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The International Centre for Research in Human Development (ICRHD) announces a Competition for the applicants of 2018 for the MSc “Human Development: Genetics, Neuroscience and Psychology”.

We invite students with Bachelor's (BSc)/Specialitet and Master’s degree or practitioners in psychology, biology, mathematics, computer science, linguistics, pedagogics, medicine and others.

Participants will have an opportunity to get extra credits to their entrance examination!

REGISTRATION:

On-line registration is required. Please follow the link https://goo.gl/forms/1Yzzs1MgYCoIkGUk1

Open: April 9, 2018

Close: April 30, 2018

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

When registration is completed, participants will be sent a file with tasks (as well as relevant requirements) to the E-mail address indicated in registration form. Completed tasks must be sent on E-mail: mschd_info@mail.ru.

Deadline: May 31, 2018

The winner/-s will be granted with 10 extra credits to the practical section of an entrance examination as well as souvenir from the ICRHD.

If you have any questions, please contact a Programme manager: Daria Matsepuro (daria.matsepuro@mail.tsu.ru).

Instructor: Jean Kollantai, MSW

Time: 14.45-17.20

Dates: 7 Saturdays, beginning March 3

This course will be offered again this semester if there are 10-15 people who wish to take it and who meet the following requirements:

• Course members should already have an intermediate level of English. The course lectures, discussions, materials, and assignments will be entirely in English (without translation).

• Those who take the course should have an intention to publish an article in English in their field in an academic journal that is indexed on Scopus or Web of Science after taking the course (but a current project is not required).

• There will be some weekly work at home, at least one consultation with the instructor, and a final presentation. Attendance at every session is required.

• The course is open to TSU faculty and laboratory members and postgraduate students.

Those who meet the course participation standards will be eligible for a certificate of completion.

If you are interested in this, please:

1. send an email with your surname, name, position and phone number to jeankollantai@yahoo.com (use subject line: AWFP), and arrange to:

2. come for a short meeting with Jean about your research interests and interest in the course by Friday, March 2.

Contact for questions: 8-913-809-6304, kirilenko_juilia@list.ru (Julia Kirilenko)

Instructor: Jean Kollantai, MSW

Time: 16.35–19.10

Dates: February 22, March 1, (not 8), 15, 22, 29, April 5, 12 (Thursdays)

Location to be announced (probably Building 4)

This course will be about reading – writing – understanding – and speaking English for academic purposes. Some of the topics covered will be letters and email – CVs – making a presentation at a conference – writing an abstract – following your topic in a journal – and talking with international colleagues, along with publishing articles.

Course members should already have an intermediate level of English. All lectures, discussions, and materials will be in English (without translation). There will be some weekly reading at home, at least one consultation with the instructor, and a final work and quiz. Attendance at every session is required to pass the course.

The course is open to TSU faculty, administrative staff, laboratory members, and postgraduate students. Seats are limited to 20. (If necessary, priority will be given to those working in laboratories, centers, and joint Russian-international educational programs or preparing lecture/seminar courses in English.)

Those who meet the course participation standards will be eligible for a certificate of completion.

If you are interested, please:

1. send an email (in English) with your surname, name, position, and phone number to jeankollantai@yahoo.com (use subject line: AE), and arrange to:

2. come for a short meeting about your academic interests and interests in the course by Wednesday, February 21 (room 305, 4^th Building).

Contact for questions: 8-913-809-6304, kirilenko_juilia@list.ru (Julia Kirilenko)

26-27 October 2017 Tomsk State University invites you to participate in “XII Economics Readings”, International Scientific and Practical Conference with International Participation.  

The conference will focus on the main trends in the economy and management of modern Russia in the context of global transformations, as well as the future of economic science, its directions of development and applied research. A wide range of issues in the field of economics, management, finance, public administration and related disciplines as a part of cross-cultural interactions of companies, markets and regions will be discussed. Plenary and parallel sessions will be accompanied by open lectures, seminars and workshops.
27 October 2017 one of the conference events will be a roundtable discussion “International Entrepreneurship: Opportunities and Challenges”. 
Start: at 14.15; of. 105, 12, Embankment of Ushayka river; Institute of Economics and Management TSU 

Moderators:
Tamara Budlova – senior lecturer, Department of English Philology
Elena Vaganova – senior lecturer, Department of Quality Control
Zoya Levashkina - senior lecturer, Department of English Philology
Key speakers:
English and English Language Teaching for a Global Economy
Dr. Peter J. Mitchell, Associate Professor and Deputy Dean for International Affairs, Faculty of Foreign Languages, National Research Tomsk State University
The Increased Importance of Knowing English in the Practice of Economics and in Conducting Economic Development
Bernhard Richert, Assistant, Faculty of Philosophy, National Research Tomsk State University, Formerly, a practitioner of economic development for many years with the US Department of Commerce
The Importance of a Foreign Language (English) for Young Russian Entrepreneurs
Benjamin Yang, MBA (New York, USA Investor, Taiwan)

Business role-playing game 
Presenters: 
Kathryn Yates (UK), student, National Research Tomsk State University
Katherine Davis (UK), student, National Research Tomsk State University 

Parallel session
English as a Tool for Participating in Crowdfunding Projects
Elizaveta Makarova, master’s student, National Research Tomsk State University
The Application Research of SAP System (Module MM) in the Supply Chain Management Enterprises
Zhang Jiaqi, master’s student, National Research Tomsk State University
Training and Development of International Staff
Bai Tongxu, master’s student, National Research Tomsk State University
International Human Resource Management – China, Europe and America
Shang Jiaxing, master’s student, National Research Tomsk State University

Contact: Telephone: +7-960-970-58-05, E-mail: hailun@mail.ru, Contact person: Elena Vaganova

TSU are pleased to invite you to take part in the IV Russian scientific and practical conference with international participation "Modern problems of geography and geology" from 16th to 19th of October in 2017.
The conference aims to unite scientists and experts in the field of geography, geology and related sciences for the dissemination of best scientific and practical experience, as well as for the formation of a scientific culture of young researchers.

THE MAIN DIRECTIONS OF THE CONFERENCE

• Fundamental and applied matters of Geography
• Climatology and Glaciology of Siberia
• Hydrology of Siberia
• Potential for Regional Studies and Tourism in Siberian region and adjacent territories
• Environmental management
• Historical and Regional Geology
• Geology and Geochemistry of mineral deposits
• Scientific projects of schoolchildren

Those who wish to participate in the conference should:

1. before 30 March 2017 fill the registration form of the conference participant on the website  http://ggf.tsu.ru/content/faculty/structure/chair/geography/konferentsiya-2017/registratsiya/
2. before 10 May 2017 send by email to geo100-tsu@yandex.ru an archive file named according to the surname of the first author:

• text of the article (with embedded pictures, tables, diagrams, etc.);
• illustrations as separate files in JPG format, resolution at least 300 dpi;
• agreement to the publication and including to the database of Russian Citation Index;
• copy of the payment of the registration fee.

CONTACTS
Address: 634050, Tomsk, Lenina St., 36. National Research Tomsk State University. Geology and Geography Faculty. Department of Geography. Phone: +7(3822)420800
If you have any questions, please contact by email geo100-tsu@yandex.ru or on the forum of the group "Department of Geography" https://vk.com/geography_tsu
Information about the Conference is also available on the website of the Geology and Geography Faculty of TSU:
http://ggf.tsu.ru/content/faculty/structure/chair/geography/konferentsiya-2017/

Academic English will be offered again this semester, Fall, 2017

Instructor: Jean Kollantai, MSW

Time: 16.30-19.00

Dates: October 12, 19, 26, November 2, 9, 16, (not 23), 30 (Thursdays); 4^th Building, floor 5, room 520 

This course will be about reading – writing – understanding – and speaking English for academic purposes.  Some of the topics covered will be letters and email – CVs – making a presentation at a conference – writing an abstract – following your topic in a journal – and talking with international colleagues, along with publishing articles. 

Course members should already have an intermediate level of English.  All lectures, discussions, and materials will be in English (without translation).  There will be some weekly reading at home, at least one consultation with the instructor, and a final work and quiz. Attendance at every session is required to pass the course. 

The course is open to faculty, administrative, and laboratory members and postgraduate students. Seats are limited to 20. (If necessary, priority will be given to those working in laboratories, centers, and joint Russian–international educational programs or preparing lecture/seminar courses in English.) 

Those who meet the course participation standards will be eligible for a certificate of completion from ИДО; and will have priority for consulting on future work.  

To register you must:

1.    Send an email (in English) with your surname, name, position and phone number to jeankollantai@yahoo.com (use subject line: AE).

2.    Come for a short meeting about your academic interests and interests in the course by Friday, October 6 (room 305, 4^th Building).

Contact for questions: 8-913-809-6304, kirilenko_juilia@list.ru (Julia Kirilenko)

3-5 October, 2017 TSU are pleased to invite you to take part in the workshop «Smart Materials and Technologies». 

Introduction: For development of international cooperation National Research Tomsk State University carries out at 3-5 October, 2017 the Workshop organized by the Institute of «Smart materials and Technology» along with scientific groups of Chemical, Physical Departments and Siberian Physical-Technical Institute (SPTI) directed to develop and enhance existing links between Russian (Tomsk State University) and UK (Lancaster University) universities for the further cooperation in educational and research activities.

Venue: Lenin ave., 34, Research Library of TSU (Small Conference-Hall); Gertsen st., 2, Business Incubator of TSU.

Registration of poster session participants is available at the link: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CLCYeRBhgBfQQrdTsEXKXDdGhSxKynsOWzB7OdRsogc

Topics of Workshop:

• Organic synthesis . Physical and chemical properties of smart materials

• Nano- and biophotonics

• Biomaterials and polymer materials

• Development of wound dressing systems for chronic wounds

Key note speakers:

  Professor Robert Short, Lancaster University, Materials Science Institute

  Dr. Timothy Douglas, Lancaster University, Engineering Department

  Professor Lothar Heinrich, University of Münster

  Dr. Sergey N. Filimonov, Dean of Faculty of Physics TSU

  Professor Victor N. Cherepanov, Head of the Department of Optics and Spectroscopy (Faculty of Physics of the TSU)

  Professor Efim M. Oks, Head of Physical department (Tomsk State University of Control Systems and       Radioelectronics), Head of Laboratory of plasma sources (Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS)

The Workshop program includes:

• lectures of leading scientist

• poster session of student and young scientists

• round-table discussion of Russian and British scientific groups

PROGRAMME 

Tomsk State University has initiated the organization of the 6th International joint conference «New operational technologies», dedicated to the memory of the great scientist and surgeon I. D. Kirpatovsiy.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS: Federal state Autonomous educational institution of higher education "National Research Tomsk State University" (NR TSU), Autonomous non-commercial organization "Research Institute of Microsurgery", Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F.Voino-Yasenetsky, "Tomsk regional Russian-German house", the Institute of Strength physics and Materials Science of Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk research Institute of traumatology and orthopedics named. after J. L. Tsivyan, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of RAS and non-commercial partnership "Technological platform "Medicine of the Future".
The conference is planned to discuss the results of interdisciplinary research, creation of new technologies for biomedical applications and their application:·

• The future of medicine;

• Robotic surgeries are and smart medical systems;

• Plastic and reconstructive surgery;

• Regenerative medicine and reconstructive surgery;

• Endoscopic surgery;

• Transplant surgery;

• Surgical andrology.

Key dates:

• Registration and submission of abstracts – until 30th July

• Payment of registration fee until August 15

• Conference – September 28 - October 1, 2017

E-mail: newot2017 @ mail. Tsu.ru

Registration of contracts and payment for participation:

E-mail: eghelaya89@mail.ru

Тел.: +7-923-401-37-13

Site: http://www.newot2017.tsu.ru/indexe.html

The International Conference «Nano and Giga Challenges in Electronics, Photonics and Renewable Energy / The NGC2017 & CTRP2017» will be held at Tomsk State University on September 18-22, 2017.

The NGC2017 & CTRP2017 conference in Tomsk, Russia is an interdisciplinary forum in education, research and technology innovations in the development of new materials, devices and systems invites academic and industrial researchers to present tutorial and original research papers dedicated to solving scientific and technological problems in the following areas of electronics, photonics and renewable energy: atomic scale materials design, bio- and molecular electronics, high frequency electronics, fabrication of nanodevices, magnetic materials and spintronics, materials and processes for integrated and subwave optoelectronics, nanoCMOS, new materials for FETs and other devices, nanoelectronics system architecture, nano optics and lasers, non-silicon materials and devices, chemical and biosensors, quantum effects in devices, nano science and technology applications in development of novel solar energy devices, and fuel cells and batteries. We also invite inventors, entrepreneurs and business leaders to explore the unique opportunity provided by our interdisciplinary forum for technical due diligence and potential commercialization of emerging new technologies.

Hosted by Tomsk State University, the NGC2017 & CTRP2017 meeting (NGC/CTRP 2017) will be held as a joint event of two conference series, Nano & Giga Challenges (Nano & Giga Forum) and Current Trends in Radio Physics(CTRP) will bring together the networks and expertise of both professional forums.

NGC/CTRP 2017 conference will include school (tutorial lectures), symposium and satellite workshops. Our conferences have a high impact through publication of tutorial books and selected peer reviewed papers in reputable international journals. Our meetings are attended by world renowned experts and young talents alike. Sponsors and exhibitors are welcomed, and they will be supported by the organizers in their needs for networking and marketing of their products and organizations. To visit the website of CTRP2017 conference, click here

To download conference leaflet in English click here

September 15, 2017 – Open Lecture ‘Eyes are the Window to the Future Soul’ Predicting Individual Differences in Children’s Temperament and Behaviour from Day 1’ by Dr. Kostas A. Papageorgiou (Director of the InteRRaCt Lab; Lecturer in Developmental Psychopathology; Queen's University Belfast,School of Psychology).

The International Centre for Research in Human Development invites TSU undergraduates, MSc and PhD students and lecturers from different academic backgrounds to the open lecture ‘Eyes are the Window to the Future Soul’ Predicting Individual Differences in Children’s Temperament and Behaviour from Day 1” by Dr. Kostas A. Papageorgiou (Director of the InteRRaCt Lab; Lecturer in Developmental Psychopathology; Queen's University Belfast, School of Psychology).

Dr Kostas Papageorgiou will present an interdisciplinary study on the association between visual attention in the first year of life and temperament, behaviour and symptoms of psychopathology in childhood.

The findings of the study suggest that while there are many factors which influence behavioural problems and temperament in childhood, part of what affects later behaviour is already present at birth. As such, the origins of individual differences in behaviour are not likely to be wholly due to the postnatal environment. These causal factors could be genetic or stemming from the prenatal/perinatal environment.

Studying visual attention in the first year of life constitutes a window into the developmental mechanisms that contribute to variation in temperament, behaviour and psychopathology throughout the lifespan. The lecture will discuss the following questions:Why should we study newborns’ and infants’ visual attention?What are some of the factors that influence attention at birth?How can we assess visual attention?Can early visual attention predict variation in behaviour and psychopathology in childhood?Why do we need interdisciplinary studies in Psychology?

If you would like to learn more about Dr. Kostas A. Papageorgiou:.

Dr.Papageorgiou is a Lecturer in Developmental Psychopathology at Queen’s University Belfast and an Associate Professor in Personality Psychology, Psychology Department at Tomsk State University in Russia. Kostas lectures on MSc courses in the School of Psychology at Queen’s and supervises BSc, MSc, PhD, and Post-Graduate students’ research. He is also the convenor of the course “Interdisciplinary Study of Development” in the MSc Human Development: Genetics, Neuroscience and Psychology at Tomsk State University. Kostas is the Director of the InteRRaCt Lab and an International Associate Member of InLab at Goldsmiths, and the Russian-British Behavioural Genetics Laboratory at the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education. He is also a member of the committee of the Special Interest Group in Paediatric Psychology of the Psychological Society of Ireland and a member of the International Society for Intelligence Research.

In 2011, Kostas was awarded a European Marie Curie Fellowship to pursue a PhD (2011-2015) at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck University of London. His doctoral thesis “Individual Differences in Infant Visual Attention: Links to Child Temperament, Behaviour and Genetic Variation” explored the genetics of visual attention in the first year of life; and the degree to which individual differences in newborns’ and infants’ visual attention predict variation in temperament, cognition and symptoms of psychopathology in childhood.

Kostas uses an interdisciplinary approach in his research, combining methods in cognitive and developmental neuroscience, personality assessment and genetics to study some of the factors that contribute to individual differences in resilience, cognition and academic performance.

Date: September 15, 2017 (Friday), 16.35-18.10

Venue: Tomsk State University, International Centre for Human Development Studies, 4 building, room 022 (conference room).

Contact information: e-mail: icrhd@mail.ru

Phone +7 (3822) 786 050

13^th International Conference on pulsed lasers and laser applications "Ampl-2017" is organized with the support of the Ministry of Education of Russian Federation, Russian Academy of Science (RAS), Siberian Branch of RAS and Laser Association.
The XIII AMPL Conference will be traditionally devoted to physical and chemical processes in laser active media, new active media and pumping methods, new lasers development technologies, fundamental issues of laser physics, applications of lasers in science, technology, medicine and other fields, the development of laser-based devices, new optical technologies
Scientific program of the Conference includes the following sessions:

• gas and plasma lasers, metal vapor lasers  (session A);
• photonics of optical materials, optoelectronics (session B);
• femtosecond laser systems (session C);
• laser systems and new laser and optical technologies, laser applications (session D);
• non-coherent UV and VUV-radiation sources (session E);
• conversion of laser radiation, optoelectronic devices. nonlinear optics (session F);
• round table discussion “Biofotonics” (session G);
• gas discharges for lasers and non-coherent radiation sources (session H).

At the same time the event for young scientists “AMPL-School” will be organized. The School lectures will have the same topics, than the Conference itself, and will be useful for young scientists, students and postgrads.
The Conference provides for listening to the invited and oral presentations and work of poster sessions. The abstracts of the papers and AMPL-2017 program will be posted on the Conference web-site and published. Some papers, chosen by the Organizing Committee will be published in special issues of “Atmospheric and Ocean Optics” journal.
Organizers:

• V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia

• Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia

• Siberian Physical Technical Institute, TSU, Tomsk, Russia

• Tomsk Polytechnical University, Tomsk, Russia

The official language of the Conference is English.
For participation in the Conference you are kindly requested to submit a preliminary application and paper abstracts in electronic form to the Organizing Committee.
The Organizing Committee address:
Website: https://symp.iao.ru/en/ampl/13
Group in Faсebook: AMPL.Conference
E-mail: ampl@asd.iao.ru

The field workshop «Mesozoic and Cenozoic paleobiogeocenoses of the Northern hemisphere» will be held within the framework of the main activity of the Laboratory of Mesozoic and Cenozoic continental ecosystems (TSU, Faculty of Geology and Geography).

Dates: July 15 – 30 (Module 1), August 4 – September 3 (Module 2)

Language: English, Russian

Target group: international students, researchers and professors

Application deadline: May 25, 2017 (Module 1), June 15 (Module 2)

Topics: paleontological, stratigraphic and paleogeographic methods of field research

Short description of the school:

The Laboratory does interdisciplinary research of Mesozoic and Cenozoic biogeocenoses, abiotic and biotic relationships, problems of extinction and survival of organisms. The field works will be carried out on paleontological sites, natural and artificial geological sections. There will be lectures and practical training in the methods of excavations and basic principles of taphonomic and paleoecological analyses, stratigraphic and paleogeographic research.

The workshop will consist of two local modules:

1. The Chulym River basin (Achinsk, Bol’shoy Uluy, Kozul’ka districts of Krasnoyarsk territory; the field workshop area is 500–600 km away from Tomsk). The territory of research includes dinosaur and mammoth fauna sites (Berezovaya Rechka, Krasnaya Rechka and others), important Mesozoic (Bol’shoy Ilek) and Pleistocene geological sections of the Chulym River and its tributaries. We have a boat trip planned as a part of this module.

2. The undrained lake basin of the Baraba lowland (Kargat, Barabinsk, Chany districts of Novosibirsk province; the field worskshop area is 500–600 km away from Tomsk). The territory of research includes Volchia Griva, one of the largest mammoth fauna site comprising Paleolithic artifacts, and Pleistocene geological sections of the Om’ River and Lake Chany.

Summer school schedule preliminary:

Module 1: July 15 – 30 (the field period is 12 days);

Module 2: August 4 – September 3 (the field period is 26 days). The schedule of the module is flexible. Students may join Module 2 after the start date of the programme and may withdraw prior to the module’s end date. In this case, however, the cost of individual transportation is the responsibility of the attendee.

The workshop will be held in field camps in taiga and forest-steppe zones. There will be an expedition bathhouse (Russian banya) available on site. All the participants are expected to take turns at cooking as catering is not provided. The school programme will also include excursions in Tomsk, safety trainings, supplies purchase, and field equipment preparation (three days before and two days after the fieldwork period).

Cell phone service:

Stable (several mobile phone service providers)

Desirable vaccination:

Tick-borne encephalitis vaccination. If the participants are not vaccinated, there will be medication available on site.

Contacts:

International Students Services Centre, Tomsk State University, Buyanovsky Lane, Office 15, Tomsk, Russia, 634050; tsusummerschool@mail.ru, http://studentcenter.tsu.ru/, phone: +7 (3822) 785-606

Contact person at the faculty: Sergey V. Leshchinskiy, sl@ggf.tsu.ru