HSE University researchers have become the first in the world to discover genetic predisposition to severe COVID-19. The results of the study were published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology.

Nikita Kazeev holds a Candidate of Sciences degree in Computer Science and a PhD in Physics. He is a Research Fellow at the LAMBDA Laboratory and works at CERN. In an interview with HSE News Service, he talked about what it was like to defend his dissertation in a double doctoral degree programme at HSE University and Sapienza University of Rome, what it is like to conduct research in Geneva, and why it is imperative to communicate with colleagues.

On February 11, the international community celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. In the spirit of the holiday, we spoke with three formidable female professors of geography about their research interests and career trajectories, the challenges they have faced, the issues facing today’s female researchers, and the personal qualities that are needed to succeed in academia.