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

N 49 (2784) December 2010

	NEWS
	THE INSTITUTE OF PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTH OF THE SB RAS MARKS ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY Congratulations of the SB RAS Presidium.
	A QUARTER CENTURY OF ACADEMIC SCIENCE IN TYUMEN The Institute of Problems of Development of the North of the SB RAS will be 25 in December 2010. A quarter century - is it too much or too little for a scientific institute? The question is rhetorical, especially if take into account, what period in the history of our country these years fell on.
	OPENING OF REPRESENTATION OF THE MONGOLIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN IRKUTSK A solemn opening of Representation of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences has taken place in Irkutsk in the building of the ISC SB RAS Presidium on December 7.
	THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN CONCLUDED The agreement on cooperation has been signed in Gorno-Altaisk between the Chairman of the Siberian Branch of the RAS Academician Alexander Leonidovich Aseev and acting Chairman of the Government of Altai Republic Sergey Mikhotarovich Tevonyan.
	GORNYI ALTAI: THE SCIENCE TO BE USEFUL The word «Altai» for Siberian is probably the most meaningful placename. For many of us the words «Gornyi Altai» and «tourism» are nearly synonyms...
	FROM THE HONOURED CONSTELLATION OF SIBERIAN GEOLOGISTS Peter Khrenov, the known Siberian geologist, the Honoured Geologist of RSFSR, Doctor of Sciences (Geology and Mineralogy) will be 90 on December 15.
	CELEBRATING LASER’S ANNIVERSARY Scientific and technical discoveries also have anniversaries. And the first laser in which a ruby was used as the active medium and which included an optical resonator was first demonstrated in 1960.
	DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS – THE DEMAND OF OUR TIME The XIII Conference «Distributed Informational and Computational Resources (DICR-2010)» has been held at the Institute of Computational Technologies of the SB RAS from November 30 through December 3.
	CONFERENCE OF PERSONS CELEBRATING THEIR JUBILEE YEAR The All-Russian Conference «XXIX Siberian Heat Physics Seminar» hosted by Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics of the SB RAS in association with the RAS Branch of Energy, Engineering, Mechanics and Control Processing and the Novosibirsk State University has been held in late November.
	ALL FACETS OF THE COAL INDUSTRY PROBLEMS The Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference hosted by the University of Pittsburgh has taken place in Istanbul from October 11 through October 14.
	NEW AND NONCONVENTIONAL MINERAL DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN ULAN-UDE The All-Russian Scientific - Practical Conference «New and Unconventional Types of Mineral Deposits of Pribaikalye and Zabaikalye» has taken place within the framework of the Exhibition - Forum «Mineral Deposits of Buryatiya - 2010» on November 10-12.
	THE YOUTH EARTH SCIENCES CONFERENCE: CONTINUITY OF GENERATIONS The Fifth Siberian International Earth Sciences Conference of young scientists has completed its work.
	INNOVATION POWER ENGINEERING The Second Scientific - Practical Conference with the international participation «Innovation Power Engineering» has taken place in Novosibirsk on November 10-12.
	LESSONS FOR ADULTS The III Congress of Education Employees of Siberia: «Education - a Resource of Innovative Development of Siberia» has taken place in Tomsk on November 25-26.
	BIOTECHNOPARK IN KOLTSOVO: THE CONCEPT HAS BEEN APPROVED The Novosibirsk area government has approved the concept of the program of setting up Technopark in the sphere of biotechnologies in the Koltsovo Science City.
	VACANCIES
	THE EXPERT FOR MINERAL RESOURCE USAGE Shaklein S.V., Leading Researcher of the Institute of Coal of the SB RAS has been appointed the Head of the first in Russia branch of the Society of Experts of Russia for Mineral Resource Usage.
	THERE ARE WOMEN IN OUR SIBERIA Highly respected Susanna Pavlovna Kudrina will be 100 on December 9.
	GETTING BACK TO ANDREY POZDEEV A big exhibition of paintings of Andrey Pozdeev (1926-1998), the Krasnoyarsk artist, has taken place in Exhibition Hall of the House of Scientists of the Academgorodok from November 23 through December 19.
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