The Yekaterinburg Research Institute of Viral Infections, formerly a branch of the State Research Centre of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR of Rospotrebnadzor (the Institute), organises practical placements in biological sciences, biotechnology, virology and laboratory medicine. These placements are intended for undergraduate and master’s students of Ural Federal University named after B. N. Yeltsin and for students of Ural State Medical University admitted under targeted training arrangements. The activities are carried out under VECTOR’s educational licence No. 2705 of 24 January 2018.
Practical placements in 2022
In July 2022, twelve biotechnology and biology students from Ural Federal University were scheduled to undertake practical placements at the Institute.
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Practical placements in 2021
In July 2021, biotechnology master’s students from Ural Federal University named after B. N. Yeltsin completed practical placements at the Institute. The placements combined theoretical instruction and hands-on experience in the laboratory diagnosis of viral infections with training in biosafety principles for work involving microorganisms in pathogenicity groups 3 and 4.
Institute staff delivered lectures and practical seminars in accordance with the approved schedule. The programme covered laboratory diagnosis of the viral infections studied by the Institute’s research units, including HIV infection, respiratory and enteric viruses, vector-borne viruses and SARS-CoV-2. Alongside established diagnostic methods, the lectures presented newer scientific approaches.
During practical sessions in the research laboratories, the Ural Federal University students learned and applied methods for diagnosing viral infections.
The master’s students also took part in fieldwork and research activities.
At the end of the placement, Natalia Nikolaevna Mochulskaya, Candidate of Chemical Sciences and associate professor at Ural Federal University, thanked the Institute on behalf of the university’s Institute of Chemical Engineering and presented its director with a letter of appreciation, expressing hope for further cooperation.
