MENA Universities Summit 2021

Nurturing global talent and research excellence

This three-day virtual summit will examine how a global education can provide research and creative opportunities for students that concurrently wield positive social impact for the region. We will focus on higher education teaching and research models for the MENA region, while sharing global perspectives on how to nurture a talent pipeline.

Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 7:45am to Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 1:00pm
New York University Abu Dhabi

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Modern medicine has to be portable. ETU "LETI" creates algorithms and devices for healthcare of the future.

Personalized medicine is the future that we partially have right now. However, it cannot exist without state-of-the-art equipment. Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI” – one of the leading Russian universities of technology – has developed algorithms and technology that allow to approach health care and health protection in a modern way.

ETU “LETI” researchers propose to diagnose and treat COVID-19 using peptides.

Researchers from Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI” are developing an innovative method for COVID-19 express-diagnostics and treatment, using peptides spatially complementary to the coronavirus spike protein.

Over 4 million people all over the world have contracted the new coronavirus infection and the virus has claimed over 300,000 lives. Researchers from various countries are now developing a vaccine and a cure that would help stop the pandemic from taking over the planet.