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NSU and one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Russia, Binnopharm Group, will cooperate in the educational and research fields

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Novosibirsk State University and Binnopharm Group, one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers in Russia, have agreed to cooperate in the educational and research fields. The corresponding agreement was signed today at the international forum for technological development Technoprom-2025. The university will train specialists for the company within the framework of the new master's program Industrial Pharmacy, which opened this year at the Institute of Medicine and Medical Technologies (IMMT) of NSU.

— Biotechnology and medical research are one of the priority areas that will be developed on the basis of the infrastructure of the new educational and scientific center of the NSU IMMT and the NSU research center, which are objects of the NSU campus under construction. Also this year we launched new educational programs, including the specialty "Medical Cybernetics". Partnership with one of the market leaders will allow us to adapt our educational programs to the current requirements of pharmaceutical manufacturers and train specialists who will be in demand in the labor market. And also to work at the forefront of science in the field of medical biotechnology and the development of new drugs, — commented the rector of NSU, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Fedoruk.

The infrastructure of the new NSU campus, which is one of the priority projects for the development of the Novosibirsk Region and is being implemented within the framework of the federal project “Creation of a network of modern campuses” of the national project “Youth and Children”, allows working with a wide range of technological platforms – from gene therapy to cellular technologies, which is intended to make a significant contribution to achieving the goal of ensuring technological leadership of the country.

The future campus space will meet modern requirements and demands of the student community. Design solutions will allow creating unique scientific and educational centers, as well as additional coworking areas. The campus will serve as the foundation for a modern comfortable environment for students and teachers.

— Pharmaceuticals is one of the most dynamic and knowledge-intensive industries. Success here is determined not only by fundamental knowledge, but also by the ability to innovate, so for us, the partnership with NSU is a strategic investment in the future of the industry, — noted Tatyana Fedchenko, Director of HR and Organizational Development at Binnopharm Group. — Binnopharm Group systematically builds work with the country's leading universities. We organize internships, practical training and excursions so that students can get acquainted with modern production during their studies. This year alone, more than 200 students have completed such programs. This allows us not only to fill vacancies, but to attract motivated and promising specialists to the company who are already familiar with our standards.

In addition to cooperation in implementing the master's program, NSU plans to launch educational courses for additional professional education in order to train specialists with unique competencies required for the enterprises of Binnopharm Group. This concerns postgraduate training in the field of pharmacy.

In the future, it is planned to expand the scope of cooperation and conduct joint research projects in the field of biomedical developments that are relevant to the modern scientific agenda.

— The cooperation between NSU and the Binnopharm Group company will allow us to more effectively build the entire chain of product creation: starting with joint development based on our laboratories, the release of pilot industrial batches and ending with further scaling at the company's production sites, — said Yulia Samoilova, Director of the NSU Institute of Medical Technologies.

In order to implement the full cycle of development of innovative medical products and drugs, as well as bring them to the stage of production of pilot industrial series under GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) conditions, a complex of high-tech clean rooms and laboratories that meet the most stringent international standards will be created at the university on the basis of the new campus.

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Sechenov University and Novosibirsk State University to create a joint clinical research center

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I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and Novosibirsk State University (NSU) have signed an agreement to open a joint clinical research center "West-East". The goal of the strategic partnership between the country's two leading research universities is to organize and conduct clinical research, create breakthrough technologies and innovative drugs for practical healthcare. Vice-Rector for Scientific and Technological Development of the First Moscow State Medical University Vadim Tarasov and Rector of NSU Mikhail Fedoruk signed the document on August 27 at the XII international forum "Technoprom-2025" in Novosibirsk.

The Clinical Research Center of the First Moscow State Medical University and Novosibirsk State University will begin its work in September 2025 and its activities will have two key areas. The first is conducting clinical trials of drugs. Combining the resources of two leading Russian universities will solve the problem of patient recruitment for pharmaceutical companies by coordinating actions in the Western European (based on Sechenov University) and Eastern European (based on NSU) parts of the country.

The second direction is joint exploratory research to create innovative medical technologies. The partners will direct part of the funds received from the commercial activities of the center to their development.

— To implement this strategic direction, we are combining the capabilities of two universities. On the part of Sechenov University, this is medical industry expertise and our unique competencies in the field of drug development and bringing them to market, — Vadim Tarasov commented on the signing of the document. — Our specialists have successfully developed and introduced into production more than 200 drugs, conducted more than 300 preclinical and more than a thousand clinical studies, including studies of the first coronavirus vaccine "Sputnik V". We carry out all stages of drug development – from the stage of molecule selection to the submission of a registration dossier in accordance with Russian and international standards. Together with Novosibirsk State University, we plan to create a system for financing exploratory research at the expense of profits received for conducting clinical trials. We are talking about joint research to create breakthrough medical technologies and innovative drugs using artificial intelligence and X-ray structural analysis of molecules. The combination of these technologies will significantly speed up and reduce the cost of developing innovative drugs.

The Medical Research and Educational Center of the Institute of Medicine and Medical Technologies (IMMT) of NSU will become the platform for the Eastern European segment of the clinical center. The Institute has unique technological platforms and a ready-made research infrastructure, which creates a solid foundation for its development and allows it to begin implementing specific scientific and clinical tasks.

— The infrastructure created at NSU for conducting fundamental research, including the unique educational and research station SKIF-NSU, the construction of which will be completed this year, will allow us to exchange experience, expand the clinical base, initiate new projects, and also shorten the path of a drug from the first phase of clinical trials to the launch of a finished product on the market, — said Yulia Samoilova, Director of the Institute of Medicine and Medical Technologies of NSU.

She also noted that today most clinical trials are conducted in central Russia. Now that a similar center will be created beyond the Urals, new opportunities will appear for expanding cooperation with drug manufacturers from the BRICS countries, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China and India, for whom it is more convenient from a logistical point of view to interact with research centers located in Siberia.

The West-East Center is equipped with all the necessary equipment for conducting clinical research and testing of medical products, including innovative ones that have no analogues on the market. In the future, NSU and Sechenov University plan to launch joint network educational programs in the field of medical and pharmaceutical education, including programs for additional professional education.

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The IV International Transport Summit has concluded in Moscow.

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19 agreements on cooperation in the field of transport between Moscow and foreign megacities, 17 new cities participating in the analytical platform UrbanTransportData – these are the main results of the IV International Transport Summit. The forum was attended by experts from 43 major cities of 36 countries.

An international portal for analyzing the transport infrastructure of megacities has been launched URBANTRANSPORTDATA, currently 32 cities of the world with a population of about 152.5 million people are its participants. These are million-plus cities and actively developing centers of Asia, Africa, Latin America, the CIS and Eastern Europe. Among them are Beijing, Sao Paulo, Hanoi, Bangkok, Minsk, Nairobi, Kampala and others. The platform contains about 600 indicators that have been processed and unified according to uniform standards. The project is unique in that it allows comparing transport systems of different countries taking into account their geographical and economic characteristics. This allows for a deeper understanding of global trends in the development of transport systems, studying the experience of cities in applying innovations and analyzing the current state of affairs using 50 indicators.

"The International Transport Summit was held in the capital for the fourth time with the support of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. During the event, we concluded 19 agreements on cooperation in the field of transport with foreign megacities, and in addition, another 17 cities joined the analytical platform UrbanTransportData. We showed our foreign colleagues our achievements in the development of urban transport and industry, and they shared their practices and the latest solutions in these areas. We thank the guests for visiting Moscow," said Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry Maxim Liksutov.

More than 40 foreign speakers presented their developments during round tables. Delegates from Brazil, Cuba, Ghana and Turkey spoke about the development of infrastructure and integration of water transport. The results of a study on the optimization of urban space design elements were demonstrated by Wang Xiaolei, Deputy Director of the Engineering Design Department of the Beijing Municipal Transport Commission.

Mauritius Minister of Land Transport, Mahomed Osman Kassam Mahomed, expressed hope for deepening bilateral cooperation: “Mauritius is currently modernizing land transport. At the summit, I saw many presentations on the use of technology to improve this area. I think this is very much in line with what we are doing in our country and I hope for deepening cooperation.”

Much attention was paid to the coordinated development of industrial and transport systems of megacities. During the round table on this topic, representatives of Algeria, Beijing, Cebu, Santa Rosa and Accra shared their experiences.

Delegates from Chengdu, Harbin, Yerevan, Vientiane, Lome, Addis Ababa and Nis discussed issues of developing environmentally sustainable transport systems. In addition, the summit participants discussed digital passenger services and ticketing systems, and unmanned technologies.

The mayor of Senegal's second-largest city, Thiès, Babacar Diop, shared what impressed him about Moscow's transport: "I really like how ambitiously Moscow approaches solving problems. We looked at how urban transport is developing in your capital, and I was especially impressed by the tram network. I think it would be great to develop a tram network in our city. I believe that we need to build a strong partnership between Thiès and Moscow, which will help strengthen relations between our countries."

Technical visits were also organized to modern transport infrastructure facilities in Moscow: the unified dispatch center of the Moscow Metro, the Big Circle Line, the Moscow Central Diameters, the electric bus fleet, electric charging stations, river electric transport, the TsODD situation center, the Center for Research and Development of Unmanned Transport, as well as to the sites of the Technopolis Moscow SEZ – the center for the development of the city's high-tech industry.

As part of the summit’s cultural programme, participants visited the exhibition “High Underground”, VDNKh, the interactive exhibition “That Same Moscow” in the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall and the Northern River Terminal.

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Northeast Asian Regional and Country Studies Association Established in Jilin Province

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CHANGCHUN, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) — The Northeast Asia (NEA) Regional and Country Studies Association has been established in northeast China's Jilin Province.

Its creation was announced at the opening ceremony of the 9th Northeast Asia Think Tank Forum, which is being held as part of the 15th China-Northeast Asia Expo.

As an academic organization committed to promoting the participation of various circles in the region in NEA cooperation, the association is willing to provide intellectual support to Jilin Province in expanding its opening up to the outside world.

The association was established on the initiative of the Jilin Provincial Academy of Social Sciences with the support of nine universities and research institutes located in Jilin Province. At present, it has 169 members. According to the association's chairman Jin Meihua, the key task of the association is to train specialists in the fields of country, regional and industry research. The areas of activity cover scientific research, consultation, organization of exchanges and formation of the structure and content of academic subjects and disciplines.

The forum participants expressed hope that the association will pool the resources of Chinese and foreign think tanks as much as possible, make efforts to develop academic exchanges in various disciplines, and play a role as a link in expanding regional cooperation in Northeast Asia. -0-

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25 killed, 27 injured in Kabul road accident

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KABUL, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) — At least 25 passengers were killed and 27 others injured when a bus overturned in the western Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday morning, Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Matin Kani said.

The incident occurred in the Arghandi area along the highway connecting southern Kandahar with Kabul and was caused by careless driving, he said.

Police and emergency services took the wounded to nearby medical centres, A. M. Kani added.

Nearly 100 people have reportedly died in road accidents in Afghanistan this week. The deadliest accident occurred earlier this week in the western province of Herat, when a passenger bus caught fire after colliding with a truck, killing 79 people, including women and children. –0–

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Brazil Should Not Be Treated as Less Important – L.I. Lula da Silva

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BRASILIA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that Brazil is not prepared to accept being treated as lesser by other countries, in an indirect response to Washington amid growing tensions with the United States.

Speaking at his second cabinet meeting this year, the president rejected foreign demands and stressed that no one in Brazil is above the law.

Stressing the importance of Brazil's sovereignty, he said: "Anyone who wants to enter this 8.5 million square kilometres of territory, our airspace, our sea space, our forests, must be responsible to our Constitution and our legislation."

The Brazilian president also commented on President Donald Trump's imposition of high tariffs on Brazilian goods and threats against any attempts to regulate the activities of large American tech companies.

The Brazilian government is ready to sit down at the negotiating table with the United States "on equal terms," said L.I. Lula da Silva. "What we are not ready to accept is to be treated as subordinates," he stressed.

On July 30, the Trump administration announced plans to impose tariffs of up to 50 percent on Brazilian exports and impose sanctions on Brazil's Supreme Federal Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who is currently overseeing the case against former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of trying to seize power after losing the 2022 presidential election. –0–

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Moscow and Kazan have become new members of the International Tourism Union “The Great Tea Road”

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HOHHOT, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) — Two Russian cities, Moscow and Kazan, have received orders from the International Tourism Union "Great Tea Road" and become new members of the regional tourism cooperation organization.

The orders were awarded by representatives of the secretariat of the said union on Tuesday during the presentation of cultural and tourist products of the “Great Tea Road”, which took place within the framework of the 5th China-Mongolia EXPO, which is taking place in the city of Hohhot, the administrative center of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (North China).

The Great Tea Road, which emerged around the 17th century, began in the Wuyi Mountains in what is now Fujian Province in eastern China and reached St. Petersburg, crossing China, Mongolia and Russia. This tea route, with a length of over 13,000 km, was the longest overland caravan route in history. Witnessing the history of exchanges and contacts between the three countries, it enjoys a worldwide reputation on par with the Great Silk Road, the Ancient Tea Horse Route “Kam” and the Maritime Silk Road.

On July 22, 2016, the International Tourism Union “Great Tea Road” was established with the secretariat in the Autonomous Republic of Inner Mongolia. Its founding members were 12 cities, provinces, regions or districts, including Fujian Province, the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar and the Irkutsk Region of Russia.

In October 2024, it became known that Russia, China and Mongolia agreed to create a single brand and adopted the concept of the Great Tea Road tourist route. The geography of the route follows the 18th century trade route from China through Mongolia, Siberia, the Urals and the Volga region to Moscow and St. Petersburg. Within the framework of the route, it is planned to develop tourism products in the field of excursion and educational tourism.

According to the signed agreements, the tourism authorities of the three countries are willing to make sustained efforts to strengthen tourism connectivity, remove barriers and bottlenecks to the development of cross-border travel, and make concerted use of relevant resources to build the Tea Road into a golden international tourism route that offers cross-border travelers a unique experience of a safe, comfortable and healthy tourism environment. -0-

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China announces plans to hold press briefings to mark Victory Day anniversary

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BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) — China on Wednesday announced plans to hold three press conferences and three group interviews to elaborate on preparations for the upcoming Victory Day celebrations.

The press briefings are organized by the Press Center for the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, located in the Beijing Media Center Hotel.

The first press conference is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Thursday. According to a notice issued by the press center, senior officials from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Beijing government and the People's Liberation Army will give an update on the preparations for the events and answer questions from reporters.

Foreign journalists and journalists from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who wish to participate in the briefings can register at https://kzjn80reg.zgjx.cn/applyIndex.html. The press center also published telephone numbers for journalists located in China and abroad. -0-

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Protecting the brain from dementia: SPbPU scientists propose a new method of treating Alzheimer's disease

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Researchers from the Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) have proposed a new strategy to combat Alzheimer's disease. The results of their work were published in the prestigious international journal The Journal of Neuroscience.

Alzheimer's disease remains one of the most common and devastating neurodegenerative diseases in the world.data According to the World Health Organization, 57 million people worldwide suffer from dementia, with 60–70% of cases suffering from its most common form, Alzheimer's disease. As scientists note, this disease is caused by harmful substances accumulating in the brain: β-amyloid, which forms plaques, and tau protein, which curls into balls. This interferes with the normal functioning of nerve cells, disrupts the connection between them, and gradually leads to deterioration of memory and thinking. Modern therapeutic approaches are mainly associated with attempts to remove these plaques from the brain, but in practice they do not show high efficiency.

SPbPU scientists focused on another fundamental problem accompanying Alzheimer's disease — the imbalance of calcium ions inside neurons. As the authors of the study explain, calcium plays the role of a key signaling element in nerve cells. Normally, its concentration inside the cell is strictly controlled. In Alzheimer's disease, toxic β-amyloid disrupts this regulation, causing a massive and uncontrolled flow of calcium into neurons. Calcium overload leads to cell hyperactivity, disruption of neural connections and, ultimately, to their death, which is manifested by loss of memory and cognitive functions. Instead of blocking calcium channels (an approach that often leads to serious side effects), scientists proposed helping the cell cope with the problem itself. Their attention was drawn to the intracellular SERCA pump, which is responsible for pumping excess calcium into special storage facilities. The hypothesis was that enhancing the work of this pump could protect neurons from calcium stress.

In the first stage, the researchers tested six substances that could potentially activate the SERCA pump. Using cell models with a fluorescent calcium sensor, they identified the most effective compound, NDC-9009. Not only did it normalize calcium levels in neurons better than others, but it also protected them from the damaging effects of β-amyloid, preserving the integrity of dendritic spines, structures that are critical for memory formation. Having confirmed its effectiveness in cell models, the scientists moved on to testing on mice with an Alzheimer's disease model. To monitor brain function in real time, they used cutting-edge technology — miniscopeIt is a miniature microscope that is attached to the head of a freely moving rodent and allows the activity of hundreds of neurons to be recorded simultaneously, for example in the hippocampus, the brain's memory center.

Mice with Alzheimer's disease showed chaotic and excessive neuronal activity. After a course of intraperitoneal administration of NDC-9009, the activity of their neural networks normalized, becoming similar to that of healthy animals. More importantly, this restoration of brain function was accompanied by a clear improvement in memory and learning ability in behavioral tests. The analysis of data obtained from the miniscope was carried out using software we developed earlier NeuroactivityToolkit, — explained Evgeny Gerasimov, a research engineer at the Laboratory of Molecular Neurodegeneration and the Laboratory of Biomedical Image and Data Analysis at SPbPU.

These results indicate that SERCA pump modulators, and NDC-9009 in particular, offer a promising new avenue for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. This approach targets a fundamental mechanism of cell death, calcium imbalance, and may have a more favorable safety profile than existing therapies.

The work was completed by a team of authors: Evgeny Gerasimov, Anastasia Rakovskaya, Ekaterina Pchitskaya, Olga Vlasova, Dal Russell and Ilya Bezprozvanny within the framework of project No. 075-15-2024-548 in priority areas of scientific and technological development of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

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Asphalt in Volokolamsk tunnel has been renewed

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City services specialists have replaced almost 40,000 square meters of asphalt in the Volokolamsk tunnel in the north of the capital. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Housing and Public Utilities and Improvement Petr Biryukov.

"Special attention is paid to maintaining the capital's roads in a standard condition. Every year, as part of preparation for the autumn-winter period, we organize events to renew the asphalt concrete pavement. We carried out repairs to the road surface in the Volokolamsk tunnel, in total we repaired about 40 thousand "squares" along the entire length of the structure, the length of which is more than 1.7 kilometers," said Pyotr Biryukov.

The road surface was last changed there in 2021. The repairs were necessary due to the formation of ruts, which could negatively affect road safety.

The work was carried out in several stages: first, the existing surface was milled, inspection wells and rainwater intake grates were repaired. Then a new road surface was laid, and road markings will be applied in the tunnel in the near future.

The tunnel's surface was repaired at night, when traffic was light, partially restricting traffic on the lanes.

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