Scientific and educational project "Gutenberg"

Speaker: Tatevik Mkrtchyan

Reproductive medicine is becoming part of long-term life planning. Cryopreservation and genetic technologies enable individuals to treat fertility as a resource — one that can be preserved and used in accordance with medical indications and personal circumstances. In this lecture, you will learn: - what a reproductive biobank is, the challenges it faces, and why for many it represents the only way to preserve the possibility of future parenthood; - how donor programs operate and why only a small proportion of candidates pass rigorous multi-stage screening; - the role of genetic screening in donor selection and the risks it helps mitigate; - how cryostorage technologies are transforming family planning strategies and expanding the capabilities of modern medicine.

Speaker: Igor Dubrovsky

Emergency medical services represent one of the most robust and essential pillars of healthcare systems. Over the past 150 years, they have evolved from horse-drawn patient transport to high-tech, near–real-time systems incorporating telemedicine, digital dispatch, and mobile diagnostics. This lecture explores the evolution of emergency care in Russia — how its mission, workforce, technologies, and organizational models have changed — and why the field is now entering a phase of accelerated technological advancement. It examines the historical context, the state of ambulance services in Russia as of 2026 (including workforce, organization, and technology), and future scenarios — from AI-assisted dispatch systems and wearable sensors to fundamentally new models of emergency care delivery.

Speaker: Anna Bazhenova

Is the absence of pain always good? This lecture addresses the genetic basis of pain perception. You will learn how genetic variation influences pain sensitivity, which disruptions can lead to rare conditions — including congenital insensitivity to pain — and how contemporary research and clinical case studies reveal the complex relationship between genetics and the perception of threat. This topic deepens our understanding of human physiology and offers a new perspective on health and the body’s protective responses.

Speaker: Elena Nevskaya

We are accustomed to implants designed for permanence — titanium devices intended to last a lifetime, and polymers with variable long-term behavior. However, some materials are designed to function temporarily and then safely degrade once their role is complete. Magnesium is one such material. This lecture examines how biodegradable metallic implants can be engineered to degrade in a controlled manner without harming the body. The work is driven by a megagrant-funded research team: a lab built from the ground up, successive experimental series, animal models from rodents to minipigs, and patients who already receive such implants.

Speaker: Irina Martynenko

How and why do scientists fold the familiar DNA molecule into unexpected shapes? An introduction to structural DNA nanotechnology and its applications.