ISTC E-NEWSLETTER
June 2010 - Issue 008



Guest Columnist

President Medvedev Stresses the Need for a Transition to an Innovation Based Economy in a Speech to the Federal Assembly

Letter published in the newspaper Rossiskaya Gazeta

by Viktor Glukhikh,
Member of Federation Council of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly
and President of International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

The message of the Russian President delivered at the Federal Assembly was filled with optimism and trust in the creative potential of the Russian nation.
The transformation of the economy from the export of raw material to export of innovation is a task requiring a mobilization of efforts from the whole nation, one comparable, in terms of depth and scope, with the electrification and industrialization of the country in the 20th century. Today however, the task seems much more complicated.More



ISTC Releases its New Annual Report 2009: Special on 15 Years of Science Cooperation and the Way Forward






The 2009 ISTC Annual Report has been released with a special focus highlighting 15 years of science cooperation since the Moscow center opened its doors in 1994. A brief overview of the Centers’ projects and programs in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan can be found in the report. Over 15 years, ISTC has developed a broad network of over 90,000 scientists from 39 countries working together on research projects in order to solve common problems in all areas of science and make the world a better and safer place to live in.

Numerous success stories can be found in this edition. For example, 3D diagnostic and monitoring equipment has been developed in Belarus to detect child tumors at an early stage, which is critical to improve success of the treatments. A research institute in Russia has been upgraded to international standards and can now carry out toxicity studies in the development of novel drugs for Russian and export markets. In Central Asia, the dynamics and effects of the “Brown Cloud”, a haze of pollution spanning through Asia, are being studied and counter actions are being proposed.


ISTC Organizes a High Level Meeting Between Russia and the UK on Space Technologies
Three days of working sessions have been co-organized with University College London (UCL), including one day at the prestigious UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) in Surrey. More


Conference on Nonproliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Central Asia
Experts and participants discussed the creation of a list of radioactive sources, improvement of laws and clauses to meet IAEA requirements, regulations and coercive measures.. More









Partner News
ISTC Matches Up Scientists, Entrepreneurs and Investors in Tomsk
The new Technology Outreach approach places the entrepreneur between the developer and the investor as a driving force for the project. As a result, 11 matches were acheived with agreements reached on the involvement of each party in the creation of innovation companies.More





Projects
New Detectors for Toxic Gases
Carbon monoxide, hydrogen, nitrogen oxide and methane can be detected by a range of super sensitive detectors. The sensors use new technology and smaller components based on nanocrystalline semiconductor metal oxide thin film that work at much lower temperatures (25- 100° Celsius) than known analogues.More






Events
Expert Meeting on Cooperation in Standardization and Integration of Virus Archive
Representatives of the Russian State Duma, the World Health Organization, ISTC and leading Russian institutes took part in the meeting. In the last decades thousands of viruses have been isolated and partly characterized by experts working in different countries worldwide. These viruses potentially provide a unique and extremely valuable medical and educational resource for research and development More