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The President of the International Congress of Industrialists Publicly Supports a Strengthened Involvement of the Russian Government in ISTC

21.12.2009

In a letter published by the newspaper “Rossiiskaya Gazeta”, Viktor Glukhikh claims that there is a key role for the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) to play in the transformation of the Russian economy from a raw material one to an innovation based one.

ISTC Celebrates 15 Years of Science Cooperation with an International Conference - 'ISTC the Way Forward'

10.12.2009

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stated: ‘As we look back at the cooperation the ISTC has fostered over the past fifteen years, I commend the Center, and those who have supported it, for its accomplishments’.

The ISTC Funding Countries Express Renewed Support to the Center

09.12.2009

On the 15 year anniversary of ISTC, the Governing Board signed a statement recognizing ISTC's passed work and future challenges.

ISTC Governing Board Funds Over $4 Million in New Projects

09.12.2009

The Governing Board members held their 50th meeting in Moscow on the 9th of December

Dutch Ambassador Visits ISTC

06.11.2009

On November 6, the new Ambassador of the Netherlands to Russia, Ron Keller, visited the ISTC with his Senior Advisor for Science, Education and Cultural Affairs, Pavel Kouzmine, to discuss collaboration opportunities for Dutch companies and other organizations in the field of science and technology.

ISTC Executive Director, Adriaan van der Meer, addressed the international ISTC-CERN Cooperation Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland

29.10.2009

ISTC has participated in 45 science projects with CERN on the Large Hadron Collider

The US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and ISTC visited the All-Russian Institute of Phytopathology in Golitsino

21.09.2009

DTRA had supported the upgrade of various facilities at Golitsino against intrusion or uncontrolled access to laboratories and equipment

ISTC issues a position paper on Tuberculosis Drug Discovery

14.08.2009

All efforts are needed to deal with the problem of multi and extensively drug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB and XDR-TB).

ISTC, a Crucial Mechanism to Solve the Problem of Uranium Tailings in Central Asia

30.07.2009

Over 800 million tons of wastes are stored in tailings, waste dumps and abandoned mines in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

ISTC Contributes to Securing Nuclear Materials

29.07.2009

Both President Medvedev and Obama called for further actions in their joint summit statement of 6 July 2009.

New Science & Technology in the Prevention of Biological Threats - Targeted Initiative Approved by ISTC Governing Board

13.07.2009

Its' purpose is to develop and create synergy between existing ISTC-supported projects while allowing for expansion of ISTC activities in the area of preventing biological threats.

ISTC Held its 49th Governing Board Meeting in Minsk, Belarus

09.07.2009

The Board approved 6 new projects representing 2,8 million USD in new funding for activities in Russia, Belarus and the Kyrgyz Republic

Open innovation in Russia provides new opportunities for EU companies

01.07.2009

ISTC has decided on a new package of measures for companies with headquarters in the EU to facilitate open innovation in Russia and in other countries in which ISTC operates.

ISTC and The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Meet in Moscow to Discuss Cooperation on Nuclear Energy Safeguard Technologies

30.06.2009

As part of a series of working meetings to enhance cooperation between ISTC and IAEA in the area of nuclear safeguards, security and verification, senior representatives and experts from both organizations took part in a two-day program of presentations and technology review at the ISTC headquarters in Moscow

ISTC Launches its Annual Report 2008 at the Marriott Royal Aurora in Moscow

18.06.2009

Professor Anna Sominina, Head of Department at the Research Institute of Influenza in St Petersburg, explained her ISTC project that develops a new method to determine the A (H5N1) virus, or swine flu virus.

ISTC Supports International Research on the Human Influenza Virus

05.05.2009

Because new strains of human influenza can spread rapidly and have the potential to cause great loss of life, e.g., the so-called Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 caused between 40 to 100 million deaths, scientists have been working for decades to better understand the influenza virus.

Nuclear Fusion: State-of-the-Art Research Project to Start in Kazakhstan

16.04.2009

The project aims to design, manufacture, assemble and test a novel divertor, which will be a key component of an experimental thermo-nuclear reactor KTM (Kazakhstan Tokamak for Material Testing), built in Kazakhstan in cooperation with Russia.

ISTC and Armenian Government Agree on Co-Funding of Science Projects

01.04.2009

Since 1995, when the first Armenian project was launched, ISTC has funded 155 science projects to a total value of 36.7 million USD.

Two New ISTC Projects on the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

30.03.2009

The projects worth 2,4 million USD are to develop a novel accelerating section for the new LHC injector

The Governing Board of the International Science and Technology Center held its 48th Meeting in Moscow

27.03.2009

The GB approved the final Project Funding Worksheet (FS48). The ISTC approved 10 new projects representing over $2,064,595 and €385,000 in new funding for activities in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia and Kazakhstan.

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