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• ITMO Scientists Suggest Platform to Study Cell Communication and Assist Targeted Drug Delivery

  Researchers from ITMO University have developed a platform that will help study extracellular cell communication. Unlike its counterparts, the new platform can identify the precise location of cells without interrupting their function – this way, it’s possible to observe cells in their natural state. This solution will facilitate rehabilitation of cell communication after injuries and help create materials for targeted drug delivery. The new platform is described in an article published in Materials & Design.

  21.03.2024

• Student Spotlight: Saadiallakh Normatov, Kazakhstan

  22-year-old Saadiallakh Normatov traveled from his home in Kazakhstan to ITMO driven by a passion for his craft – computational chemistry. Now a student in the Infochemistry Master’s program, he shares the origin of his story, his first impressions of ITMO, and some insider’s tips for those wishing to follow in his footsteps and join the Infochemistry Scientific Center.

  08.02.2024

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #45

  Twice a month, ITMO.NEWS looks back on the key science news from recent weeks. Today, we’ll be reviewing a slate of updates from the Infochemistry Scientific Center and hearing the stories of an educator, a researcher, and a student whose successes promise to make the world better, each in its own way.

  11.12.2023

• ITMO Chemists' New Technology Detects Antibiotics in Milk

  With electrochemical analysis (a high sensitivity method for detecting target substances in solutions) and machine learning at its core, the new technology developed at ITMO can automatically detect the exact quantity of antibiotics in milk. Apart from protecting consumers from harmful substances, the new solution can be used to analyze other environments, such as oil (for revealing unwanted contaminants), coffee (for determining its quality), and wine (for verifying its authenticity). The technology with its underlying research was described in an article in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

  29.11.2023

• ITMO’s Infochemistry Center Opens Lab Coworking for School Students

  At the newly opened coworking space, school students will get to work on their interdisciplinary research, conduct experiments, and learn to work with such high-tech equipment as a robot chemist, an incubator for growing cell cultures, or an atomic force microscope. Operating within the project Chemistry of the Future: Field-Specific Education in Contemporary Science, this brand-new space is a collaboration between ITMO University and Academy of Talents. 

  27.11.2023

• ITMO at Eastern Economic Forum: Education of the Future and New Challenges

  What are the contemporary trends in science and education? What are the prerequisites of breakthrough technologies? And what kind of economic solutions are developed by students these days? These were some of the questions raised at the Eastern Economic Forum that was held in Vladivostok on September 2-4. Among the speakers of the forum were ITMO’s Rector Vladimir Vasilyev, Professor Ekaterina Skorb, and Anton Gopka, dean of the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations.

  06.09.2021

• ITMO Summer Courses: Teachers Share Their Experiences Part 2

  In the second part of this two-part series, ITMO.NEWS continues to speak about summer schools for school students. Held under the aegis of ITMO.START, the intensive courses help prospective students find their niche and acquire new competencies. 

  04.08.2021

• Picture of the Week: E. Coli-Based Bacterial Biofilm

  Seen in the image below are samples of bacterial biofilm based on Escherichia coli, or E. coli for short, which have been grown on the surface of a nutrient gel covered with various polyelectrolytes.

  29.03.2021

• ITMO University Hosts the First IChem Prize Contest for School Students

  Twenty-five school students from different regions of Russia came to ITMO University to present their interdisciplinary projects on topics encompassing chemistry, biology, mathematics, and IT. Winners received monetary prizes, invitations to participate in the finals of ITMO.STARS, and paid internships at ITMO's Infochemistry Scientific Center.

  25.03.2021

• How Silver Will Help Detect Pesticide Residue

  ​ITMO PhD student with her colleagues from Russia, Spain and Singapore proposed a design of a simple and inexpensive device that would take mere minutes to identify the presence of pesticide residue on the surface of agricultural produce. The research was published in Nanoscale.

  17.03.2021