Physics of living systems
PHYSTECH-MED 2015 gathered over 300 scientists from all over the world
At the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Dolgoprudny, under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, the II International Conference and Exhibition "PHYSTECH-MED 2015: Physics of Living Systems. Past, present and Future".
The conference was timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the MIPT Department of Physics of Living Systems and was devoted to topical issues of biomedicine, the importance of translational research and natural sciences in the development of modern medical technologies.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, the rector of MIPT Nikolay Kudryavtsev said: "This is a special conference, exactly 50 years ago the physicists' journey into medicine began – the Department of Physics of Living Systems was created. It is incredible that half a century ago it was possible to foresee the future of medicine development so much. Holding such conferences gives Phys Tech an opportunity to be in the center of an active movement, where a lot of new ideas are generated, new contacts are made, which will become the basis for future breakthroughs, discoveries, and high scientific achievements."
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation Nelly Borisovna Naigovzina read out the address of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation A. Dvorkovich to the participants of the conference. The conference also received congratulatory telegrams from the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician V. Fortov and Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation V. Matvienko.
Dmitry Kolobov, Phys Tech graduate, Deputy Director of the Department of Pharmaceutical and Medical Industry Development of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, addressed the participants of the conference with a greeting. "I represent the ministry that supported Phystech in its endeavors to develop medicine and pharmaceuticals. Today, Phystech has become one of the leaders in the country in the development of new drugs, in the search for new technologies, in solving the task set by our president – the creation of our molecules. Being a graduate of phys Tech, I am pleased to see that new technologies are emerging in it, there is new equipment and a new building, where young people come who are interested, looking for and finding themselves in a new, important direction of development of the modern world – living systems. Good luck and prosperity to phys Tech," D. Kolobov stressed.
The conference was attended by over 300 leading scientists and experts from Russia, India, Greece, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, the USA and Canada, and more than 40 domestic pharmaceutical and medical companies that presented their products and projects at the thematic exposition. Representatives of a number of companies also made reports on their scientific developments as part of the business program of the conference.
Abstracts of the conference can be downloaded here – VM.
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15.09.2015