Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Novosibirsk State University – Novosibirsk State University –
On April 27, the qualifying round of the student BioTournament was held for the third time at NSU. Five teams took part in it: two from Novosibirsk State University, the TPU team, the team of SSMU (Tomsk) and MIREA-RTU (Moscow), as well as the team of RNIMU named after N. I. Pirogov (Moscow).
The first place was taken by the team “What is ML?” RNIMU named after N. I. Pirogov. The second place was taken by the team NSU “GeneShtab”. The third place was shared between the team NSU “myauRNK” and the team “SibGMU “μ-sli”. The prize-winning teams of the tournament received an invitation to the final stage of the tournament in Pushchino and memorable prizes.
— We are pleased with the interest shown by teams from other universities in the event that we are holding. Despite the fact that the teams of SSMU and RNRMU named after Pirogov have already participated in other qualifying stages of the Biotournament held this year, they came to play here and provided good competition to the NSU teams playing “on their home field”. It is also worth noting that we have seen many of the participants, team leaders and jury members among the “tournament players” for many years and not only within the Biotournament, which, from our point of view, emphasizes the demand for this competition format, — said Elena Stolyarova, team coordinator and one of the tournament organizers.
To participate in the tournament, participants had to assemble a team and solve six creative scientific problems compiled by leading research fellows, associate professors and candidates of biological sciences. The teams presented their solutions in turn, and also acted as opponents and reviewers of the solutions of their rivals. All actions were assessed by a jury consisting of candidates of biological sciences, research fellows of biological institutes of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and teachers.
— The qualifying round was intense, this year the first round of scientific battles was five teams, which seriously increased the emotional and mental load. But thinking over tactics was interesting and exciting. Our team prepared for this event for two months, gathering in a cozy circle in the coworking reading room and discussing ideas for solutions and their implementation. Our colleagues from other teams generally showed a decent level of opposition, by the second half of the day all the participants were in full swing, and sometimes it seemed that the air could be cut with a knife from excitement. Naturally, we plan to attend the final stage next autumn and bring back even more new acquaintances, ideas and, possibly, awards, — shared his impressions Yaroslav Gaburov, captain of the GeneShtab team, a third-year student of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of NSU.
For the team “What is ML?” from the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, this is the 12th tournament in the last three years. This time, the team competed with an incomplete lineup and a limited set of tasks, but the correctly chosen tactics allowed them to overcome all difficulties and win the qualifying round of the tournament.
— The opponents were worthy and strong — among them, several teams with extensive tournament experience. It was interesting to observe how guys from different universities and specialties approached solving problems — this added variety to the discussions. The atmosphere was exciting, sometimes tense (how could it be otherwise!), but at the same time, the Biotournament is traditionally distinguished by a respectful culture of debate, which is very important for scientific events, — said Valentina Krokhaleva, captain of the team “What is ML?”, a 5th-year student of the Medical Biochemistry International Charitable Foundation of the Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov.
As Valentina notes, tournaments are not only scientific battles and testing of one’s skills and knowledge, but also a great opportunity to escape from the usual schedule for a while and change the environment.
— I was very happy to return to Akademgorodok after six years. We were lucky with the weather. On Saturday we walked around Akademgorodok all day, got to the student festival “Internedelya” on the campus territory and in the evening we reached the Ob Sea, — added Valentina Krokhaleva.
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