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• NTI FoodNet: How Food Science and New Technologies Can Save the Planet

  …ite all fields connected to food products.” Roadmap The concept behind FoodNet came to Russia around seven years ago, and now its development is one of the tasks to be solved by the National Technological Initiative (NTI). For this purpose, the NTI team created a special roadmap, and have recently presented its vision statement. Olga Orlova was part of the te…

  09.12.2020

• ITMO University Researchers Shed New Light on Plasmonic Nanolasers

  …ssociate professor at the Faculty of Photonics and Optical Information. Importance for fundamental science From the very beginning, the researchers focused more on solving problems of fundamental science rather than seeking practical applications for the device. It was important to demonstrate the very possibility of the existence of such devices to prove…

  08.12.2020

• How To Survive Russian Winter: Tips From International Students and Staff

  …uch with friends, doing activities with them, and also looking for activities that you can do by yourself to keep your mind busy. If you feel depressed or lonely, don’t try to solve it all alone or isolate yourself; it’s always better to talk to your friends who also live in Russia and can understand your feelings. Jorge Medina, Colombia, Master’s Student at the F…

  08.12.2020

• A Breath of Fresh Air in Science: ITMO Graduate on Finding Herself in Science, Interdisciplinarity and Bioinformatics

  …er’s studies, I worked as a researcher at the Bioinformatics Research Center of Pavlov University, gaining practical experience in the field. I brought some of the problems we solved at the center to ITMO, so my projects were based on actual medical practice. For instance, one of my course projects included a study of a clinical case of chromothripsis. As a result, I…

  08.12.2020

• Picture of the Week: Spinneret of Linothele Fallax Spider

  …its protein molecules align and partial crystallization occurs in parallel to the fiber axis. At the last end of the tube, silk settles, and part of the water, which acts as a solvent, evaporates. ITMO University has its own spider farm with several dozens of species. They produce spider silk, which is then used by researchers at SCAMT Lab to create promising mate…

  07.12.2020

• In Search of Phantom: Regular Graphite and PVC to Help Diagnose Oncological Diseases

  …ue, it only takes several hours for the cells to change due to chemical processes. So we can use it for adjusting a device just once.” What’s a phantom In order to solve this task, scientists create special substitutes that have properties identical to those of healthy and tumorous tissue. These substitutes are different for different types of devices. Fo…

  07.12.2020

• FoodTech Master’s Program Head Olesya Volokh: Food Is Always in Fashion

  …partnerships not only with members of the industry, but with your colleagues from other scientific institutions, too? I actually believe that practical challenges cannot be solved without fundamental science. There are a number of scientific issues that businesses are concerned about, but they don’t have the resources nor the equipment to do the necessary research…

  03.12.2020

• Nanolasers, MRI, and Cultural Heritage: ITMO University Wins Three Megagrants

  …l set of methods that will provide insightful information about various diseases and positively affect the process of diagnosis and follow-up.” As the project aims to solve clinical problems, the team will also invite specialists from the Almazov National Medical Research Centre who will help identify the burning issues and evaluate the developed methods for…

  03.12.2020

• Soft Skills: What Are They and Why Do We Need Them?

  … others – and that’s a soft skill, too. What if I just wasn’t born to be sociable and charismatic? That is exactly the issue that soft skills are supposed to resolve. There is no genetic predisposition towards being a better or worse talker. A lot of it is influenced by the environment in which we grow up and the way we’re raised. Developing your soft…

  02.12.2020

• To Fear or Not to Fear: Psychologist Alexander Palin on the Nature of Phobias

  …racting with them. Relaxation and meditation can also ease your anxiety and fear. For this purpose, specialists also use hypnosis, group psychotherapy, adaptive problem solving, and sometimes drug treatment. There are ways to fight your fears even during the pandemic. For example, you can highlight the areas that you have little to no control over and accep…

  02.12.2020