Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology took part in the Olympiad training camp of the Lyceum of the National Research University HSE

From 23 to 30 June, the summer Olympiad training camp of the natural sciences track of the Lyceum of the National Research University Higher School of Economics was held.

Schoolchildren from grades 8-11 took part in the training camp. The students learnt the theory and had a lot of practice in the laboratories of the Technopark of Phystech-Liceum, where the training camp was held.

At the end of the camp, a lecture in the format of TED-Talks was organised, which was attended by graduates of the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Gleb Zinchenko gave a lecture on ‘How to detect and investigate a problem in science?’, and Anastasia Koval spoke about biotechnological obtaining of valuable enzymes using microorganisms cultivation. 

Also within the framework of the summer Olympiad training camp, a faculties festival was organised, where students made a presentation of the educational programmes ‘Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology’ and ‘Cognitive Neurobiology’, as well as organised a detective quest with biological tasks