Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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A delegation from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, including Olga Vlasova, Director of the Higher School of Biomedical Systems and Technologies; Anastasia Bolshakova, Deputy Director for International Affairs at the Institute of Coronavirus and Biotechnology; and Ilya Bezprozvanny, Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Neurodegeneration at SPbPU, organized and successfully held an off-site session of the International Club of Bioengineers at SPbPU at the Institute of Biomedicine and Pharmacy of the Russian-Armenian University.
During the SPbPU delegation's visit to the Russian-Armenian University, open lectures on neurobiology were held for undergraduate and graduate students. Presentations were given by Ilya Bezprozvanny, an international expert in neuronal calcium signaling and neurodegenerative diseases, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Head of the SPbPU Laboratory of Molecular Neurodegeneration, Deputy Director for Research, and Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology at the Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Dr. Mivi Kim, a specialist in biophysics and computational neurobiology, winner of the IBM Frey Award and the Ataxia Foundation Young Investigator Award (USA). The lectures were broadcast online in both Russia and Armenia.
Ilya Bezprozvanny discussed the role of calcium signaling dysregulation in neurons in Alzheimer's disease and new strategies for developing therapies to treat the disease.
Mivi Kim's lecture focused on biophysical studies of proteins associated with neuropathology using computational technologies. Dr. Kim presented a new approach to the function of proteins that may play a key role in the development of neurodegeneration. The study combines methods from biophysics, structural biology, and computational approaches.
The delegation toured the laboratories of the Institute of Biomedicine and Pharmacy at RAU. At a meeting with RAU Rector Edward Sandoyan and Vice Rector for Research Parkev Avetisyan, they discussed cooperation in research and education, student academic mobility, and the development of joint educational programs and research projects.
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