Блог студента ФФМ МГУ

Lomonosov Moscow State University offers students a unique opportunity to broaden their academic horizons by enrolling in interfaculty courses, which are conducted by various faculties over the course of a semester. During this semester, I have selected two such courses: «Bioinformatics» and «Sensory and Motor Systems of the Brain». The second course is particularly noteworthy, as it is delivered by Vyacheslav Albertovich Dubynin, a distinguished Doctor of Biological Sciences and Professor at the Faculty of Biology. Professor Dubynin is a renowned specialist in the fields of brain physiology and neuropharmacology.

As part of a team with colleagues from Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) — MIPT, Phystech, I participated in the «Young Solutions for BIOMEDTECH» case competition in Skolkovo in The Moscow International Medical Cluster (MIMC). We had a unique opportunity to demonstrate our analytical and teamwork skills while working on current tasks in the field of biomedical technologies. The result of our project «Application for automated search of adverse drug reactions» was a poster presentation at the case championship site.

Today I supported my faculty as a volunteer at the Open Doors Day of Moscow State University.

I’m excited to share that I had a very productive winter break after finishing my first semester. Over the course of a month, I had the opportunity to develop new lab skills in the Cellular Mechanisms Laboratory at my university under the guidance of Andrey Alexandrovich Zamyatnin, Doctor of Biological Sciences and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The lab focuses on studying the molecular mechanisms of cells. During my time there, I gained hands-on experience in working with eukaryotic cells, including subculturing, passaging, freezing, transfection, and performing the MTT assay. I’m incredibly grateful to the lab staff for their warm welcome and mentorship throughout this experience.

During my winter break, I had the opportunity to spend a month enhancing my lab skills in the Experimental Embryology Laboratory under the guidance of Denis Vladimirovich Rebrikov, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Vice-Rector for Research at Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University. The laboratory focuses on the development of gene therapy drugs. During my time there, I learned techniques for isolating and purifying plasmid DNA, performing restriction analysis of plasmids, conducting electrophoresis, and running PCR. I am very grateful to the lab staff for their warm welcome and mentorship.