Pushchino (Russian:Пу́щино) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia 100 km south of Moscow. Its population is approximately 20,000. It is an academic research center focusing on microbiology. Research institutes comprising the scientific center include:
RAS Institute of Protein Research (http://www.protres.ru)
Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology (http://home.impb.psn.ru/)
Institute of cell biophysics
Institute of biochemistry and physiology of microorganisms
Institute of theoretical and experimental biophysics
Pushchino State University and a branch of Moscow State University
Pushchino is situated on the bank of the Oka river, opposite the Prioksko-Terrasny Biosphere Reserve.
History
Pushchino existed since the 16th century as a family estate after the land was awarded to the Pushchin family around the year 1500. The area was selected in 1956 as a site for a scientific research center for the Russian Academy of Science. It was incorporated as a city in 1966. To disambiguate with a small town near Chekhov, also in the Moscow Oblast, the city is sometimes referred to as Pushchino-na-Oke (Pushchino on Oka).
External links
City of Pushchino municipal administration (http://www.pushchino.ru/)
"Puschino was created as an academic research town in the early 1960's," explains Richard Lesczynski, a teacher at Sidwell and director of the Russian exchange.
"Puschino is as large as NIH, the populations are similar, and scientists from both places study biology, physics, biochemistry and genetics."
In Puschino, the American students learned about horticultural and genetic research, of which Russian scientists are especially proud.
Description: KEIs unique "Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Research Program" at the Puschino Science Center (part of the Russian Academy of Science) is for motivated undergraduate and graduate students (as well as high school and pre-college students) interested in doing intensive research focused on science, medicine, math, engineering, and/or technology.
The Puschino Science Center (Russian Academy of Science) is Russia's premier research facility -- consisting of 9 institutes with hundreds of laboratories and departments.
A meal plan must be purchased as well, for $400 USD which includes 3 meals daily (2 are taken at the Hotel Puschino).
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