TYUMEN, November 27. /TASS/. The University of Tyumen and Moscow-based Orekhovich Research Institute of Biomedical Chemistry have signed an agreement in the field of medical and biological research, the university’s press service told TASS.
“The Orekhovich Research Institute of Biomedical Chemistry has become a new partner of the University of Tyumen. The sides will cooperate in the sphere of medical and biological research,” the press service said, adding that the agreement was signed by Valery Falkov, the head of the University of Tyumen, and academician Andrei Lisitsa, the director of the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry.
The university and institute plan to start joint studies of the use of microfluidic technologies aimed to design Lab-on-a-Chip and Organ-on-a-Chip devices, which can be applied in medicine and agriculture.
“We plan to set up a research laboratory and develop new post-graduate education programs,” the press service said.
Both scientific organizations have similar research goals, the press service added.
“The University of Tyumen is known for its studies of acarology and parasitology, while the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry studies the immunopathogenesis of tick-borne encephalitis. This may help us develop new approaches to the early diagnostics of the disease,” the press service said.
The organizations will make new plans in accordance with the agenda of the scientific and educative center established in the Tyumen Region, the press service said, adding that the center’s work may focus on biological security.
Tyumen Region Scientific and Educative Center
Russia plans to set up a single inter-regional scientific and educative center on the territory of the Tyumen, Khanty-Mansi and Yamal-Nenets regions.
This scientific and educative center can focus on four basic spheres that take into account the specifics of the three regions. The first sphere relates to the technology of developing the Arctic, the so-called cold climate technologies, with which the Scientific Center for Arctic Studies is dealing on Yamal Peninsula.
The second field stipulates the development of oil and gas extraction and refining and the petrochemical industry. The third area involves aqua-and bio-culture. The fourth sphere deals with solving social and humanitarian issues, on which the University of Tyumen is working actively.