Ninth RASA-Amercia Conference Completed

The ninth RASA-America Conference held in American University and University of George Washington on November 2-4, 2018 in Washington, DC has completed its work. The Association’s Coordinating Committee added four new members – Tatiana Bronich (University of Nebraska Medical Center), Karina Kardenas (National Cancer Institute), Konstantin Sonin (University of Chicago), and Tatiana Tatarinova (University of La Verne). The Committee also includes Valery V. Fokin (University of Southern California), Alexander V. Kabanov, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Elena N. Atochina-Vasserman (University of Pennsylvania), Sergey Chasovskikh (Georgetown University), Igor R. Efimov (George Washington University), Vadim N. Gladyshev (Harvard Medical School), Yakov M. Korkhin (SciTech Legal), Vladimir D. Shiltsev (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Lyuba Varticovski (National Cancer Institute), Nikolay V. Vasilyev (Harvard Medical School), and Vladimir L. Zelman (University of Southern California). Alexander Kabanov became the 6th President of the Association. (All members of the coordinating committee participate in their individual capacity and do not represent their affiliated organizations.)

Russia needs to retain talents in country, provide development opportunities – Antonov

“WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – 03rd November, 2018) Russia needs to ensure that gifted people stay in the country and therefore, it should do everything possible to provide such people with opportunities to develop their potential in domestic institutions and research centers, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said Saturday.” More

Academician Kabanov becomes new president of Russian-American Science Association

“WASHINGTON, November 5. /TASS/. Russian American Scientist Alexander Kabanov has become the new President of the Russian-American Scientists Association (RASA-America), replacing Valery Fokin. The transfer of authority ceremony took place at a conference of the Russian-speaking scientific community held in Washington.” More

UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy: “Alexander Kabanov, Ph.D., Dr.Sci., assumed office as president of the Russian-American Scientists Association (RASA-America) on Nov. 5. Kabanov is the Mescal S. Ferguson Distinguished Professor and director of the Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and co-director of the Carolina Institute for Nanomedicine at UNC-Chapel Hill.” More