Переводчик Будаева Алина Борисовна

The interaction of six low-molecular tissue-clearing agents (1,2 and 1,3-propanediol, ethylene glycol, glycerol, xylitol, sorbitol) with the collagen mimetic peptide (GPH)3 was studied by applying the methods of classical molecular dynamics (GROMACS), molecular docking (AutoDock Vina) and quantum chemistry (PM6 and DFT / B3LYP). The spatial configurations of intermolecular complexes are determined and interaction energies are calculated. The dependence of the volume occupied by the peptide collagen in an aqueous solution on the clearing agents concentration is calculated. This dependence is not linear, and is maximum for almost all the agents in question. The correlations between the optical clearing potential and such intermolecular interactions parameters as the amount of time of agents being in a hydrogen communication state, the relative probability of a double hydrogen binding formation and interaction energies are determined.

The Kremlin_the beginning

Today we can see the main halidom of the city in its original beauty. However immediately after the Revolution there was no admittance – the Kremlin became a military post where the units of the Red Guard were forming. The besieged tower remembered its original aim during the counterrevolutionary rebellion.


The Lenin Square

The main square of the city crowns one of the central streets which is also named after the revolutionary leader. It was built for the 400 year anniversary of Astrakhan, in 1958, with a 17-meter giant made from granite and bronze as its main component – the Lenin statue. In 2008 the square changed significantly but the place of the leader made in bronze remained immovable.

S. Kirov monument

One of the central streets and squares in Astrakhan is named after the revolutionary Sergey Kirov (1886-1934), who headed the city defense during the difficult times. In June 1919 the threat of a total besiegement by the white Russians seemed to be imminent. However Kirov, supported by the community, refused to fulfill Trostki’s order.
The Kirov Street

A virtual class with the experts from the Directorate General for Interpretation of the European Commission took place on May 30. The conference was one of the last for the second year MA students, as very soon they will take the final exams and obtain their coveted diplomas. It is not that everything has just started for the first year MA students: since September, they have also participated in the virtual classes one by one, taking a shot at consecutive and simultaneous interpretation during such classes. Fernando Leitão, the Head of the E-Learning sector at DG SCIC, was the moderator of the conference; Antoinette Legrand and Michael Somers were the speakers and the assessors who evaluated our students’ interpretations, as well as Liam Long, who will come to Astrakhan in two-week time to be the member of the State Assessment Committee during the final examination.

uB-oSs_pXpEThe Caspian Higher School of Interpreting and Translation was represented by Nataliya Tutarinova, Yuliya Ibragimova, Elena Yakovleva and Alfiya Salkhenova, who also delivered speeches and commented on students’ performance.Familiar faces are on both sides of the screen, but speech topics are never the same. This time our students succeeded in practicing their interpreting skills in truly different topics – from positive and negative effects of wine to the question of whether we need prisons. It’s worth noticing that the class wasn’t limited to the Russian and English language combination; the French language was also practiced by the MA students Svetlana Zaitseva and Anastasia Antonova.This type of class is very rewarding because – and this time is not an exception – there are pure customers (those listeners who don’t understand the source language, and therefore can assess only the interpretation) among the participants, and also the assessors who can give valuable feedback on the message of the interpretations, as well as on the students’ presentations. We are looking forward to meeting with our colleagues from Brussels again!