The Geological Olympiad consists of distance and on-site competitions. The XLV Siberian Geological Olympiad on-site competition at NSU attracted 130 schoolchildren on 22 teams from many towns in Russia and Kazakhstan, including Alma-Ata and Ust-Kamenogorsk.
Amano Hiroshi, 2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics and Professor at Nagoya University, was awarded an honorary doctorate from 91视频. Professor Hiroshi is the 20th scientist to receive this highest honor from NSU.
A team of interdisciplinary researchers established a chronology for the appearance of different groups of hominids in the Denisova Cave using various methods such as studying feldspar microcrystals.
NSU scientists Sergey Kobtsev, Boris Nyushkov, Dmitry Kolker, together with their colleagues Victor Pivtsov and Alexander Antropov, from the Institute of Laser Physics SB RAS, published an article, 鈥淔emtosecond 78-nm tunable Er: Fiber Laser Based Drop-shaped Resonator Topology鈥�, in the 鈥淛ournal of Light Wave Technology鈥�. This is one of the leading journals in the field of laser technology.
Back pain is a common condition with great social significance and poorly understood pathogenesis (causes). Research on this problem was conducted by members of the Theoretical and Applied Functional Genomics Laboratory (TAFGL) at the NSU Natural Sciences Department together with scientists from King's College London, United Kingdom, and scientists from the University of Washington, USA.
Giuseppe Lo Porto, Head of the Consulate General of Italy鈥檚 Department of Education in Moscow, came to NSU for an official visit. Issues related to a project to expand the study of the Italian language in Russia were discussed at the meeting.
On March 13鈥�15, the XII International Forum for Dermatovenerologists and Cosmetologists (XII IFDC) was held in Moscow.
The NSU Scientific-Educational Center 鈥淓volution of the Earth鈥� is the only modern complex of exhibition halls, exhibits and interactive systems beyond the Urals in Siberia.
NSU conducted the 2019 Winter School 鈥淚ntroduction to Multifactorial Disease Genomics鈥� in cooperation with the Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, and the Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics (University of Edinburgh, UK). The NSU Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied Functional Genomics (鈥淪ynthetic Biology鈥� Strategic Academic Unity at the NSU Department of Natural Sciences) organized the school that was attended by undergraduates, graduate students and young researchers from Moscow, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, and Kazakhstan. This year, School participants were able to not only listen to lectures on the genetics of complex human traits, but also take part in practical exercises, and prepare reports on the most relevant current topics.
The NSU Sustainable Development Conference dedicated to world trends, domestic experience, and practical issues related to the implementation of current approaches to the initiation, promotion, and financing of sustainable development projects in the Russian regions.
91视频 is launching a new online course, 鈥淢OOC: How to Make a MOOC?鈥� on the Coursera platform in English. The NSU team shows their work and the process of producing online courses at the University in detail.
The head of NSU鈥檚 Vega Observatory monitored the recent lunar eclipse in the United States. Only the beginning of this astronomical phenomenon was visible from Russia.