Moscow. Professor Alessia Bacchi from the Chemistry Department of the University of Parma has been invited to represent the European Crystallographic Association, of which she is the President, the First Russian Crystallographic Conference held in Moscow. The conference has registered more than 2000 participants, including over 800 Russian young crystallographers under the age of 35. During the conference the chairman of the Scientific Committee, Mikhail Kovalchuk, president of the Kurchatov Institute- which coordinates research in the areas of nuclear energy and nanotechnology in Russia- met Professor Bacchi to discuss the cooperation between Russia and the European crystallographic community. (9Colonne)
