UNN and Samarkand University establish international research and education centre

Representatives of Lobachevsky University visited Samarkand State University (SamSU) in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The UNN delegation included Nikita Avralev, Vice-Rector for Strategic Development, Alexander Bedny, Vice-Rector for International Affairs and Networking, and Maria Vedunova, Director of the Institute of Biology and Biomedicine.  Taking part in the meetings on behalf of SamSU were Akmal Akhmatov, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, Khudoyor Keldiyorov, Dean of the Faculty of Biology, and Sanzhar Tillaev, Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry.

As a result of the visit, it was agreed to establish a joint International Research and Education Centre in the field of biomedicine and chemistry. In the course of meetings with the Samarkand State University administration and representatives of the Biology and Chemistry faculties, the main areas of development of the UNN-SamSU Biochemistry Centre and the key mechanisms of interdisciplinary interaction and the development of network educational programmes were outlined.  

Lobachevsky University representatives also met with prospective students of master's and postgraduate programmes. One of the priorities in the collaboration of the two universities is research into the mechanisms of socially significant diseases using modern methods, including bioinformatics techniques and big data analysis in medicine and biology.