site.btaBulgarian Academy of Sciences to Offer Courses in Robotics and DNA

Two courses, entitled “Robotics and the Internet of Things” and “Latest Facts about the DNA Structure in Gametes” will be organized by the School Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (SchI-BAS). They will include a practical part during which the mentors will distinguish the best students, said BAS.

These students will be awarded a book of their choice from the BAS publishing house or a voucher of up to 50 leva to shop online.

The “Robotics and the Internet of Things” webinar (taking place on March 12 and 19) will be led by Dr Denis Chikurtev (from the BAS Institute of Information and Communication Technologies), who will present various types of robots, their construction, as well as the technologies used to program and build the machines. Participants will also be able to learn about the working principles behind different sensors and microcontrollers used in robotics and the internet of things.

The second course, entitled “Latest Facts about the DNA Structure in Gametes” will be taught by Associate Prof. Desislava Abadjieva from the BAS Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction on March 13 and March 20. Students will learn about the structure of DNA and the options for reproduction among mammals. The cells that make the reproduction of all living things possible are called gametes, and their quality is vital. Even more important is the hereditary information that they carry, BAS said, adding that it can be damaged by a number of internal and external factors. Whether DNA in male gametes can be repaired and whether its damage gets transferred to the female egg cell in case of insemination are questions which the lectures will focus on. The courses will look into the structure of DNA and the “repairing” of chromatin.