Kazan Federal University

Rector Ilshat Gafurov placed 4th in November 2020 in the rankings of media activities of university rectors in Russia - the rankings are presented by Davydov Index and Petersburg Politics Foundation

Medical research at Kazan University to receive 180 million rubles in megagrant funding
The 8th megagrant competition under the P220 federal program came to an end this week.
The megagrant program aims to finance the most promising scientific endeavors involving top researchers from different countries. Many of the team leaders among the winners are foreign nationals.
This time, 43 pitches were selected as the best among 465 applications. Kazan Federal University is among the seven institutions which succeeded in submitting two winning bids.
The first project by KFU is titled ‘Regulatory genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of development and functioning of skeletal and cardiac muscles in humans and primates in normal and pathological states’; the team leader is Hayashizaki Yoshihide, Program Director at RIKEN. The second one is titled ‘Regulation of the mTOR1 complex during mitochondrial metabolism: influence on inflammation and carcinogenesis’; the team leader is Hans-Uwe Simon, Director, Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern.

University educators receive Distinguished Lawyer of Tatarstan awards
This was a part of the Lawyer of the Year and Shershenevich Award ceremonies at Kazan City Hall on 5 December.
The participants were greeted by Chairman of the State Council (Parliament) of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin.
Among the recipients of honors, there were our employees, Chair of the Department of International and European Law Adel Abdullin and Associate Professor of the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law Zukhra Gadelshina. They were given certificates of Distinguished Lawyer of Tatarstan.
In other news, this year’s Derzhavin Award in Law (provincial award in Tatarstan) went to Marina Yefremova, Professor of the Kazan Branch of the Russian State University of Justice.

University Clinic is among the top 10 public hospitals in Tatarstan in 2020 according to local online feedback website http://ow.ly/lMdC50D9bG2

Students Maksim Butylin and Valeriya Suslikova received commendation letters from the the Tatarstan Presidential Office's Department for Anti-Corruption Policies for their contribution to relevant activities in the student community

Rector Ilshat Gafurov and Rector of Russian State University of Justice Olga Aleksandrova presented the 8th volume of collective writings of Gavriil , renowned Russian statesman and poet of the 18th-19th centuries; he was born and spent his childhood near

Faculty of Law are futsal champions in 2020, having won the final vs Institute of International Relations 4:2. All 15 cup games were showed live by our UNIVER TV channel; 5 thousand viewers in total joined to watch futsal action

Megagrant to help reveal new regulatory mechanisms of muscle functioning
Associate Professor Oleg Gusev talks about the research.
The first project is titled ‘Regulatory genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of development and functioning of skeletal and cardiac muscles in humans and primates in normal and pathological states’; the team leader is Hayashizaki Yoshihide, Program Director at . It’s set to receive 90 million rubles in the next three years, 2021–2023.
“The grant from was issued to assist in creating an atlas of the work of genes and transcribed regulatory elements in cardiac and skeletal muscles. The concept arose a long time ago, and we have already managed to carry out part of the research within the framework of the pilot project. There are over 600 different muscles in our body. Despite the fact that the DNA in all cells is the same, muscles differ in resistance to diseases, various influences, and proneness to fitness training. The main objective is to find out how the regulation of gene functioning determines the specificity of muscles,” says Gusev.

University projects are among 50 Best Innovative Ideas for Tatarstan in 2020
This year saw the 16th competition under this brand.
This year, the award ceremony included the following nominations: Innovation in Education, Innovation by Young People, Nano Impulse, Patent of the Year, Prospects, Scientific and Technological Innovation, Social Innovation, First Innovation, and Digital Economy.
Here are the winners from Kazan Federal University and their respective projects:
Kristina Kitaeva, Junior Research Associate, Gene and Cell Technologies Lab – Induced microvesicles for antitumor treatments;
Firdaws Aliev, Junior Research Associate, In-Situ Combustion Lab - Oxidation of hydrocarbon solvents for in-situ heat generation and organic acids to enhance oil recovery from carbonate reservoirs;
Vlada Kugurakova, Associate Professor, Department of Software Engineering – Web constructor for 3D online exhibitions;
Irina Starostina, Junior Research Associate, Gene and Cell Technologies Lab, and Vera Lezhnyova, Junior Research Associate, Gene and Cell Technologies Lab - Test systems for early diagnosis of the development of multiple sclerosis based on determining the level of gene expression of endogenous human retroviruses;

Warm congrats to our alumnus, fiction writer Shamil Idiyatullin, laureate of the 2020 Big Book Prize for his novel "Бывшая Ленина" ("Formerly Lenin street")

Tatarstan State Prize in Science and Technology awarded to KFU employees for preservation of cultural heritage
Several researchers received the 2020 state prize for their contributions to Sviyazhsk and Bolgar projects – both now included in UNESCO World Heritage lists.
Importantly, just a few months ago, Rector Ilshat Gafurov was among the awardees of the Russian Government Prize in Culture for the museumification of the Bolgar Historical and Archeological Complex and the Town Island of Sviyazhsk. Additionally, the Archeological Woodwork Museum in Sviyazhsk received the International Council of Museums - ICOM Prize for its multimedia exhibits.
This time, the winners from KFU are:
Ramil Khayrutdinov, Director, Institute of International Relations;
Ayrat Sitdikov, Dean, Higher School of Historical Sciences and World Cultural Heritage (Institute of International Relations);
Rafael Valeev, Chair, Department of World Cultural Heritage.
Apart from them, the same award went to other colleagues:
Tatiana Larionova, Chairperson, Revival Foundation of Tatarstan;
Kamil Nugaev, Deputy, State Council (Parliament) of Tatarstan;
Artyom Silkin, Director, State Museum Reserve Town Island of Sviyazhsk;

University research showcased at Выставка Вузпромэкспо 2020 in Moscow
Vuzpromexpo is the largest annual university research expo in Russia.
Apart from educational and scientific institutions, many large companies and government agencies rent booths to present their latest achievements and publicize their activities on 10-11 December.
Vice-Rector for Research Danis Nurgaliev comments, “We presented our World Level Research Center in Liquid Hydrocarbons. Apart from that, we also showed our VR and AR tools, a combustion tube, and several devices for geochemical analysis and security systems. Our stand attracted great interest. Young people were especially curious about the VR software for scientific experiments.”
Our delegates conveyed their understanding about the importance of hydrocarbon research for decades ahead; they also paid special attention to digitization in science.
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