• Preparing to print organs — in space

    Skolkovo resident 3D Bioprinting Solutions made headlines around the world in 2015 when it printed a functioning thyroid construct and transplanted it successfully into a mouse. Now it looks set to make history again by sending a bioprinter into space. 3D...

    29 March, 15:00 Collinson Shura
  • Skoltech opens itself up for scrutiny as the ultimate CDIO-inspired university

    How does a country produce new generations of engineers equipped with the skills that are in demand in the real world once they graduate from university? Nearly two decades ago, a group of engineering schools set about tackling the widening gap between engineering...

    19 January, 15:49 Collinson Shura
  • Skolkovo teams up with U.K. centre to tackle antimicrobial resistance

    The Skolkovo Foundation has joined forces with the U.K.’s AMR Centre, a private-public initiative launched in 2016 to support and accelerate the development of new antibiotics, to combat the global problem of antimicrobial resistance. Skolkovo's...

    15 December, 14:23 Collinson Shura
  • Asteroid mining: Russian experts call for action in the new space race

    Russia’s official position on the potentially lucrative field of asteroid mining is that it is outlawed by the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which declares that space is “the province of mankind,” and that its use and exploration must “benefit...

    20 October, 14:16 Collinson Shura
  • Skoltech, MIT hold landmark joint conference at Skolkovo

    A joint scientific conference organised by the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) kicked off at the Skolkovo innovation centre on Tuesday, marking the biggest joint event hosted by Skoltech...

    25 April, 17:28 Collinson Shura
  • ‘We want more cooperation:’ U.K. delegation visits Skolkovo for Future of Pharma conference

    Napoleon once allegedly described England as a nation of shopkeepers, but if he were around today, he would say the U.K. is a nation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), according to U.K. clinical research expert Dr. Ignazio di Giovanna. Jonathan Brenton...

    25 May, 15:21 Collinson Shura
  • Russia, Britain seek pharma partners at Skolkovo conference

    Russian pharmaceutical companies looking to enter the U.K. market – and vice versa – will meet with their British counterparts at a two-day conference at the Skolkovo innovation centre next week to forge new partnerships in developing innovative...

    18 May, 15:14 Collinson Shura
  • Skolkovo Robotics 2016: жить и работать с роботами

    Роботы: друзья или враги? Способны ли они изменить наш мир? Как развитие робототехники повлияет на экономику, насколько далеко ушел научно-технический прогресс и когда наступит неизбежное будущее, в котором человеку придется жить и работать бок о бок с «умными»...

    05 May, 12:19 Efendieva Marina
  • Innovations hub Kaluga region seizes the moment to help cancer patients

    “Did you know that more than 70 percent of cancer patient deaths are caused not by the cancer itself, but by the side effects of chemotherapy?” With this shocking statistic just minutes into the presentation of his product, Andrei Garazha has the...

    20 February, 12:27 Collinson Shura
  • Registration opens for IASP conference in Moscow

    At the 32 nd IASP World Conference on Science Parks and Areas of Innovation in Beijing this week, registration officially opened for next year’s event, which is taking place in Moscow and being hosted by Skolkovo. Alexander Chernov, left, with IASP...

    25 September, 9:12 Nowak David
  • «Сколково» принимает участие в форуме NANO5 на Кубе

    ГАВАНА. В кубинской столице открылся V Международный научно-технологический семинар NANO, в работе которого принимает участие делегация «Сколково». Газета Granma вынесла на первую полосу две новости дня. Помимо открытия научного форума, в котором...

    15 September, 11:01 Baklanov Mikhail
  • Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev: Skolkovo is producing results

    Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Skolkovo is starting to produce tangible results, despite being less than five years old. From left: Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg, his advisor Pekka Viljakainen, and Prime Minister Medvedev. Photo: sk.ru ...

    04 June, 14:54 Nowak David
  • Update available for Startup Village

    Improvements in this version of Startup Village: Record crowds, new setting, creative catering. Like the leading smartphone apps, Startup Village is constantly evolving. The third edition of Russia and Eastern Europe’s biggest startup event is no...

    26 May, 13:03 Nowak David
  • Техностарт-2015

    Компания Адаплаб приняла участие в конкурсе Техностарт 2015 в числе 20 финалистов. В рамках подготовки к конкурсу активно проводилась менторская сессия, где мы получили ценные советы экспертов из области машиностроения, инвесторов технического сектора...

    15 April, 18:39 alex7
  • Moscow students discover Pharma's Cool

    Hundreds of Moscow students packed out a lecture theater this week to hear what most of them already believe: Pharma’s Cool. The lecture hall at Moscow’s Sechenov University of Medicine. Photo: sk.ru The three-week lecture series targeting...

    25 March, 13:15 Nowak David
  • Startup Tour opens door to Skolkovo ecosystem in Kazakhstan

    ALMATY, Kazakhstan - The Kazakh stage of the Startup Tour concluded on Friday with several innovations winning a place at the Startup Village in June and, perhaps more significantly, the foundations put in place for of a new era of high-tech cooperation between...

    20 March, 17:17 Nowak David
  • The day the Russian Startup Tour ceases to be ‘Russian’

    A key message that Skolkovo transmits its startups is the need to expand into new territories. Now it is leading by example: This week, Russia’s biggest innovations roadshow ventures abroad for the first time in its five-year history. Almaty - the...

    13 March, 14:02 Nowak David
  • TEDx and Skolkovo: Possible Is Everything

    A TEDx talk organized by the Skolkovo Foundation and Open University Skolkovo attracted a large crowd to a central Moscow hotel over the weekend, with its theme - "Possible Is Everything" - provoking lively debate and captivating presentations. ...

    17 February, 9:12 Nowak David
  • Cooperation agreement signed with Saratov State University

    The Skolkovo Foundation on Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement with the Saratov State University. The agreement sees SSU share research findings with Skolkovo, which will intensify efforts to help boost the startup industry in the city on the Volga...

    28 January, 13:14 Nowak David
  • US diplomat: Skolkovo/MIT partnership more important than ever

    A prominent US diplomat said Monday that Skolkovo’s partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is more important now than ever. In opening remarks at the US-Russia Research Symposium in the Russian capital, Jeffrey Sexton, minister...

    15 December, 15:31 Nowak David
  • Skoltech scientists talk brains, smart grids at Hypercube

    Top minds from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology gathered in the Hypercube last week to present research trends in the fields of brain evolution, renewable energy and quantum physics. Skolkovo is aiming to become a top international science...

    01 December, 12:40 Nowak David