Speaker: Igor Dubrovsky

Emergency medical services represent one of the most robust and essential pillars of healthcare systems. Over the past 150 years, they have evolved from horse-drawn patient transport to high-tech, near–real-time systems incorporating telemedicine, digital dispatch, and mobile diagnostics. This lecture explores the evolution of emergency care in Russia — how its mission, workforce, technologies, and organizational models have changed — and why the field is now entering a phase of accelerated technological advancement. It examines the historical context, the state of ambulance services in Russia as of 2026 (including workforce, organization, and technology), and future scenarios — from AI-assisted dispatch systems and wearable sensors to fundamentally new models of emergency care delivery.

Speaker: Anna Bazhenova

Is the absence of pain always good? This lecture addresses the genetic basis of pain perception. You will learn how genetic variation influences pain sensitivity, which disruptions can lead to rare conditions — including congenital insensitivity to pain — and how contemporary research and clinical case studies reveal the complex relationship between genetics and the perception of threat. This topic deepens our understanding of human physiology and offers a new perspective on health and the body’s protective responses.

Speaker: Irina Martynenko

How and why do scientists fold the familiar DNA molecule into unexpected shapes? An introduction to structural DNA nanotechnology and its applications.