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In the building of the new research center (R&C) of NSU, which is one of the second stage facilities modern campus of NSUInterior finishing has begun at the building being built as part of the national "Youth and Children" project. Work on the internal engineering systems is also underway, with almost a third of the work completed.

The second stage of the project, in addition to the NSU Research Center, includes a building for continuous classrooms, which has already been built and has been actively operating since the fall of this year, and an educational and scientific center. Institute of Medicine and Medical Technologies of NSUThe total area of the three buildings is approximately 40 thousand square meters.

"The new educational space will provide additional opportunities for the development of science and technology in the region. The research center building will house classrooms and laboratories for research in medicine, chemistry, and biology. Finishing work and installation of utility systems are currently underway," said Karen Oganesyan, CEO of the Unified Customer Production and Consulting Company.

Additionally, the building's roofing has already been completed, the façades and stained-glass windows are in the final stages, and comprehensive landscaping work is underway in the surrounding area, with more than 75% of the work completed. Overall construction readiness for the facility is 70%.

"About 180 NSU research staff will work in the new NSU Research Center building. Using the modern campus infrastructure, we will develop promising scientific and technological areas. These include biotechnology and biomedical research, artificial intelligence and big data processing, and space and special instrumentation. NSU has every opportunity to become a leader in Russia in these areas. With the support of industrial partners, we will also create new products and technologies for strategically important industries," commented NSU Rector and RAS Academician Mikhail Fedoruk.

All construction and installation work at the site is planned to be completed in 2026.

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IN scientific and educational center "Evolution of the Earth" Novosibirsk State University has a new exhibit simulating crystal formation in a laboratory setting. Designed in a steampunk style, it is controlled via a mobile app. The new exhibit, specially designed for NSU, is the only one of its kind in Russia. It was developed and manufactured with the support of the Priority 2030 strategic academic leadership program.

"The idea to create such an exhibit arose a couple of years ago. The museum previously had a prototype. It was open, and the tour guide had to manually insert the marbles into the octahedron, and the marbles often disappeared after the tours. So we decided to improve on this idea," said Olga Khokhryakova, a research fellow at the Evolution of the Earth Scientific and Educational Center.

The staff at the "Evolution of the Earth" Scientific and Educational Center developed the general design and concept for the device, and created the first visualization using artificial intelligence. They then handed over their work to modeler and engineer Dmitry Kamenev.

"I've long had the idea of creating a steampunk-style installation. I spoke with the engineers who developed our exhibit, and they liked the idea. They approached the project with enthusiasm and even humor: if you look closely at the exhibit, you can see plaques that reference the works of the Strugatsky brothers and the novel 'The Twelve Chairs.' The team began work on our project in June 2025 and completed it in November," said Alexander Igolnikov, head of the Evolution of the Earth Scientific and Educational Center, sharing the story behind the exhibit's creation.

The museum staff meticulously designed the exhibit down to the smallest detail. Its shape and appearance resemble an autoclave for synthesizing and growing crystals in a laboratory setting. The device's interior simulates the natural processes that lead to mineral formation. For example, it houses a lava lamp, symbolizing the molten matter entering the "crystallizer." Warm light and characteristic gurgling sounds visually convey its operation, while special "sensors" display changes in temperature and pressure. A unique feature of the exhibit is its control via a dedicated app. Guides can adjust the light, sound, and even voices. For example, the crystallizer can play excerpts from speeches by such eminent scientists as Mikhail Lavrentyev and Albert Einstein.

The new exhibit clearly demonstrates the arrangement of atoms in a crystal lattice. It works like this: the structure resembles an hourglass, the main part of which is a hemioctahedron, a four-sided pyramid made of plexiglass. One of the hemioctahedra contains balls. When the guide turns the exhibit's handle, the hemioctahedron containing the balls rotates 180 degrees. As a result, the balls spill over and fill the second hemioctahedron, completely occupying its volume. The balls are arranged in a strictly regular pattern, not a chaotic one.

Each crystal and each mineral has its own unique "pattern" of particle arrangement. Atoms in reality, of course, are not spherical and can vary from one another, but in this exhibit, they are represented as spheres for clarity. The process can be repeated an infinite number of times, and each time the spheres are arranged in a strictly defined pattern, corresponding to the arrangement of atoms in the crystal lattice.

"Certain difficulties arose during the work on the exhibit. The beads that were supposed to flow into the hemioctahedron proved too heavy, so the structure had to be further reinforced. It was later discovered that when our 'hourglass' was turned over, the beads would clog the passage. To solve this problem, motors were added to stir the beads and prevent them from getting stuck. In fact, exactly the same thing happens in nature. If a solution isn't stirred, at some point the supply of material available to the growing crystal is exhausted, and growth stops. A simple example is sugar in tea: if you don't stir it, it won't dissolve completely. Exactly the same processes occur in mineral-forming environments," explained Olga Khokhryakova.

The new exhibit is located in Hall 2, "Earth Composition and Deep Processes," at the "Earth Evolution" Research and Education Center. It complements a display case showing the structure of crystal lattices in various minerals. Anyone interested can see the new exhibit for themselves by scheduling a tour by calling 7 383 363-42-25.

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The conference will be held from April 15 to 21, 2026, at Novosibirsk State University.

The International Scientific and Research Conference (ISRC) is a unique platform where undergraduate, graduate, and school students from across Russia and neighboring countries present their research results, exchange ideas, and connect with like-minded individuals. Each year, the conference brings together thousands of talented young scientists, demonstrating the high level of scientific activity and the potential of future generations of researchers.

Traditionally, the International Scientific and Technical Conference (ISSC) presents a wide range of scientific topics and areas. The 2026 conference is planned to feature 49 sections and 163 subsections for undergraduate and graduate students, young scientists, and schoolchildren.

You can find a detailed description of the sections on the pagehttps://vvv.nsu.ru/n/issk/in the "Sections" section.

To participate in the International Scientific and Cultural Forum (ISC), you must submit an application through the registration system by February 19, 2026.http://conf.nsu.ru/issk_2026and attach your abstract and a copy certified by your supervisor to your application. For more information on how to submit an application and abstract formatting requirements, please visit the MNSC information website.https://vvv.nsu.ru/n/isk/participation/.

Don't miss your chance to be part of one of the largest scientific events for young people! We look forward to your applications!

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On December 5, Novosibirsk State University hosted a gala evening dedicated to International Volunteer Day. The event was organized by Humanitarian Institute (GI) NSU. Student volunteers, representatives, and event organizers of the GI NSU gathered in Room 212 of the Rector's Office to informally celebrate the volunteers' contribution to the life of the Humanities Institute.

The event took the form of a team game with competitions aimed at developing creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving skills—skills that are especially important in volunteer work.

The competition program opened with a captains' competition. Five future team captains were selected from among the participants. They were asked to find original solutions to unconventional volunteer situations. For example, what to do if pies for guests at an event suddenly disappear, or if a guest scientist's laptop stops working. The captains' work was assessed by a jury consisting of representatives of the NSU Research Institute: Tatyana Morozova, Deputy Director of the Research Institute, and Tatyana Belitsa, Deputy Director of the Academic Affairs Institute.

After this, the participants continued the competition in teams. The first task was badge creation: the children had to come up with a team name and design their own logo. Next, the volunteers competed in improvisation and artistry contests, where they had to confidently read text and fill in the blanks, as well as a task testing attentiveness and accuracy—"sorting," in which participants sorted objects in a box and counted their number.

Another competition focused on explanation and communication skills: participants were asked to describe the meaning of a word without using related words. The program concluded with a "photo hunt"—teams had to take five photos on the university grounds according to set conditions.

Olga Shishkina, a third-year student majoring in Fundamental and Applied Linguistics at the NSU Humanities Institute and a volunteer at the Humanities Institute headquarters, shared her impressions of volunteer work:

Volunteering provides a unique experience. It's about overcoming challenges, discovering new skills, and communicating. The real-life interactions are incredibly rewarding. My advice to those just starting out is to not be afraid, try new things, participate in activities you enjoy, and make new connections.

The volunteer also noted that her fondest memories remain of working with children and schoolchildren at the NSU summer school:

"Interacting with schoolchildren, telling them about the school experience, how to apply, motivating and supporting them—it's incredibly valuable. You feel like you're truly helping people."

Ruslan Seitov, assistant professor at the Department of Oriental Studies at the Novosibirsk State University, expressed his gratitude to the volunteers:

Thank you very much for your work. It's wonderful to see young people interested in social and scientific activities that benefit the university. Volunteering teaches you to think outside the box and solve complex problems—we've proven this time and again. The conferences and events at the NSU Humanities Institute went very well this year, and the volunteers deserve a lot of credit for that.

As part of the celebration, certificates of appreciation were presented to the most active participants in volunteer events, and team and individual awards were announced. These included "Most Friendly Team," "Most Creative Team," "Most Resourceful Team," "Most Photogenic Team," and "Most Versatile Team." Volunteers also received special awards for their linguistic intuition, crisis management skills, and contribution to event organization.

Even though many of the participants were meeting each other for the first time, the teams quickly worked together, demonstrating courage, creativity, and excellent teamwork skills.

Celebrating International Volunteer Day at NSU was not only an opportunity to say "thank you" to volunteers, but also an opportunity to once again highlight the importance of the volunteer movement at the university.

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Master's student Faculty of Information Technology Stepan Gudkov (NSU Faculty of Information Technologies) has developed software that automates the recognition of handwritten historical documents, specifically the decision books of volost courts that existed in Russia in the early 20th century. The project aims to introduce these court decisions, which reflect many aspects of the lives of Siberian peasants, into scientific circulation. The development is part of Stepan Gudkov's master's thesis, which he is preparing under the supervision of Vladimir Borisovich Barakhnin, Doctor of Engineering Sciences and Professor in the Department of General Informatics at NSU Faculty of Information Technologies.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the peasant class in Russia had so-called volost courts, which dealt with civil matters. Their decisions were recorded in thick journals, bound with cord and sealed with a seal. They represent a treasure trove of information—a description of the lives and daily routines of Russian and Siberian peasants in the pre-revolutionary era.

"Although these are court documents, they're not really about the court; they're about life in its various manifestations. Reading these decisions, we get a picture of the different peasant occupations, learning about their daily lives, their daily concerns, their personalities, and their habits. We see all this diversity in the decisions of the volost court. They give us a glimpse of peasant Russia, which later disappeared during the 20th century, when the country became completely different. It's a photographic portrait of peasant Russia," said Alexey Kirillov, senior researcher at the Institute of History, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.

Thus arose the idea of making this knowledge accessible to a wide range of historians and interested individuals, not just selecting 100 solutions, but digitizing and recognizing a large number of documents, presenting them in a form understandable to the modern reader, so that all this would be easy and accessible.

"By my estimates, at the beginning of the 20th century, volost courts across Russia issued approximately 1 million decisions annually. Of these, only a tiny fraction have survived. Archives in Siberia currently contain several tens of thousands of decisions, and across the country, I believe, we can count on hundreds of thousands. To introduce them into scholarly circulation and begin studying them, they first need to be recognized and translated into modern text. We are currently manually transcribing them, which is a very labor-intensive process. I can give you an example: we will soon publish two books presenting several hundred volost court decisions. This work took us three years. If we set the goal of recognizing the texts of all decisions, then, if done manually, it would take several decades. The use of information technology, however, allows us to automate and significantly speed up this work," added Alexey Kirillov.

Historians approached the NSU Faculty of Information Technology with this task. To introduce a handwritten historical document into scientific circulation, it's not enough to simply digitize it as an image; it must be recognizable in text form.

"The text must, at a minimum, be indexed, with all words extracted. Then the text must be processed, extracting the most important general terms describing the subject matter of a given decision; the document must be cataloged. Then it will be possible to assemble a comprehensive information system that will allow specialists and the general public to access decisions of the district courts. Where should we begin here? Of course, with the translation of the handwritten text, its recognition, and its conversion into a machine-readable format," explained Vladimir Barakhnin.

Existing text recognition systems are not applicable to such documents due to various characteristics, so it was necessary to develop an algorithm suitable for working with handwritten documents.

When recognizing handwritten texts, specialists face a number of challenges that must be addressed. First, the volost court decision log is composed of ruled pages, including vertical ones. However, in reality, writing wasn't always done strictly in columns; often, the text ran continuously across the page, making it difficult to understand. Second, there are different handwriting styles. Although the volost register was typically written by a single scribe and a certain number of documents were written in the same handwriting, handwriting varies from book to book. Third, pre-revolutionary orthography differs from modern orthography. Finally, the scribes' limited literacy and the use of various abbreviations and proper names all complicate text recognition and processing.

To solve the problem of recognizing such texts, NSU developers applied machine vision algorithms that allow them to recognize lines, individual symbols, and letters.

"The system takes as input an image of a page from a book of decisions of rural district courts. It is broken into several small fragments, each of which is divided into individual lines of text, which can be done using neural networks like YOLO. After this, the image of the line must be converted into text. There are several approaches: running a dynamically sized window over the line, cropping the letter images and feeding them to the recognition model (an ensemble of convolutional neural networks can be used); solving the problem of transforming a sequence (handwritten text) into a sequence (printed text) using convolutional recurrent neural networks or transformer-based networks, which requires a large number of manually transcribed lines to train the model; or using a training method with a small number of training samples, which we have not yet tested and has an undeniable advantage since it requires very little data to train the model. The recognized text will, of course, contain errors, so post-processing is required: at least checking it against dictionaries. The result should be a text file containing the recognized text," Stepan Gudkov explained.

A machine vision algorithm has now been developed that helps train a neural network to recognize words as a set of symbols, without any processing or correction. Further refinement of the algorithm is intended to enable the system to suggest possible spellings and corrections based on meaning and context, allowing a human to decide which version is correct.

"Further text processing requires some thought; reading word-by-word doesn't produce a perfect result; errors and recognition difficulties are possible. Solving this problem with IT alone will be difficult; we need to develop an application that, when it encounters unfamiliar words, underlines them, marks them for correction, and suggests the most likely variants. Therefore, it's essential to involve specialists with a humanities background," Vladimir Barakhnin added.

The future plan is to create a full-fledged information system with search interfaces. In such a system, each document is provided with all metadata, all words are extracted, and it is machine-readable. The system allows for contextual searching and selection by various criteria—by village, person, case category, etc.

In the future, this development can be applied to the analysis of any handwritten documents from archives—letters, diaries, etc., created in the pre-revolutionary period—from the mid-19th century, when the modern Russian language emerged, until 1917.

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On December 5, Novosibirsk State University hosted its first international roundtable discussion, "Law, Bioneuroconstitutionalism, and Human Rights in the Age of Genetic Information and Bioneurotechnology." The event was timed to coincide with Lawyer's Day and the 1993 Constitution Day of the Russian Federation. Leading experts in bioethics, biolaw, and neuroscience from universities and research centers in Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Tyumen, Kazakhstan, and China spoke at the roundtable.

The round table was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 25-18-00338 “Anthropological bioconstitutionalism and the achievement of bioethical well-being in the system of ensuring humanitarian biosecurity: human dignity and new human rights in legal ontology and biosocial reproduction.”The grant is for three years and, in addition to the roundtable, includes interdisciplinary research into anthropological bioconstitutionalism and human biorights, as well as the publication of Russia's first scientific research encyclopedic dictionary, collective monographs, and proposals for amendments to current Russian legislation.

The round table was initiated by scientists Institute of Philosophy and Law (IPL) of NSU.

"Different sciences come to the forefront at different times. The 21st century is the century of life sciences, including, of course, biomedicine and neuroscience. Law is also a life science, no less important than medicine, because jurisprudence teaches us how to live in society, how to live while observing the laws. In my opinion, the main characteristic of the modern world is uncertainty; nothing is constant except change. In this environment of uncertainty and volatility, guidelines are essential, and in this sense, our constitution plays a crucial role, setting guidelines by which the ship called Russia can navigate. Therefore, the topic of the roundtable is particularly relevant. I am very pleased that the event generated great interest among our graduate students—we have about 60 of them, some attending in person, some online," noted Vladimir Diev, Doctor of Philosophy and Director of the NSU Institute of Physical Problems, at the opening of the event.

The project's director is Igor Kravets, Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law, and Chief Research Fellow at the Institute of Physical Problems at NSU. Speaking about the genesis of the roundtable discussion, he emphasized its interdisciplinary nature and the existence of research centers that address this issue, noting the importance of biocentrism in law, medicine, and healthcare.

"This is an interdisciplinary topic based on the development of human biorights, bioethics, and biomedicine in the context of achieving bioethical well-being. When we initiated this roundtable, we assumed that bioethics centers already exist at universities where biolaw is being developed and human rights in biomedicine are studied. Therefore, we invited colleagues from Moscow State Law University, the Center for Bioethics and Human Rights at the Ural State Law University, and the Higher School of Economics, as well as other leading specialists from Russian academic schools working on these issues," explained Igor Kravets.

The roundtable discussion included four scientific panels: Bioneuroconstitutionalism, human rights, and new technologies; Reproductive technologies, biomedicine, and human rights; Biomedical law and the status of individuals and citizens in light of new technologies (domestic and international experience); Bioethics and neurophilosophy facing the challenges of new technologies; and a youth panel.

"The topic of bioethics, the focus of this roundtable, is extremely important because significant changes in scientific knowledge are currently underway, and this is reflected in a new interdisciplinary synthesis—firstly, the sciences related to biology are merging; secondly, new technologies are emerging, primarily artificial intelligence and neural networks; and thirdly, legal science must respond to these changes. Therefore, it is crucial to approach the topic of bioethics from the perspectives of philosophy, biology, and law," commented Andrey Medushevsky, Doctor of Philosophy and Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Elena Titova, Doctor of Law and Professor at the Law Institute of South Ural State University (Chelyabinsk), spoke at the roundtable. She discussed the relationship between the category of bioconstitutionalism and biosafety rights, as well as scientific approaches to developing this doctrine. Titova specializes in litigation involving individuals and medical organizations when rights are restricted or when it is necessary to ensure the protection of rights in the field of biomedicine.

Mikhail Kotlovsky, MD, PhD, Chief Researcher at the N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health (Moscow), focused his presentation on the ethical challenges facing professionals implementing new technologies in healthcare. The focus was on the extent to which ethical standards and ethics apply to artificial intelligence when it is used in medicine. This applies to medical research and healthcare institutions, as much data is currently generated and systematized using artificial intelligence—so-called biodata. The expert provided a comprehensive assessment of the potential of using artificial intelligence to process biodata.

Igor Kravets discussed in more detail the issue of bioethical dignity from the perspective of international and national biomedical law.

"UNESCO's international instruments provide for a law enforcement and enforcement mechanism that considers human rights in the field of biomedicine in the context of their relationship with human dignity. For example, human dignity and genetics, human dignity and biorights, human dignity and biosafety. I see this as a new paradigm. That is, bioethical dignity is not only the dignity of a person participating in medical research or exercising reproductive rights; it is the dignity of various living beings that exist on our planet and that may have various forms of vulnerability. For example, if we consider humans, these include people with disabilities, children, and pregnant women. Bioethical dignity demonstrates the degree of their autonomy and vulnerability, which should be reflected in the structure of state guarantees. Bioethics also considers the rights of animals and the ability of humans to participate in their care within the context of the dignity of living beings," explained Igor Kravets.

Continuing this theme, Irina Krylatova, PhD in Law and Director of the Center for Bioethics and Law at the V.F. Yakovlev Ural State Law University, presented her research findings. She discussed the role of bioethical principles in conceptualizing the bioethical dignity of the individual.

Vladislava Boyarinova, PhD in Law, Institute of Philosophy and Law, Novosibirsk State University, shared her thoughts on the current challenges of informed consent when collecting neurophysiological data for analysis using artificial intelligence technologies, as part of a study supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation.

Particular attention was paid to the application of bioethical principles in family relationships. Daria Sennikova, PhD in Law and Associate Professor at the Law Institute of the National Research Tomsk State University, presented a paper on the right to protection from violence, raising the question: how to help without harming?

Experts from other countries participated in the roundtable. Zhang Yueping, Doctor of Law, Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of Russian Language at Heilongjiang University, was a year-long intern at the Institute of Legal Philosophy at NSU. Her presentation focused on the specific understanding of biolaw in China and the status of citizens of the People's Republic of China from this perspective. Anton Didikin, Doctor of Philosophy and Candidate of Law at the Maqsut Narikbayev University Graduate School of Law (Kazakhstan), a graduate of NSU, has a long history of studying neurophilosophy and neurolaw. He presented a paper entitled "Transformation of Legal Responsibility in the Age of Neuroscience," which examined how the concept of legal capacity is changing under the influence of technological advances. This primarily concerns criminal liability, as advances in neuroscience call into question free will and the awareness of one's actions.

The field of neurophilosophy in Russia is currently most developed at one university—the Higher School of Economics. And HSE Professor Andrey Medushevsky's presentation was devoted specifically to neuroscience and its relationship with law.

"The essence of neuroscience is that it unites various fields of knowledge related to the study of the brain. And currently, some researchers are declaring a true revolution in brain research. This is linked, firstly, to the emergence of cognitive sciences and psychology. Secondly, it's biology, bioethics, and artificial intelligence. This revolution in brain research lies in the emergence, for the first time, of technologies that allow us to track the processes of cognition, meaning formation, and thought. And the most important of these technologies is, without a doubt, cerebral cortex scanning. Humanity is gaining a unique opportunity to empirically study subjective states," commented Andrey Medushevsky.

Lawyers face new challenges: firstly, a whole new field of legal research related to neurolaw is emerging; secondly, the question arises of how to approach these technological advances from a legal perspective, in particular the legality of using neuroevidence in court.

The presentations by experts in the field of reproductive technologies from the perspective of both biolaw and public health generated great interest.

Valentina Komarova, Doctor of Law and Professor at the Kutafin Moscow State Law University, addressed the highly specific issue of the relationship and safeguarding of private and public interests in the use of reproductive technologies.

Andrey Kondrashev, Doctor of Law and Professor at the Law Institute of the Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk), spoke online about the problems of regulating the post-mortem use of reproductive technologies in Russia (with comparative aspects).

Ekaterina Abrosimova, PhD in Law and Associate Professor at MGIMO University (Acting Head of the Department of Innovative Jurisprudence and Information Law), spoke online about the issue of the private legal status/regime of cryopreserved embryos.

Evgeniya Mossberg, a junior researcher at the Institute of Philosophy and Law at Novosibirsk State University, shared the results of her research (both under a grant from the Russian Science Foundation and for her dissertation) on the topic "Cryopreservation of human germ cells and embryos as a way to ensure human reproductive rights in the post-COVID period: the experience of BRICS countries."

Also of interest was the youth panel, which featured presentations by graduate students from the NSU Institute of Philosophy and Law. Maria Solodkina (Igoshkina), who has been working on information technology in constitutional law for over a year, presented a paper on the impact of information and digital technologies on the legal regulation of bioinformatics and biodata security. This is one of the issues related to the digitalization of healthcare.

Vitaly Kamorny, a civil law specialist by training, is interested in the issues of liability for harm caused by artificial intelligence in the fields of biolaw and biotechnology. It's possible that his research will expand to include exploring how artificial intelligence influences the development of biolaw.

Ivan Kuzmenkin is writing a dissertation on genetic constitution, which is related to international biolaw and the development of rights in Russia regarding genetic information. Genetic constitution, broadly defined, is a set of rights to the preservation and use of genetic information. The topic of his presentation at the roundtable was "Implementation of the Constitutional Principle of Human Dignity in Human Cloning," and human cloning is precisely part of the realization of rights to bioengineering and genetic constitution.

Roundtable participants expressed a commitment to scientific communication on complex issues of biolaw, biomedicine, neuroscience, and healthcare, and demonstrated the importance and potential of an interdisciplinary approach.

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The Congress of Young Scientists was held in Sochi at the Sirius University of Science and Technology from November 26 to 28. The event brought together prominent leaders of Russian science, representatives of leading scientific schools from across Russia, scientific and educational organizations, government agencies, industrial partners, representatives of businesses and state corporations, and, most importantly, young scientists, grant winners, and students and schoolchildren from Russia and abroad. This year, the anniversary congress included a separate section entitled "The Scientific and Demographic Potential of Student Families—the Foundation of the Country's Future." NSU was represented in this section by a married couple, Danil and Tatyana Sboev.

Tatyana is a second-year master's student Faculty of Physics, and Danil is a second-year postgraduate student Faculty of Mechanics and MathematicsThis summer, they took part in the first All-Russian Festival of Student Families. During the festival's plenary session, Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko personally invited Tatyana and Danil to participate in the 5th Congress of Young Scientists.

"We began our presentation at the congress with the story of how we met: we met almost five years ago at basketball practice, when we were both undergraduate students—me in my fourth year of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, and Tanya in her second year of the Physics Department. Our love for sports and science then bonded us, and we've been married for over a year now," Danil said.

"If we talk about the role of family in our scientific and academic journeys, then, of course, having a partner who is also deeply involved in science provides great support in all areas of life. For example, in scientific endeavors, we can always give each other advice, looking at a situation from a different perspective. In everyday life, if one of us is busy, the other takes on most of the household responsibilities. And emotionally, of course, having a like-minded partner nearby provides great support, both during exams and during class time. We're also never bored; we often go to art exhibitions and try to make time for sports and creative activities together. Of course, balancing studies, science, and family life isn't easy, but the university understands this and provides support to student families," Tatyana added.

The young couple spoke in more detail about the support the university provides to families: legal, social, and psychological assistance, provision of a children's playroom in the dorm, financial assistance for student families with children, and many other types of support. For example, the Sboev family was provided with a room in the graduate student dorm and financial assistance as a young family.

"NSU provides additional financial support to students with children, both during pregnancy and after the birth of the child. This includes waiving dormitory rent for student families with children. You can learn more about all the support measures on the one-stop shop for young families on the website. Akademgorodok itself also has numerous kindergartens and schools, all located close to campus, making life much easier for young families," Tatyana explained.

At the Young Scientists Congress, Tatyana and Danil Sboev proposed their initiatives and listened to proposals from other families of young scientists. According to NSU students, housing issues for student families and families of young scientists were the main topic of discussion at the section "Scientific and Demographic Potential of Student Families—the Foundation of the Country's Future."

"I was amazed by the scale of the congress; 9,000 people came. In my opinion, everything was well-organized and well-run. We also visited the RSF School at the congress, learned about grant programs, how the RSF reviews are conducted, and gained a lot of other information that is useful to us as young scientists," Danil concluded.

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Oh Dong-gun, a graduate of Novosibirsk State University, was awarded the Director's Prize from the School of Graduate Studies in Cultural Heritage at Kongju National University for winning the 4th All-Korean Minhwa Interpretation Competition. He submitted his performance in Russian. The competition was held in Boryeong, South Korea. The event was organized by the Boryeong mayor's office.

"Minhwa" literally translates into Russian as "folk painting." It is a genre of traditional Korean folk painting that was popular among ordinary people in the late Joseon Dynasty.

Kongju National University is a multidisciplinary institution of higher education in the city of Kongju, Chungcheongnam-do Province. Founded in 1948 as the Kongju Normal Institute, it is currently the only national university in Chungcheongnam-do Province.

Oh Dongon studied Russian at the Busan University of Foreign Studies under Irina Mironyuk, a senior lecturer at the Center for International Educational Programs at the Humanities Institute. In 2014–2015, he completed an internship at the Faculty of Humanities (since 2016, the NSU Humanities Institute) of Novosibirsk State University under the academic supervision of Sergei Alkin, Associate Professor of the Department of Archaeology and Ethnography at the Humanities Institute.

Oh Dong-gon gained professional experience in conducting museum tours and interpreting works of art while working as a senior specialist in the Museum Operations Department of the Anyang Foundation for Culture and Arts in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, and during his volunteer work as a tour guide at the National Museum of World Script in Incheon and the Cheonan City Art Museum of the Cheonan Foundation for Culture and Arts in Chungcheongnam-do.

Oh Dong-gun also participated in various cultural events as a member of the monitoring team at the National Central Science Museum in Daejeon and the Independence Museum of Korea in Cheonan. He served as a caretaker at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province. He also provided Russian-language communication to tourists at the Suwon Hwaseong Fortress Cultural Festival, held by the Suwon Cultural Foundation in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. Oh Dong-gun also served as a citizen reporter for the Cheonan Cultural City Center, among other positions.

While working as an international student support specialist at Sooncheonhyang University in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, Oh Dong-gun was responsible for the cultural program for international students and introduced them to Korean culture.

"I am confident that my experience attending Korean studies, Asian studies, and culture classes in Russian at Novosibirsk State University has greatly contributed to my current achievements. I intend to continue to popularize Korean history, traditions, and culture in Russian among Russians, thereby strengthening the friendly relations between our countries," said Oh Donggun.

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A second-year master's student at the Department of Biomedical Physics is conducting a study on boron accumulation in tumor cells after the administration of boron preparations as potential delivery vehicles for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). Faculty of Physics of Novosibirsk State University Ksenia Kuzmina is working on this study as part of a large research team that includes Novosibirsk State University, the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, the Lebedev Physical Institute RAS, the Prokhorov General Physics Institute RAS, and the Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS. Her supervisor is Anna Kasatova, a senior researcher at the INP SB RAS and a PhD candidate in medicine. The work is being carried out as part of the strategic technology project "Center for the Integration of Personalized Biomedicine, Pharmacy, and Synchrotron and Binary Technologies" of the Priority 2030 program.

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a binary form of radiation therapy based on the selective destruction of malignant tumor cells. The key principle of this therapy is the selective destruction of only those cells that contain sufficient amounts of the isotope boron-10. Targeted boron delivery agents are essential for successful implementation of BNCT. Conducting studies on the accumulation of boron-containing agents is an important step in BNCT planning.

This therapy method works by injecting a boron-containing drug into the patient's body, which accumulates specifically in cancer cells. The patient is then irradiated at the INP SB RAS using the VITA (Vacuum Insulated Tandem Accelerator) neutron source. Neutrons interact with the boron accumulated in the tumor, triggering a nuclear reaction that produces heavy ions and alpha particles. These particles destroy the tumor during the nuclear reaction but spare healthy cells, which do not accumulate sufficient boron. Currently, boron-phenylalanine, a second-generation drug for this purpose, is primarily used in clinical practice for targeted boron delivery. Despite promising results obtained in clinical trials, the limited ratio of boron in the tumor to normal tissue in patients treated with boron-phenylalanine requires the development of more effective and selective boron delivery systems. Our Moscow physicist and chemist colleagues synthesized elemental boron nanoparticles, functionalized them with a biocompatible Silane-PEG coating to improve their pharmacokinetic properties, and sent them to us for study of the suitability of this drug for BNCT as a potential agent for boron delivery to tumors, said Ksenia Kuzmina.

Studies of the biodistribution and cytotoxicity of boron nanoparticles were conducted both in vitro (on living cell cultures) and in vivo (on laboratory mice). Two human tumor cell lines—breast carcinoma (BT474) and glioblastoma (U87)—were used in the in vitro study, as well as healthy cells—human fibroblasts (BJ-5ta). The studies established that these nanoparticles were nontoxic for all three cell lines at the concentrations required for successful BNCT. The greatest BNCT effect was observed for the BT474 cell line; according to clonogenic analysis, the proportion of surviving cells was less than 1%. The proportion of surviving U87 cells in the BNCT group was 35%, which significantly differs from the result obtained in the control group.

To study the in vivo biodistribution of boron after intratumoral administration of elemental boron nanoparticles to mice bearing the BT474 tumor, the scientists used inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry. The boron concentration in the tumor was 163 μg/g 30 minutes after administration, and 64 μg/g after 90 minutes. Boron-10 concentrations in the blood and muscle were significantly lower. The tumor-to-normal tissue ratio of boron concentrations was 15 and 4 at the 30- and 90-minute time points, respectively, exceeding the ratio for second-generation targeted delivery agents. This indicates the greater selectivity of the nanoparticles studied.

"Research into the accumulation of boron nanoparticles in tumor and healthy cells is ongoing. Our goal is to find a delivery system that will accumulate very well in tumors but retain minimally in the blood, kidneys, liver, and brain. With the launch of the Siberian Ring Photon Source (SKIF), we will be able to screen new compounds for the development of targeted boron delivery systems, study the mechanism of this process, and determine the molecular structures of these substances. We hope to be among the first users of SKIF," said Ksenia Kuzmina.

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On December 11-12, Novosibirsk State University is hosting the interregional scientific and practical conference "University Meetings. Novosibirsk—a Center for Innovation in Medicine." The event is organized by Novosibirsk State University, the Center for Postgraduate Medical Education of the Institute of Medicine and Medical Technologies (CPME IMMT) of NSU, the Novosibirsk Region Ministry of Health, the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Association of Doctors.

The program includes scientific reports, master classes with leading specialists in dermato-oncology, psychology, and cardiology, a roundtable discussion on problem areas in medical services, and discussions with colleagues from various cities across the Russian Federation on their development as specialists. This year, the main topic of the University Meetings is obesity.

The conference was opened by Chief Scientific Secretary of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences Andrey Tulupov.

NSU Rector and RAS Academician Mikhail Fedoruk also delivered a welcoming speech.

— We were the third in the country to launch medical education at a classical university, after Moscow and St. Petersburg. Institute of Medicine and Medical Technologies of NSU "IMT NSU is one of the youngest departments at NSU. Medical education is becoming increasingly important to us, which is especially relevant given the infrastructure upgrades and the opening of the new educational and research center of the Institute of Medicine and Medical Technologies at NSU in 2026. I am confident that IMT NSU will develop successfully, in particular through conferences such as these, which bring together students, residents, postgraduate students, and leading medical specialists," noted Mikhail Fedoruk.

At the beginning of the conference, Irina Sergeeva, Director of the Center for Preventive Medical Research at the NSU Institute of Medical and Technological Technologies, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, and Professor of the Department of Fundamental Medicine at the NSU Institute of Medical and Technological Technologies, delivered an introductory presentation on the history of medical education and focused on the current state of medical education and its future.

"Medical universities are transforming into polytechnics; almost every medical university is incorporating technologies and product-focused departments. Another trend is artificial intelligence, which will be used in both education and practice. Technological innovations, such as digital twins, are becoming especially important, as they can replace real people in patient care," Irina Sergeeva emphasized.

Health maintenance and prevention are also very important for people today, and general health assessments—checkups—are becoming a fashionable trend, which is also influencing medical education.

"According to some medical approaches, a doctor treats illnesses, not health. Meanwhile, conducting a checkup and responding to the tests conducted should not only be aimed at identifying the disease but also at interpreting the results and supporting the patient's health, which is what most of our patients request," noted Irina Sergeeva.

In medical education, a certain tension between the personal and the social will persist, as education in other fields is more rapid, while medical education takes longer. The trend toward interdisciplinarity will also persist.

Following Irina Sergeeva's presentation, a plenary session began, dedicated to various aspects of obesity. The session was interdisciplinary and featured a new scientific kaleidoscope format—short presentations from various fields of medicine on the topic of obesity.

Elena Aksenova, Deputy Minister of Health of the Novosibirsk Region, noted in her report that among the main risks for developing non-communicable chronic diseases, along with poor diet and low physical activity, are excess weight and obesity as a diagnosis. Obesity reduces life expectancy, and the higher the stage of obesity, the higher these risks, as confirmed by research. Therefore, the government is taking a number of measures aimed at reducing risk factors. One of the projects being implemented at the federal level is the "Health for Everyone" project. It aims to expand preventive services, such as health centers and preventive medical centers and departments. It also includes strengthening municipal and corporate programs at enterprises and resuming occupational health care at enterprises, where screenings and medical observations are conducted in the workplace.

As part of the University Meetings, an exhibition is being held featuring the city's medical institutions that serve as clinical training sites for NSU students and residents. The exhibition also showcases NSU's IMMT pilot project—an exhibition of prototype simulators for practicing practical skills.

On December 11th, three sections on various topics were organized after lunch: cardiology and neurology; allergology, dermatology, and cosmetology; and gastroenterology and endocrinology. That same day, a roundtable discussion on medical services was held, attended by the heads of the Zdravitsa Family Medicine Center, the Pasman Clinic, and the Krasnoozersky Sanatorium. At the roundtable, Marina Kudaka, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology at ChSU, presented the results of a survey conducted among patients, doctors, and clinic managers on their priorities in medical services.

On the second day, December 12, a meeting will be held at which guests from NSU—Irina Smirnova, President of the Association of Specialists in Diseases of the AGO; Elena Kurnyavkina, Chief Physician of the Krasnozersky Sanatorium; Yulia Krinitsyna, Honorary Professor of the Institute of Medical Technologies and the Golden Dermatoscope Award winner; Daria Luchinina, Director of the Institute of Chemistry and Ecology at Vyatka State University; Lyudmila Vlasova, First Chief Physician of the Zdravitsa Medical Center; and Olga Letyaeva, Editor-in-Chief of the South Ural Medical Journal—will discuss possible career paths in medicine with students and residents.

The event will conclude with a situational role-playing game, "HIV. An Insider's View," jointly organized by students and psychology faculty from the NSU Institute of Medical and Technical Medicine. The game will address issues of social adaptation for patients living with HIV.

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