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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.

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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