A biotechnology and gene diagnostics laboratory was created at the Tyumen School of Physics and Mathematics with the support of the RN-Uvatneftegaz company, which is part of the Rosneft oil production complex. This was reported by the press service of Rosneft.
At the opening of the laboratory, Doctor of Biological Sciences Konstantin Severinov, Head of the Whole Genome Sequencing Center, read a popular science lecture on molecular genetics to students and faculty members of the School of Physics and Mathematics and then answered questions. about the prospects for the development of Russian science in the field of bioengineering.
In turn, the winners and prize-winners of the All-Russian Biology Olympiad for schoolchildren presented their scientific projects and demonstrated elements of practical work on new high-tech equipment that Rosneft helped to acquire. The company has a DNA amplifier, electrophoresis chambers, a thermal shaker for genome transformation, etc. he bought.
Lessons in the laboratory will be taught by school teachers with specialized training and scientific degrees of candidates and doctors of biological sciences.
The school will be held this summer in grades 9-11 of educational institutions in the Tyumen region. will organize project sessions on “Genetics and plant breeding” and “Genetic engineering methods” for grade 1 students using the biotechnology and gene diagnosis laboratory. Approximately 60 students will participate in the shifts.
More than 12 training camps and intensive modules are planned to be held in the laboratory by the end of the year. This will help 500 talented school children in the region prepare for the high-status Russian Olympics and tournaments.
The School of Physics and Mathematics was opened in Tyumen in 2015. The school has approximately 400 students from all over the district who pass entrance screening. The educational institution uses advanced pedagogical technologies.
We would like to remind you that Rosneft supports the implementation of the unique Russian project “100,000” by the Center for whole genome sequencing as part of the technological partnership with the government of the Russian Federation within the program for the development of genetic technologies. +I”. The aim of the project is to read the genomes of 100 thousand Russians to improve the diagnosis of genetically determined and socially important diseases, as well as to develop new approaches to their treatment and drug production.
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Source: Gazeta
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