments, Top Vaccines, and Preventing Apocalypse

  trillion dollars due to the pandemic. At the beginning of this global challenge, it was suggested that venture capital investments would plummet, but 2020 actually witnessed a record-breaking rise in investments into life sciences – the yearly volume amounted to $20 billion. The pandemic was definitely a stress test for health care and the global pharma industry. Progressive digitalization of medical services was an ongoing process for many years, but it was in the first month of the pandemic that the share of online medical consultations went from 10% to 40% of the total amount. For the first time in history, researchers dared to create a vaccine against a new virus in under a year with over 200 projects launched, including some international collaborations. All of this led to new trends and changes in life science that Anton Gopka, a general partner of the ATEM Capital biotechnology investment foundation and dean of ITMO’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations, discussed in a recent open lecture on New Holland Island.  

  16.07.2021

• The Internet of Things Technologies in Modern Industrial Programming

  What's the Internet of things and what computer technologies does it employ? Does it have any other applications apart from smart homes? In this article, experts from the Internet of Things Technologies Master’s program together with their corporate partners DT IT Russia and GS Labs answer these and other questions.

  15.07.2021

• Dare to Be: ITMO Launches Digital Project on Women in IT and Science

  IT, science, business – is it all a man’s world? ITMO University has asked women to answer that question and share their experience of overcoming fears and stereotypes on their way to their goals. The first four stories are featured in a short clip, but anyone can join the initiative: all you need to do is share the story of your first steps into IT, startups, or research on social media using the hashtag #девочкасмелее (Russian: “Girls, dare to…” – Ed.).

  14.07.2021

• ITMO Launches Master’s Program for Digital Education Entrepreneurs

  ITMO’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations now boasts a special EdTech track as part of its Innovative Entrepreneurship Master’s program. 

  14.07.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: July 17-18, 2021

  As we continue to survive mostly under air conditioners or in close proximity to wide-open windows, it’s time to plan the weekend so as best to avoid this totally uncharacteristic heat. As usual, we’ve got your back with our guide featuring a classic concert in the middle of the night, an open-air festival, some exhibitions revisited, and a legendary movie back on the silver screen! 

  14.07.2021

• Drive, Joy, and New Skills: ITMO Students Volunteer at Euro 2020 in St. Petersburg

  For a whole month between June 11 and July 11, St. Petersburg had been swept off its feet with the UEFA European Football Championship 2020. The tournament was especially festive this time around, as football aficionados had been waiting for it a year longer (it was scheduled for last year and postponed due to the pandemic). However, it was not only a colorful show for everyone – some, including volunteers from ITMO University, took on themselves the responsible job of organizing the event. In this article, we reach out to our volunteers to ask them all about their impressions from the event and the reasons why they chose to spend one third of their summer holidays working.  

  13.07.2021

• Top Graduate Ekaterina Smelaya: ITMO Always Has Your Back

  Ekaterina Smelaya has just graduated from the Master’s program Science Communication. In this interview, she talks about enrolling at ITMO, why there's always more to learn in math, and how the university taught her to be a podcaster. 

  12.07.2021

• Movie Fridays: Films Made by Women

  Whether you are a true cinephile who’s seen it all or just someone trying to expand your cinematic horizons, today we have something just for you: a selection of movies directed by women. We are also trying to take a broader view on the art of cinema and are inviting you to join us on the ride. Enjoy! 

  09.07.2021

• Top Graduate Mikhail Kolesnikov: Living Life to the Full as a Student

  Mikhail Kolesnikov is a technology enthusiast and inventor, who graduated from the Master’s program Digital Transformation Strategies and Technologies. In this interview, he shares how he started turning his house into a smart home while still at school, why he chose ITMO, and how he founded his own company.

  09.07.2021

• ITMO Technopark Resident Among Top Ten Innovative Companies in Education

  A contest to identify the top ten innovative companies in education was organized by Business Priority, the innovation platform of the Roscongress Foundation, with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Ministry of Education, and the Agency of Strategic Initiatives. The winning projects were presented at SPIEF 2021. Among them was a project by NT-SPb, a company that’s been based at ITMO’s Technopark for over ten years creating nanolaboratories for schools. 

  08.07.2021