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About 150 NEFU students act as mentors in the federal program «Sirius.Summer»
In the 2024-2025 academic year, Northeastern Federal University hosts the fifth season of program «Sirius.Summer»: start your project." As part of the program, student mentors work with student participants on project tasks assigned by project managers from among the university staff. Today, on February 3, a mentor conference was held, where students presented the interim results of their work from November 2024 to the current day.
This academic year, 149 students are mentors of schoolchildren, last academic year there were 137 of them. Also, in the 2024-2025 academic year, young researchers are working with mentors on 72 projects. According to the results of the 2023-2024 academic year, NEFU ranked first among universities in terms of the number of mentors, and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) ranked second among regions in terms of the number of schoolchildren and students involved in this program. In 2024, the total amount of funding for scientific and technological projects amounted to about 18 million rubles. There is an increase in research carried out in humanitarian and social areas.
As Ninel Malysheva, Director of the NEFU Department of Science and Innovation, noted, this year the national project «»Science and Universities» was completed, thanks to which youth scientific laboratories were opened at the university. Part of the activities of the completed national project has been included in the new one – «Youth and Children». «New competitions for the creation of youth scientific laboratories will start in June 2025. One of the conditions is the participation of students as employees – at least 30% of the team must be students of the university, on the basis of which new scientific departments are being opened. Therefore, when making applications, we will involve those students who have performed well within the framework of the federal program «Sirius.Summer», she commented.
In order to expand the number of students, participants involved in project activities, Alexandra Yakovleva, Vice-rector of the Minor Academy of Sciences of Yakutia, proposed including the program in the activities of the Northeastern University Educational District Association. In her opinion, this will help to involve even more schoolchildren in project activities, unlock their potential, which, in turn, will have a positive impact on the quality of projects being implemented.
The All-Russian educational program «Sirius.Summer»: «Start your Project» has been implemented since May 2020 and was supported by the instruction of the President of the Russian Federation. The program is aimed at involving schoolchildren in solving project tasks related to current issues of science, technology and business. The students' project work is carried out under the guidance of a mentor who helps them understand the task and accompanies the student throughout the project.
The basic university of program «Sirius.Summer»: «start your project» in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is NEFU, and the regional coordinator is the Small Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
About 150 NEFU students act as mentors in the federal program «Sirius.Summer»
In the 2024-2025 academic year, Northeastern Federal University hosts the fifth season of program «Sirius.Summer»: start your project." As part of the program, student mentors work with student participants on project tasks assigned by project managers from among the university staff. Today, on February 3, a mentor conference was held, where students presented the interim results of their work from November 2024 to the current day.
This academic year, 149 students are mentors of schoolchildren, last academic year there were 137 of them. Also, in the 2024-2025 academic year, young researchers are working with mentors on 72 projects. According to the results of the 2023-2024 academic year, NEFU ranked first among universities in terms of the number of mentors, and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) ranked second among regions in terms of the number of schoolchildren and students involved in this program. In 2024, the total amount of funding for scientific and technological projects amounted to about 18 million rubles. There is an increase in research carried out in humanitarian and social areas.
As Ninel Malysheva, Director of the NEFU Department of Science and Innovation, noted, this year the national project «»Science and Universities» was completed, thanks to which youth scientific laboratories were opened at the university. Part of the activities of the completed national project has been included in the new one – «Youth and Children». «New competitions for the creation of youth scientific laboratories will start in June 2025. One of the conditions is the participation of students as employees – at least 30% of the team must be students of the university, on the basis of which new scientific departments are being opened. Therefore, when making applications, we will involve those students who have performed well within the framework of the federal program «Sirius.Summer», she commented.
In order to expand the number of students, participants involved in project activities, Alexandra Yakovleva, Vice-rector of the Minor Academy of Sciences of Yakutia, proposed including the program in the activities of the Northeastern University Educational District Association. In her opinion, this will help to involve even more schoolchildren in project activities, unlock their potential, which, in turn, will have a positive impact on the quality of projects being implemented.
The All-Russian educational program «Sirius.Summer»: «Start your Project» has been implemented since May 2020 and was supported by the instruction of the President of the Russian Federation. The program is aimed at involving schoolchildren in solving project tasks related to current issues of science, technology and business. The students' project work is carried out under the guidance of a mentor who helps them understand the task and accompanies the student throughout the project.
The basic university of program «Sirius.Summer»: «start your project» in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is NEFU, and the regional coordinator is the Small Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
NEFU: Associate Professor of Moscow State University Pavel Konstantinov spoke about the impact of climate change
Pavel Konstantinov, Associate Professor of the Department of Meteorology and Climatology at the Faculty of Geography of Lomonosov Moscow State University, told what is known about the process of climate change today, why it occurs and what is dangerous for the population of the Russian Federation.
The scientist's lecture took place at the Boiling Point site of the Northeastern Federal University, the event was attended by students of the geographical department of the Institute of Natural Sciences, employees of the department and everyone interested.
As Pavel Konstantinov noted, in recent years it has been possible to notice that winters are getting warmer – this is confirmed by observations. In turn, this affects the stability of permafrost soils and everything related to them, so the phenomenon requires close study, given the huge number of objects located on permafrost, including the city of Yakutsk. Climate change is particularly acute in the Arctic zone of Yakutia, as well as the Arctic coast. The abnormally warm weather in Yakutsk in January of this year is also one of the consequences of climate change, the scientist believes, and, according to him, such warm episodes will occur more often.
Speaking about the popular notion among the population "a warm winter portends a cool or late spring," Pavel Konstantinov noted that since atmospheric circulation is also changing now, these dependencies, which were noted earlier, no longer work. "In the coming years, we need to be prepared to reduce the bearing capacity of permafrost soils. This will require a competent approach, which is used, for example, in Norilsk: additional freezing and stabilization of the ground on which buildings, roads, communications, and so on stand. Now, first of all, it is necessary to conduct research on the adaptation potential: in which parts of the region the dangers are most pronounced and apply technological solutions to mitigate them," commented Pavel Konstantinov.
The associate professor added that he and Nikita Tananaev, head of the research laboratory for the study of climate and ecosystems in the northern regions of the NEFU Institute of Natural Sciences, are currently conducting a study of thermal anomalies in the city of Yakutsk in summer and winter, the results of which will appear in the coming months.
NEFU: Associate Professor of Moscow State University Pavel Konstantinov spoke about the impact of climate change
Pavel Konstantinov, Associate Professor of the Department of Meteorology and Climatology at the Faculty of Geography of Lomonosov Moscow State University, told what is known about the process of climate change today, why it occurs and what is dangerous for the population of the Russian Federation.
The scientist's lecture took place at the Boiling Point site of the Northeastern Federal University, the event was attended by students of the geographical department of the Institute of Natural Sciences, employees of the department and everyone interested.
As Pavel Konstantinov noted, in recent years it has been possible to notice that winters are getting warmer – this is confirmed by observations. In turn, this affects the stability of permafrost soils and everything related to them, so the phenomenon requires close study, given the huge number of objects located on permafrost, including the city of Yakutsk. Climate change is particularly acute in the Arctic zone of Yakutia, as well as the Arctic coast. The abnormally warm weather in Yakutsk in January of this year is also one of the consequences of climate change, the scientist believes, and, according to him, such warm episodes will occur more often.
Speaking about the popular notion among the population "a warm winter portends a cool or late spring," Pavel Konstantinov noted that since atmospheric circulation is also changing now, these dependencies, which were noted earlier, no longer work. "In the coming years, we need to be prepared to reduce the bearing capacity of permafrost soils. This will require a competent approach, which is used, for example, in Norilsk: additional freezing and stabilization of the ground on which buildings, roads, communications, and so on stand. Now, first of all, it is necessary to conduct research on the adaptation potential: in which parts of the region the dangers are most pronounced and apply technological solutions to mitigate them," commented Pavel Konstantinov.
The associate professor added that he and Nikita Tananaev, head of the research laboratory for the study of climate and ecosystems in the northern regions of the NEFU Institute of Natural Sciences, are currently conducting a study of thermal anomalies in the city of Yakutsk in summer and winter, the results of which will appear in the coming months.
NEFU: Northerners' immunity is adapted to the environment and ensures long-term human life in the extreme conditions of the North.
Scientists from the Scientific Research Center of the Medical Institute of Northeastern Federal University, together with scientists from the Institute of Biology of Aging at the N.I. Lobachevsky National Research University, studied the immune system using a high-precision analyzer that evaluates the immune system by 48 markers. This is reported by YSNA.
The peculiarity of the conducted research is the use of machine learning technologies using artificial intelligence, which helped identify key biomarkers characterizing the immunity of the population living in various climatic conditions. Studies have revealed the peculiarities of the functioning of the immune system of Northerners and residents of milder climatic zones of the central part of Russia. The rate of aging and life expectancy were also additionally studied.
According to Tatyana Sivtseva, a leading researcher at the NEFU Medical Institute's Research Center, Yakutia's immune system is effective in protecting against extracellular infections and is adapted to difficult living conditions. "The Yakut people have a functional shift in the main links of immunity, primarily associated with an increase in the humoral link aimed at protecting against extracellular infections, including zoonotic ones. This immune profile of Northerners is the result of long-term adaptation to the natural environment of the North, including the microbial environment. The identified components regulating the immune system are aimed at maintaining active protection and ensuring the metabolic needs of the body in the conditions of the North," the scientist explained.
According to research, living in harsh conditions has made it possible to harden the body, despite the acceleration of epigenetic aging. The main functions of immunity are preserved, and life expectancy is on the same level as the compared region of Central Russia. Scientists explain this by maintaining an accelerated process of renewal of somatic cells of body tissues, which is accompanied by the active utilization of aging cells by cells of innate immunity.
"Further development of research in this area will allow for a deeper understanding of the functioning of the immune system in extreme living conditions and can make a significant contribution to understanding the pathogenesis and, consequently, treatment of diseases in the North," concluded Raisa Zakharova, Head of the NEFU Medical Institute Research Center.
NEFU's team included Raisa Zakharova, Head of the NEFU Medical Institute Research Center, leading researchers Tatiana Sivtseva, Elena Ammosova, Sergey Semenov, Tatiana Klimova, and Chief Researcher Vladimir Osakovsky.
The research results are published in the article "Inflammatory Markers in the Extremely Cold Climate: A Case Study of the Yakut Population" ("Markers of inflammation in an extremely cold climate: a study of the Yakutia population") in the highly rated International Journal of Molecular Sciences on December 23, 2024.
NEFU: Northerners' immunity is adapted to the environment and ensures long-term human life in the extreme conditions of the North.
Scientists from the Scientific Research Center of the Medical Institute of Northeastern Federal University, together with scientists from the Institute of Biology of Aging at the N.I. Lobachevsky National Research University, studied the immune system using a high-precision analyzer that evaluates the immune system by 48 markers. This is reported by YSNA.
The peculiarity of the conducted research is the use of machine learning technologies using artificial intelligence, which helped identify key biomarkers characterizing the immunity of the population living in various climatic conditions. Studies have revealed the peculiarities of the functioning of the immune system of Northerners and residents of milder climatic zones of the central part of Russia. The rate of aging and life expectancy were also additionally studied.
According to Tatyana Sivtseva, a leading researcher at the NEFU Medical Institute's Research Center, Yakutia's immune system is effective in protecting against extracellular infections and is adapted to difficult living conditions. "The Yakut people have a functional shift in the main links of immunity, primarily associated with an increase in the humoral link aimed at protecting against extracellular infections, including zoonotic ones. This immune profile of Northerners is the result of long-term adaptation to the natural environment of the North, including the microbial environment. The identified components regulating the immune system are aimed at maintaining active protection and ensuring the metabolic needs of the body in the conditions of the North," the scientist explained.
According to research, living in harsh conditions has made it possible to harden the body, despite the acceleration of epigenetic aging. The main functions of immunity are preserved, and life expectancy is on the same level as the compared region of Central Russia. Scientists explain this by maintaining an accelerated process of renewal of somatic cells of body tissues, which is accompanied by the active utilization of aging cells by cells of innate immunity.
"Further development of research in this area will allow for a deeper understanding of the functioning of the immune system in extreme living conditions and can make a significant contribution to understanding the pathogenesis and, consequently, treatment of diseases in the North," concluded Raisa Zakharova, Head of the NEFU Medical Institute Research Center.
NEFU's team included Raisa Zakharova, Head of the NEFU Medical Institute Research Center, leading researchers Tatiana Sivtseva, Elena Ammosova, Sergey Semenov, Tatiana Klimova, and Chief Researcher Vladimir Osakovsky.
The research results are published in the article "Inflammatory Markers in the Extremely Cold Climate: A Case Study of the Yakut Population" ("Markers of inflammation in an extremely cold climate: a study of the Yakutia population") in the highly rated International Journal of Molecular Sciences on December 23, 2024.