Siberian Federal University

Biotechnology focuses on using living organisms (for example bacteria or viruses) to obtain useful products for medicine, food production or agriculture. In this specialisation students will learn about the latest developments and new directions in biotechnology research. Students will acquire cutting edge knowledge of cell engineering, genomics and proteomics. After successful completion of this specialisation students will be prepared for all activities, which are connected with in depth mathematical and technology understanding as well as perform truly interdisciplinary research.

This learning trajectory is focused on investigating various microorganisms and their application in different fields such as biotechnology, medicine, pharmacology and other industries.

At this learning trajectory students will learn how to cultivate, identify and extract the desired microorganisms. Furthermore, students will become acquainted with the methods of obtaining the target biosynthesis and biotransformation products created by microorganisms. Microbiology connected with genetics, so after graduation students will also know how to create the genetically modified organisms and control their distribution.

Key courses:

• Microbiology and virology
• Basics of biotechnology
• Genetics and genetic engineering
• Biosafety
• Cell and tissue engineering
• Environmental microbiology
• Sanitary microbiology

Unique characteristics: Students work in following research laboratories:

• The Laboratory of Biotechnology of new materials This laboratory is supervised by the world-class leading scientist Prof. Anthony J. Sinskey, famous in the field of biotechnology of molecular genetic, metabolomics and microbiology.
• The laboratory of Innovative Drugs and Materials. The laboratory was founded by the guidance of the professor Sabu Thomas, Vice-President of the University Mahatma Gandhi (India), Director of the International and National University Centre of science and nanotechnology. He is also a world-known specialist at polymer engineering and polymer nanocomposites. The research here is focused on obtaining high-quality environmentally friendly drugs which could be used in the agriculture. More information about the laboratory could be found here (in Russian)

Biophysics focuses on theoretical studies as well as acquiring valuable skills while working on cutting edge equipment. Students will learn more about bioluminescent technologies and biosensors, they will understand nanobiotechnologies and other biophysical processes which happening around them, they will use mathematical models to invent new diagnostic tools for medicine and ecology. After graduating, these students will look at the evolution from differernt prospective.

Get to know more about physical mechanisms and mathematical modeling of biological processes at different organizational levels. You will also work in the Medical Biophysics field, do environmental monitoring and study radiobiology. Also, you are going to deal with molecular Biophysics which involves bioengineering and creation of numerous nanostructures and nanodevices.

Key courses:

• Introduction into bioinformatics
• Molecular modeling
• Biophysics
• Radiation Biophysics
• Physical and chemical aspects of bioluminescence
• Biophysics of aquatic ecosystems
• Mathematical modeling of biological processes
• Metabolism regulation

Unique characteristics: Students work in bioluminescence laboratory under the guidance of Nobel Laureate in Chemistry — Osamu Shimomura. After graduating, students will be welcomed in many laboratories in and outside the Krasnoyarsk.

Biochemistry specialisation focuses on clinical research at the molecular and cellular level and is in close collaboration with Krasnoyarsk Hematology Research Center and Research Institute of Medical Problems. Students learn more about complex structures of chemical components in living organisms. With help of modern equipment they analyse and generalise the results of their work. Students will be able to understand the mechanisms of aging and immunology system.

Get insights into the safety of drugs and biomedical technologies; find out more about the creation and specific properties of chemical compounds which are a part of your body. Of course some courses will be connected the metabolism and its regulation. During the practical work students will learn a range of analytical methods used in biological chemistry, molecular biology, immunochemistry ect.

Students gain the knowledge about healthy and pathophysiological conditions of the animal and human systems in terms of molecular changes. Moreover, students will better understand the processes of adaptation to the changing environment from hereditary and variability point of view.

Key courses:

• Biochemistry and molecular biology
• Medical Biochemistry
• Immunology
• Pathophysiology
• Enzymology
• Physiology
• Molecular aspects of hormonal regulation
• Tissues and tissue cultures
• Bioenergetics

Unique characteristics: One of the main principles of the research work — applying biochemical and physiological methods and techniques in order to create the new tools for diagnosis and treatment of socially significant diseases.
Students work in the Research laboratory of Molecular Genetics. This laboratory is a part of Personalised Medical Centre, established under the agreement of scientific and educational activities between SibFU and FMBA (The Federal Biomedical Agency). More information about the laboratory could be found here (in Russian)

Bioecology studies the ecology of biological systems such as populations and communities from Krasnoyarski Region. This knowledge is a base for further research and estimation of environmental impact assessment which plays a big role in monitoring, protection and sustainable use of national resources. Biotechnological processes and plant evolution are analysed during the classes. This specialisation studies problems such as climate change, chemical pollution and anthropogenic impact on different ecosystems. Students are provided with laboratory, field and assessment tools needed to analyse the biodiversity in particular place and to evaluate the biological role of invertebrate organisms.

Get to know how to assess and protect the ecosystems and biosphere as the whole. At this trajectory students get to know how to organize and carry out the activities aimed at environmental protection and recovery of ecosystems including the protection of biodiversity.

Program graduates possess a wide range of ecological methods including description, classification and cultivation of the biological material. Also they know how to restore the damaged ecosystems and use phytoremediation to clean up the contaminated regions.

Key courses:

• Ecology
• Bioecology
• Forest entomology
• Biological monitoring
• Introduction to biogeocenology
• Applied aspects of biodiversity

Unique characteristics: Biodiversity analysis and biological monitoring in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, exploring the mechanisms of primary production formation in different ecosystems.
Students work in The Laboratory of Forest Genomics.
The laboratory was created by the leadership of the Konstantin Valeryevich Krutovsky, who is a leading expert at the Institute of General Genomics, N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor of Texas A&M University (USA) and the University of Göttingen (Germany). The current project of this laboratory — is the de novo sequencing and annotation of complete genomes of two conifer species — Siberian larch and Siberian stone pine — the main boreal forest tree species in Siberia and the most valuable trees in Russia.

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