Young scientists receive funding from the Russian Science Foundation

Results have been announced for the 2021 Russian Presidential Grant Program for individual and team research.

 

The team competition involved pitches from research groups headed by young PhDs (under 33 years of age). 1,400 applications were made, and 469 of them were supported with a funding between 1.5 and 2 million rubles.

The following teams of Kazan University were among the recipients (institutes and team leaders listed here):

Institute of Chemistry, Vladimir Burilov – Bifunctional catalysts for tandem photo- and metal-complex / organocatalysis on a macrocyclic platform in water: synergy of properties and the use of solar energy for green chemistry;

Institute of Fundamental and Biology, Valeriya Solovyova – Formation and modulation of drug resistance of tumor spheroids under the action of induced membrane vesicles of stem and transformed human cells;

Institute of Fundamental and Biology, Elvira Rozhina – Biogenic silver nanoparticles to combat antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains;

Institute of Fundamental and Biology, Yelena Dudkina – Development of a method for the selective elimination of oncotransformed cells due to tumor-specific expression of the cytotoxic ribonuclease gene;

Institute of Fundamental and Biology, Guzel Valeeva – Generative mechanisms of early myoclonic movements: network organization and neurotransmitter control;

Institute of Fundamental and Biology, Marina Gomzikova – Biocompatible microvesicles as new therapeutic tools to stimulate regeneration in acute kidney injury;

 

The New Talent team contest was targeted at young PhDs and DScs (under 35 years of age). The funding was up to 6 million rubles for 3 years with conditioned further prolongation of 2 years. About 1,600 submissions were made, and 318 winners were selected.

Here is the list of KFU employees who won the funding:

Institute of Physics, Denis Kogogin – Development of complex methods for diagnostics of ionospheric plasma based on data from a network of GNSS stations, in situ measurements of low-orbit satellites and optical measurements;

Institute of Physics, Almaz Gazizov – Optomechanical cooling of a solid under conditions of excitation of ENZ resonances;

Institute of Chemistry, Mikhail Yagofarov – The relationship between the heat capacity of a liquid and the energy of intermolecular interactions: from alkanes and arenes to ionic liquids;

Institute of Chemistry, Anastasiya Nazarova – Development of a new type of supramolecular antidotes for a number of herbicides based on polyfunctional paracyclophanes;

Institute of Fundamental and Biology, Gulnur Fakhrullina – Ceramic nanoparticles and microflora transplantation to control the toxicity of microplastics in a free-living nematode model (Caenorhabditis elegans and Turbatix aceti);

Institute of Chemistry, Ramil Nugmanov – Predicting the properties of chemical compounds using an ensemble of molecular representations;

Institute of Chemistry, Elza Sultanova – New stimulus-sensitive supramolecular and polymer nanocontainers based on amphiphilic N-oligoethylene glycolimidazole derivatives of calix[4]arene;

Institute of Fundamental and Biology, Tatyana Shirshikova – Effect of the MacAB efflux gene duplication on antibiotic resistance and physiology of Serratia marcescens;

Institute of Fundamental and Biology, Yekaterina Garanina – The role of miR223 microRNA in the regulation of NLRP3 signaling in hormone-dependent breast tumors;

Institute of Fundamental and Biology, Alina Peshkova – Molecular and cellular bases of hemostatic disorders, their diagnosis and correction;

Institute of Fundamental and Biology, Yana Mukhamedshina – Reaction of astrocytes and NG2-glia to rehabilitation motor load in spinal cord injury;

Institute of Fundamental and Biology, Kseniya Korolyova – The role of nitric oxide in the regulation of nociceptive activity of the peripheral trigeminal nerve;

Institute of Fundamental and Biology, Aliya Suleymanova – New phosphate-mobilizing strains of Pantoea brenneri as an alternative to phosphorus fertilizers and chemical pesticides.

 

Apart from that, one group was given a prolongation of funding for their ongoing project:

Institute of Chemistry, Lyudmila Yakimova – Polyfunctional particles of oxides of non-metals and macrocyclic compounds for 3D constructor of self-assembled nanostructures.

 

Source text: Media Center

Photo: Alexander Kuznetsov

Translation: Yury Nurmeev