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• Explore St. Petersburg Like a Local: Vasilyevsky Island

  …s much more than its historical part, so if you’re interested in further exploration, check out Icebreaker Krassin, Erarta Museum, Sevkabel Port, and the surrounding areas. Want to explore more of St. Petersburg like a local? Take advantage of our guides to Moskovsky Prospect and Petrogradsky District.…

  18.03.2022

• ITMO Graduates Mikhail Kakanov and Alexei Ovcharov on Why They Decided to Pursue their PhDs

  … was in seventh grade, I started to learn to code on my own. I took various courses and watched tutorials. I was going to become a programmer but then I realized that I didn’t want to just code and create apps, I was much more interested in developing algorithms and programming robots – so to say, create something real backed up by mathematics.  I was drawn by the…

  18.03.2022

• Finding Nanoparticles: ITMO Scientists Propose New Method for Discovering Nanomaterials With Desired Properties

  …r. All they need to do is to submit the required properties and the algorithm will show how to produce this type of material. This can be done with images, too. If a scientist wants to receive a certain morphology, they can draw a shape they need in a photo editor and add desired surface structures, such as squiggles or spines, from the original particle. The proport…

  17.03.2022

• Geneticist Bayazit Yunusbayev On How Genetics Can Help Fight Autoimmune Diseases

  …ic as a postdoc at the Estonian Biocentre of the University of Tartu.  Later, however, I developed an interest in the way predispositions are formed to certain illnesses. I wanted to see the acquired knowledge applied in practice. For instance, we already know how the gene pool is formed and that one of its parts is related to predispositions to diseases that can …

  17.03.2022

• ITMO.EduStars Winner Natalia Gorlushkina on Teaching and Friendship With Students

  …You’ve been teaching for 34 years now. Why did you decide to enter this field? There are several reasons. I’ve always wanted to be a teacher and even had some experience in this area as a fifth-grader: my school’s headmaster asked me to substitute for a teacher for first-grade students. Later, I was talked out of this idea, as everyone in my family was engaged in …

  15.03.2022

• The Science of Hobbies: Six Relaxing Activities You Should Try

  …hers from the University of the West of England. Even the renowned Carl Jung promoted coloring as a self-exploration and therapy technique back in the 1900s. Try it if: you want to embrace your inner artist. Put on your chef’s hat Cooking or baking does not necessarily have to be a daunting chore: it can be an act of altruism, self-care, and even a share…

  15.03.2022

• Foods for Longevity and Green Living: BioTech Today

  … to lymphatic filariasis in humans (also known as elephantiasis). It disrupts the functioning of the lymphatic system and causes abnormal hypertrophy of various body parts. We want to study its genome and identify targets for medical drugs. We’re also studying the manioc root (or cassava), which is grown and consumed in South America, Africa, and Asia. The thing is, …

  11.03.2022

• ITMO.EduTeam: Your Chance to Launch a Master’s Program at ITMO

  … application and upload the following documents (see templates in Russian here): a summary of your program’s concept; a motivational letter explaining why you want to work at ITMO; a CV describing your experience as a lecturer andor developer or head of an educational program along with information on your published articles and participation…

  11.03.2022

• ITMO Launches an Open Call for Citizen Science Projects

  …aling up of citizen science nationwide. “The competition aims to not only support scientists and provide them with resources. Its educational aspect is also important. We want to teach researchers how to launch and successfully implement their projects, as well as how to scale them and create new initiatives with the help of volunteers. We also hope that we’ll b…

  10.03.2022

• Results of Latest Demo Day at ITMO Accelerator

  …preneurs,” says Vyacheslav Keshkov, the project’s CEO. A service for finding surrogate mothers and oocyte donors The jury awarded second place to Bamby, a project that wants to bring together health clinics, customers, surrogate mothers, and oocyte donors. As its co-founder Mikhail Mulits explains, the Russian surrogate motherhood market currently exists in a…

  09.03.2022