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For the best research and achievements in the field of science and technology on the topic “Multilevel modeling of the electric power system” Nurkhat Zhakiyev, a physicist at NU, the winner of the “100 New Persons of Kazakhstan” competition, was awarded the prize of the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy. As part of his research project with the support of the MES RK, a team of scientists improved methods of mixed-integer linear programming to develop a computer model of the power system of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Scientists at NU say that 30% of municipal solid waste in Astana could be recyclable, and another 10% of municipal solid waste potentially could be sorted to derived solid fuel for the city’s energy needs. These figures were obtained by a research group studying landfills in Astana for opportunities to obtain energy fuel from solid domestic waste.

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive memory loss, drastic changes in personality and behavior, and in the latter stages the patients are unable to carry even simple daily activities. There is evidence that AD might be associated with bacteria residing in our intestine.

ReLive – NU’s scientific start-up project on the rehabilitation of stroke patients will participate at a special event hosted by the UN. The special event entitled “The Role of Assistive Technology in Accelerating Learning and Participation of Children with Disabilities” will take place in Geneva, March 7-8, 2019.

Researchers of the National Laboratory Astana at NU launched the first high-performance bioinformatics computational platform in Kazakhstan for dealing with complexity of “big genomic data” and solving problems in the field of bioinformatics. – This platform uses “Qazaq symphony of bioinformatics” or Q-Symphony and other optimized bioinformatics methods to analyze large-scale human genomics data, to detect specific structural genomic variants, and to conduct complex comparative and population analysis.

President of NU, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools and member of the Board of Trustees of Nazarbayev Fund Mr. Shigeo Katsu appointed the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tsesnabank JSC.

The Investment Company of the Group of the Autonomous Organizations of Education NU, Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools and Nazarbayev Fund has acquired 99. 5% of Tsesnabank JSC shares on February 6, 2019First Heartland Securities JSC (further – FHS), an investment division of the financial holding company under the Group of the Autonomous Organizations of Education NU, Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools and Nazarbayev Fund, has acquired Tsesnabank JSC in accordance with a Framework Agreement established between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and prominent state holding companies, the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) , the previous shareholder of Tsesnabank, and FHS.

NU is pleased to announce that NU won the right to host “The Harvard College Project for Asian and International Relations 2019 Asia Conference” (HPAIR 2019 Asia Conference). NU won the very competitive international bidding process, surpassing other high-quality submissions from universities in Singapore, Japan, China, Taiwan and India.

On February 1, 2019, the National Institute of Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Justice of the RK and NU signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. The parties intend to cooperate in developing an innovation economy, human capital and high-tech knowledge in Kazakhstan.

What kinds of things inspire and drive scientists? How did they first come to be interested in science? How do they choose their research topics? Assiya Yermukhambetova, a Postdoctoral Scholar in the School of Engineering at NU School of Engineering addressed all of these questions in a recent interview. Assiya graduated from the University College London (London, UK) with Ph.