Category Archives: Seminars

Seminar: Defects And Their Association: The “Hidden Factor” Behind The Material’s Properties

When: 02-10-2014 13:30
Where: Beijing-1 Auditorium, China cluster; Moscow School of Management
Blowhole defect in a cast iron part.

Blowhole defect in a cast iron part.

The need to comprehend and even embrace defects is not only a matter of life philosophy. It has many crucial implications. Dr. Artem Abakumov of the University of Antwerp , Belgium, discusses in his guest lecture “Defects and Their Association”, the “hidden factor” behind materials’ properties.

When: October 2, 2014; 13.30 – 15.00

Where: Beijing-1 Auditorium, China cluster; Skolkovo School of Management

SEMINAR ABSTRACT:

The macroscopic behavior of many materials largely depends on the nature and concentration of the defects, their mutual interaction and ordering patterns. Association of the defects can lead to complex microstructural states that are strikingly different from an averaged picture based on random distributions of defect species.

Often such short- or long-range ordered states are “hidden” because of high spatial inhomogeneity of the ordered states or intricate patterns of occupational and displacive incommensurate modulations. In this talk I will demonstrate that unexpected ordering patterns of defects can be uncovered in many well-characterized materials with a combination of advanced local and bulk structure characterization techniques and modern crystallographic approaches.

The pivotal role of intersite repulsion, local strain, lone electron pair effect and Jahn-Teller distortion in the collective behavior of the structural defects will be exemplified using the mixed ionic-electronic conductor Sr4Fe6O12 with the perovskite and rock-salt intergrowth structure, Pb-doped anion-deficient derivative of the multiferroic BiFeO3 perovskite and cation-ordered layered rock-salt type Na-ion battery material NaMnO2, with the emphasis on the link between the defect structure and the properties.

With these examples, I will also illustrate how powerful the modern transmission electron microscopy methods can be in gathering the structural and chemical information on the atomic scale.

 

Dr. Artem Abakumov , University of Antwerp

Dr. Artem Abakumov , University of Antwerp

SPEAKER INTRODUCTION:

Dr. Artem Abakumov

EMAT, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Antwerp Belgium

Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

Dr. Artem Abakumov graduated from the Department of Chemistry at Moscow State University in 1993 and received his PhD in Chemistry from the same University in 1997. He spent about three years as a postdoctoral fellow and invited professor in the Electron Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT) laboratory at University of Antwerp and joined EMAT as a research leader in 2008. His research is focused at understanding the crystal and defect structure of inorganic solids and linking this knowledge to designing new materials and getting deeper insight into their functional properties. His interests comprise inorganic solid state chemistry, complex transition metal oxides, aperiodic structures, conventional and multidimensional crystallography, structure analysis using a combination of transmission electron microscopy, synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction.

* The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is a private graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. Established in 2011 in collaboration with MIT, Skoltech educates global leaders in innovation, advances scientific knowledge, and fosters new technologies to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Applying international research and educational models, the university integrates the best Russian scientific traditions with twenty-first century entrepreneurship and innovation.

Seminar «Superconducting electronics – state of the art and challenges»

When: 01-10-2014 13:30
Where: Beijing-1 Auditorium, Skolkovo School of Management

Preisträger und Stipendiant der "Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung"Prof. Alexey Ustinov
October 01, 2014
13.30 – 15.00
Beijing-1 Auditorium, China cluster (Skolkovo School of Management)

SEMINAR ABSTRACT:

Superconductors offer a circuit technology that is inherently faster than semiconductor electronics, at much less power dissipation. Superconductors and Josephson junctions as circuit elements provide extremely fast analog and digital devices in a frequency range from hundreds of GHz to some THz. These circuits are fully scalable and follow design rules similar to those of semiconductor devices. Digital superconducting circuits as microprocessors and analog-to-digital converters for commercial and military applications have been already demonstrated. Very low power dissipation and scalability of superconducting devices make them excellent candidates for the elementary base in the emerging fields of reversible digital logic and quantum computing. Superconducting quantum bits (qubits) have recently achieved a breakthrough by demonstrating excellent gate fidelities and long coherence times in a fully scalable architecture, placing the realization of an integrated quantum computing chip in near reach. Superconductors provide also the most sensitive sensors for magnetic fields: the Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs). SQUIDs are used as sensors for magnetic heart and brain signals in medical applications, geological surveying and non-destructive testing. As amplifiers of electrical signals, superconducting parametric amplifiers reach the theoretical limit given by quantum mechanics. Superconducting bolometers can detect very week signals, from microwaves to x-rays. Superconducting circuits have to be cooled to very low temperatures. Whereas this was a bottleneck in the past, cooling techniques have made a huge step forward in recent years. Very compact cryogenic systems with high reliability are now readily available commercially.

SPEAKER INTRODUCTION:

Alexey Ustinov is a full professor and chair of experimental physics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany. Since 2011, he is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Russian Quantum Center where he is leading the Superconducting Quantum Circuits group, and a head of the Laboratory for Superconducting Metamaterials at the National University of Science and Technology MISiS in Moscow, Russia. Back in 1996, Alexey Ustinov became the first tenured Russian physicist in Germany, receiving a permanent state-employed professor in this country. He was an associate professor of experimental condensed matter physics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg between 1996 and 2008. Before that, between 1989 and 1996, he worked at various universities and research laboratories in Germany, Denmark, and Italy. Alexey received a Ph.D. degree in physics and mathematics in 1987 and a doctor of science degree in 1995 from the Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia. Awards received by Alexey Ustinov include the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (1989), the Stefanos Pnevmatikos International Award for Research in Nonlinear Science (1998), and a 5M$ Megagrant research award of the Russian Government (2011). He has published over 300 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, supervised 7 postdocs, 15 Ph.D. dissertations and numerous undergraduate student projects. Major scientific contributions of Alexey Ustinov are in the areas of low temperature physics, superconductivity, nonlinear dynamics, quantum circuits, and microwave/mm-wave cryoelectronics

Seminar «Cardiac tissue engineering and excitation waves in a heart»

When: 29-09-2014 13:30
Where: Beijing-1 Auditorium, Skolkovo School of Management

agladzeDr. Konstantin Agladze
September 29, 2014
13.30 – 15.00
Beijing-1 Auditorium, China cluster (Skolkovo School of Management)

SEMINAR ABSTRACT:

We employ tissue engineering methods for development of the experimental model of cardiac tachyarrhythmias. While a development of the new scaffold materials is of great importance for the regenerative medicine purposes, it also serves as a tool for creating the desired and realistic tissue structure: geometry, controlled inhomogeneity, gradients, etc. Here, we summarize our recent results in the study of the excitation conduction in cardiomyocyte tissue culture while controlling its excitability and structure. The tissue model enables visualization of excitation waves propagating through the cardiac syncytium using a potential-sensitive and Ca2+ -sensitive dyes. The model demonstrates its similarity to the real heart tissue, but has a much lower internal complexity. It allows study the fundamental mechanisms of cardiac re-entry originations, as well as the methods for re-entry suppression. Eventually, we discuss the prospective directions of the research with the possible outcome for regenerative medicine and pharmacological testing, based on our work performed on the human, iPS-derived cardiomyocytes.

SPEAKER INTRODUCTION:

After graduation in 1978 from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Agladze worked at the Institute of Biological Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, and then at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Since 2000 he has worked at leading research centers in the USA and Japan (University of Florida, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Emory University School of Medicine, the George Washington University (Washington, DC), Kyoto University). From 2008 to 2013 – Professor of Kyoto University, head of the laboratory in the Institute of Integrated Cell-Material Sciences. One of the winners of the first competition of mega-grants of the Russian Government in 2010. From 2011 until now – Head of the Laboratory of Biophysics of Excitable Systems in MIPT.

Seminar: A (Non-Random) Walk Down Entrepreneurial Alley

When: 22-09-2014 13:30
Where: Beijing-1 Auditorium, China cluster, Skolkovo School of Management

Image courtesy of Marcin Wichary, FLickr (IBM Test Tubes)One of the biggest challenges science-based startups face is overcoming financial issues. In other words: the ‘show me the money’ problem. If this piques your curiosity, please join us for a seminar with Dr. Benoit Leleux, titled  “A (Non-Random) Walk Down Entrepreneurial Alley”.

When: September 22, 2014; 13.30 – 15.00

Where: Beijing-1 Auditorium, China cluster, Skolkovo School of Management

 

 

Dr Benoit Leleux, guest speaker at the Skoltech seminar on entrepreneurship

Dr Benoit Leleux, guest speaker at the Skoltech seminar on entrepreneurship

SEMINAR ABSTRACT:

In the talk Dr. Benoit Leleux will review his 25 years of research, practice and teaching in entrepreneurship around the world, focusing in particular on growth financing issues faced by technology firms.  He will review quickly the findings of his 2008 book “Nurturing Science-Based Startups” based on 30+ award winning clinical studies and expand on his current and future research agenda.

 

 

 

 

 

* The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is a private graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. Established in 2011 in collaboration with MIT, Skoltech educates global leaders in innovation, advance scientific knowledge, and foster new technologies to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Applying international research and educational models, the university integrates the best Russian scientific traditions with twenty-first century entrepreneurship and innovation.

Seminar: “Manufacturing Technology And Economy: What’s Next?”

When: 16-09-2014 13:30
Where: Moscow School of Management, Rid de Janeiro lecture hall. Brazil
Manufacturing. Image courtesy of Chrysler Group

Manufacturing. Image courtesy of Chrysler Group

The next frontier of manufacturing will involve closing the gaps between customers and providers, linkages in global supply chain and the broad issue of sustainability argues professor Mitchell M. Tseng, our guest speaker at a seminar title “Manufacturing Technology And Economy: What’s Next?”.

When: September 16, 2014, 13.30 – 15.00

Where: Moscow School of Management, Rid de Janeiro lecture hall, (Brazil)

SEMINAR ABSTRACT:

As a manufacturing technologist by training, I have been at the front row of sea change in manufacturing to witness the great expansion of production capability and capacity in the last four decades. In conjunction with information and communication technology (ICT) as well as globalization, the advance of manufacturing technology contributes to the dramatic improvement of human lives. Since the ability to produce determines a region’s quality of life, many countries have moved manufacturing to the top of the national agenda in the last few years.

In this presentation, we would like to discuss the next frontier of manufacturing. It includes closing the gaps between customers and providers, linkages in global supply chain and the broad issue of sustainability – not only environmental, but also economic and social sustainability. Hopefully, these discussions can lead to examine some fundamental issues in manufacturing that we need to take on with further innovation drives.

Prof Mitchell M. Tseng

Prof Mitchell M. Tseng

SPEAKER INTRODUCTION:

Mitchell M. Tseng is the Chair Professor and Director of Advanced Manufacturing Institute at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He started his career in developing key enabling manufacturing technologies for computer industry, some of which, including the diamond machining for polygons in laser printers, are still widely used. He has been working closely with industry with more than 100 projects to upgrade product design and manufacturing capabilities in companies. He worked in Xerox and Digital Equipment Corporation for two decades developing products, service systems and managing business transformation.

Prof Tseng is an elected Fellow of the International Academy of Production Research (CIRP), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences (HKAES). He is the recipient of LEAD Award from SME, Franz Edelman Laureate (INFORMS), and Outstanding Industrial Engineer (Purdue). He also holds faculty appointments in MIT Zaragoza Logistics Center, Nanshan Professor in School of Design, China Academy of Arts and Honorary Professor of Business and Management in Technical University of Munich, Ministry of Science and Technology Chair Professor in Feng Chia University (Taiwan).

* The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is a private graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. Established in 2011 in collaboration with MIT, Skoltech educates global leaders in innovation, advance scientific knowledge, and foster new technologies to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Applying international research and educational models, the university integrates the best Russian scientific traditions with twenty-first century entrepreneurship and innovation.

Skoltech INPI-BR Seminar: Brazilian INPI’s (National Institute of Industrial Property) experience in conducting capacity building in the field of Intellectual Property for the agents of the National Innovation System

When: 15-09-2014 14:00
Where: "Delhi" lecture hall, Skolkovo School of Management, India Cluster
Intellectual property has become a hot topic in global discussions about innovation. Image courtesy of INPI, Brazil

Intellectual property has become a hot topic in global discussions about innovation. Image courtesy of INPI, Brazil

The rapid rise of Brazilian innovative projects has drawn worldwide interest. What are the unique characteristics of this important member of the BRICS group of countries – and which challenges does it face?

We invite you to the “Brazilian INPI’s (National Institute of Industrial Property) experience in conducting capacity building in the field of intellectual property for the agents of the national innovation system” seminar​. It will be hosted by our distinguished guest Prof. Araken Alves de Lima, Academy of Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property, Rio de Janeiro, Brail

When: Monday, September 15, 2014 2:00 pm

Where: “Delhi” lecture hall, Skolkovo School of Management, India Cluster

 

 

Prof Araken Alves de Lima, guest speaker at Skoltech seminar about intellectual property management in Brazil

Prof Araken Alves de Lima, guest speaker at Skoltech seminar about intellectual property management in Brazil

Speaker Introduction:

Araken Lima graduated with a degree in Economics from Federal University of Alagoas. He holds a master’s degree in Development, Space and Environment and a doctoral degree in Applied Economics, both from State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Professor Lima is based at the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) where he conducts research and teaches intellectual property and innovation to graduate students. His research area comprises of intellectual property and innovation with a focus on innovation systems, global value chains and agribusiness.

 

 

 

 

* The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is a private graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. Established in 2011 in collaboration with MIT, Skoltech educates global leaders in innovation, advance scientific knowledge, and foster new technologies to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Applying international research and educational models, the university integrates the best Russian scientific traditions with twenty-first century entrepreneurship and innovation.

Q & A Session with Cosmonaut Dr. Sergey K. Krikalev

When: 11-09-2014 15:30
Where: Moscow School of Management, Beijing 1
Dr Sergey A. Krikalev, comsonaut and guest speaker at Skoltech

Dr Sergey A. Krikalev, comsonaut and guest speaker at Skoltech

It’s not everyday that the person who have spent more time in space than any other human, descends upon a university for a Q & A Session. Yet on September 11, 2014,  Dr. Sergey K. Krikalev, a Russian cosmonaut and space researcher, will join Skoltech’s faculty and students for a talk about anything and everything that is space exploration, past and future.

Summary: A veteran of six space flights who spent the longest time in space, more than any other human: a total of 803 days, 9 hours, and 39 minutes.

 Education: mechanical engineering degree from the Leningrad Mechanical Institute (now called Baltic State Technical University)

 

 

Background:

 

2009 – 2014 Head of Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (Star City)

 

2007 – 2009 Energia Corporation, Deputy Director on Human Spaceflight

 

2005 – 2005 (ISS Expedition 11 Commander, Soyuz TMA-06: Launched April 14, 2005)

 

2000 – 2001 (ISS Expedition 1, Soyuz TM-31: Launched October 31, 2000).

 

1998 – 1998 (STS-88 Endeavour). The first International Space Station assembly mission.

 

1993 – 1993 (STS-60) The first join U.S./Russian Space Shuttle Mission.

 

1992 – 2007 Energia Corporation , Deputy Director of 115 Department

 

1991 – 1992 (MIR Expedition 9-10, Soyuz TM12-TM13: Launched May 1991; Landed March 1992) Conducted seven EVA’s.

 

1988 – 1989 (MIR Expedition 4, Soyuz TM-7: Launched November 1988) Second joint Soviet-French science mission

 

1986 – 1988 Assigned to the Buran Shuttle program.

 

1985 – 1986 Cosmonaut basic training

 

1984 – Selected as a cosmonaut

1981 – 1985 Energia Corporation, Involved in testing space flight equipment, developing space operations methods, and participating in ground control operations

 

Honors:

1989, Hero of Soviet Union

1989, The Order of Lenin

1989, Officer of Legion of Honor (France)

1989, Honorary title of Cosmonaut of USSR

1992, Hero of Russia

1992, The Order of Friendship

1994, 1998, 2011, NASA Space Flight Medal

1998, Warrant of Honor

2002, The Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”

2003, NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal

2007, Honorary citizen of St. Petersburg

2011, Medal “Of Merit in space exploration”

* The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is a private graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. Established in 2011 in collaboration with MIT, Skoltech educates global leaders in innovation, advance scientific knowledge, and foster new technologies to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Applying international research and educational models, the university integrates the best Russian scientific traditions with twenty-first century entrepreneurship and innovation.

Seminar: Stress-Responsive Sestrins Regulate mTOR Signaling via Two Parallel Pathways

When: 08-09-2014 13:30
Where: Beijing-1 Auditorium, China cluster, Skolkovo School of Management
Scanning electron micrograph of the Drosophila melanogaster sestrin-null mutant used to study pathways involved in oxidative stress and aging. Sestrins are a family of proteins that play key roles in regulating aging and metabolism. A sestrin-null mutant exhibits an age-dependent response to oxidative stress. Image by Thomas Deerinck, NCMIR Courtesy of cellimagelibrary.org

Scanning electron micrograph of the Drosophila melanogaster sestrin-null mutant used to study pathways involved in oxidative stress and aging. Sestrins are a family of proteins that play key roles in regulating aging and metabolism. A sestrin-null mutant exhibits an age-dependent response to oxidative stress. Image by Thomas Deerinck, NCMIR Courtesy of cellimagelibrary.org

Which genes might protect us from aging and age-related diseases like diabetes? Meet the Sestrins, and the person who knows them up close and personal: Dr. Andrei Budanov is our guest speaker at the Skoltech seminar.

Title: «STRESS-RESPONSIVE SESTRINS REGULATE MTOR SIGNALING VIA TWO PARALLEL PATHWAYS»

When: September 8, 2014; 13.30 – 15.00

Where: Beijing-1 Auditorium, China cluster, Skolkovo School of Management

 

SEMINAR ABSTRACT:

Sestrins are a family of stress-responsive genes involved in the regulation of cell viability and metabolism. In his research Dr. Budanov and his collaborators have demonstrated that the major activity of Sestrins involves the regulation of mammalian Target-of-Rapamycin (mTOR) kinase, the critical controller of protein and lipid biosynthesis, cell growth and metabolism.

As they described, Sestrins work via activation of AMPK kinase and TSC1:TSC2 protein complex. As a result, Sestrins protect from aging and age-related disorders. They have recently identified a new mechanism of mTOR inhibition by Sestrins via regulation of lysosomal mTOR localization.

Dr. Andrei Budanov

Dr. Andrei Budanov

SPEAKER INTRODUCTION:

Dr. Andrei Budanov is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human and Molecular genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University. His Ph.D. project on the characterization of the Sestrin2 gene was conducted in the laboratory of Peter Chumakov at the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology and the Cleveland Clinic.

In the following postdoctoral studies in the laboratory of Michael Karin Dr. Budanov found that Sestrins control the activity of mTOR kinase, protecting from aging and diabetes. His ongoing research focuses on the mechanisms of mTOR regulation by Sestrins, and their role in cancer and stem cell biology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is a private graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. Established in 2011 in collaboration with MIT, Skoltech educates global leaders in innovation, advance scientific knowledge, and foster new technologies to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Applying international research and educational models, the university integrates the best Russian scientific traditions with twenty-first century entrepreneurship and innovation.