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Yuri Gagarin- 50 years
21.03.2011

Yuri Gagarin- 50 years

12 April 2011 is an important day for mankind. It was 50 years ago that Yuri Gagarin made the first orbital spaceflight around the earth.

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ISTC Briefs US Congress Delegation
04.03.2011

ISTC Briefs US Congress Delegation

An exchange of views took place on the latest developments with respect to ISTC and specifically related to Russia-ISTC cooperation.

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First ISTC Executive Director, Glenn E. Schweitzer, Receives 2010 Science Diplomacy Award From the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
23.02.2011

First ISTC Executive Director, Glenn E. Schweitzer, Receives 2010 Science Diplomacy Award From the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Dr. Glenn E. Schweitzer was the first Executive Director of ISTC (1994-1995). Prior to becoming ISTC Executive Director, Dr. Schweitzer served as Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee chair in Moscow that worked from 1992 to 1994 to set the origanization's legal and operational frames.

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A New Milestone in Russia-UK Collaboration in Space Research
18.02.2011

A New Milestone in Russia-UK Collaboration in Space Research

On February 17th a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding was signed between UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, the Institute of Physics of the Earth and the International Science and Technology Center on future collaboration in the TwinSat Project

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ISTC Leads International Collaborative Research on Smallpox
24.01.2011

ISTC Leads International Collaborative Research on Smallpox

The projects carried out under the ISTC framework brought together scientists from renowned international institutes in a global preventive effort to better understand the virus and raise preparedness capacity.

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Regional Authorities Meet at ISTC
15.12.2010

Regional Authorities Meet at ISTC

Regional authorities from Smolensk (Russia) and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany) met together with representatives of the Petersburg Dialogue at a meeting coordinated by ISTC to discuss future forms of mutual cooperation.

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ISTC Snapshots of 2010
13.12.2010

ISTC Snapshots of 2010

“ISTC has proven a unique mechanism for fostering international collaboration, enhancing coordination of projects, and sharing lessons learned” Alan J. Heyes & Wyn Q. Brown Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists

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STATEMENT OF THE 52nd GOVERNING BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
09.12.2010

STATEMENT OF THE 52nd GOVERNING BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER

Representatives of ISTC Parties attended the meeting, including Canada, the European Union, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, United States of America, Republic of Armenia, Republic of Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Republic of Kyrgyz Republic participated as rotating CIS Board member.

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Khlopin Radium Institute Finishes Major Upgrades to Medical Isotope Facility
08.12.2010

Khlopin Radium Institute Finishes Major Upgrades to Medical Isotope Facility

The upgrades in infrastructure, equipment, quality control, and personnel qualification will allow an increase in the quality of the medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals used in a whole range of clinics and hospitals in Russia.

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Business Magazine “Ekonomika I Vremya” Underlines the Critical Role of ISTC in Supporting Nuclear Medicine in Russia
30.11.2010

Business Magazine “Ekonomika I Vremya” Underlines the Critical Role of ISTC in Supporting Nuclear Medicine in Russia

"In recent years, domestic manufacturers of radiopharmaceuticals, medical radioisotopes, nuclear medicine technology developers have received real help only from the International Science and Technology Center (report at a seminar by N.V. Savinova) for about $ 16 million."

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