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WEEKLY OF THE SIBERIAN BRANCH OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (SB RAS)

N 48 (2883) December 2012

	NEWS
	CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE RAS S.S. IVANCHEV IS 80 Congratulations from the SB RAS Presidium.
	OUTPOST ON THE BANKS OF NEVA RIVER In the northern capital of Russia, there is a strong research department of the Siberian Branch – St. Petersburg Branch of the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis of SB RAS, which was organized under the Decree of the Presidium of SB RAS on May 7, 1999.
	SOMETHING ABOUT ME AND THE PAST Corresponding Member A.E. Anikin thoughts on the eve of his 60th birth anniversary.
	A.P. VINOGRADOV INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY OF SB RAS IS 55 On November 30, the employees of A.P. Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry of SB RAS have marked their anniversary with the solemn Meeting of Scientific Council.
	EXPERTS FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGIES The RF Government Prize in the field of education for 2012 has been awarded to the team of authors for scientific and practical development “Scientific, educational and methodological support of high-qualified experts in the field of distributed computing technologies”.
	SHINE, SHINE, MY STAR ... Senior Researcher of the Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of SB RAS, Ph.D. (Physics and Mathematics) Elena Golovneva has become a winner and recipient of the prize “Academina-2012”. Today we introduce our readers to one of the new Academgorodok “stars” in more detail.
	RUSSIAN-FRENCH AGREEMENT An Agreement on the establishment of Siberian-French Center for Research and Education has been signed.
	TAIWAN VECTOR In early November, the delegation of the Siberian Branch headed by the Deputy Chairman of SB RAS Academician V.M. Fomin, has visited Taiwan. The visit took place in the framework of cooperation of the National Science Council of Taiwan and the Siberian Branch of RAS.
	INNOVATIONS FOR THE REGION The Coordinating Research Council attached to the Governor of the Irkutsk region has been set up in 2012. The Chairman of ISC Presidium of SB RAS Academician I.V. Bychkov has made a report at its first meeting.
	TO CONSERVE FORESTS There are many young people among employees of the Sukachev Institute of Forest of SB RAS. And this is understandable: the most novel and advanced technologies for acquiring new knowledge are being introduced here.
	IS IT A REAL TEST...? A huge number of tests, including genetic ones, alleged to be medical, have recently appeared in the country and the world. Moreover, in order to choose the perfect couple, to determine a pregnancy due date or illness, it’s not even necessary to contact any organisation, you may just go on-line and find out the broadest range of services.
	NEW TUBERCULOSIS DRUG
	RESEARCH DECEMBER IN YAKUTSK The final month of the Year of unity and friendship among nations, announced by President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Yegor Borisov, promises to be eventful for Republican science.
	QUEEN OF SCIENCES Last Wednesday, a regular “Academic Hour” has taken place in the Central City Library. The lecture delivered by Director of the Sobolev Institute of Mathematics of SB RAS Corresponding Member of the RAS S.S. Goncharov was devoted to mathematics, its history from ancient times to our days.
	VACANCIES
	IN MEMORY OF ALEXANDER ANTIPOV A commemorative plaque in memory of the outstanding scientist, Corresponding Member of RAS, former Director of the V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography A.N. Antipov has been recently established in Irkutsk.
	IN MEMORIAM Professor Georgy Leonidovich Kuryshev.
	FILM “LAVRENTIEV’S DESTINY AND CASE”
	STELLAR YEAR OF ARTIST A.G.VARNEK Exhibition of photographic reproductions of portraits of the portrait painter of the first third of the XIX century A.G. Varnek, held in May this year in the SB RAS House of Scientists, has shown that many residents of Academgorodok are fond of portrait painting.
	NEW YEAR IS COMING SOON! In Krasnoyarsk Academgorodok construction of the snow - or rather, the ice town is underway. And the main thing – it’s fabulous!