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On September 25, laboratory staff memebers Mikhail Smirnov and Anna Moiseeva presented at the conference "Current Issues in Analytical Philosophy" in Tomsk.

Researchers at the Molecular Physiology Laboratory of HSE University presented results of a multidisciplinary investigation into preeclampsia, correlating single-cell sequencing data from placental tissue in early-onset preeclampsia with experimental hypoxia induction in cell models. For the first time, gene expression profiles in diseased placental samples were directly compared to the molecular response of trophoblasts subjected to chemical hypoxia induction using a novel oxyquinoline derivative.

The conference is dedicated to 15 years anniversary of the Ronald F. Inglehart Laboratory for Comparative Social Research.

On September 23, 2025, as part of the RSF project "Factors of Intensification of SME Resources under External Uncertainty" (Project No. 23-78-10149), the research team held its latest working seminar.

From September 11th to 15th, the Voronovo Educational Center hosted the International Laboratory for Social Integration Studies' autumn school, entitled "Women as Agents of Change in Turbulent Times: Reducing Risks and Expanding Opportunities." Students from HSE, MGIMO, and other higher education institutions. Participants listened to lectures by sociologists, anthropologists, economists, and philosophers on topics related to women's agency.

On September 17–20, 2025, the First Caucasus School on Experimental Research and Cognitive Sciences took place at the Gornaya Legenda venue of Adyghe State University (ASU). The event was organised by the ASU Experimental Linguistics Laboratory, the HSE Centre for Language and Brain, and the HSE Centre for Sociocultural and Ethnolinguistic Studies. The school brought together over 50 participants—students, doctoral candidates, and early-career researchers from across Russia, along with lecturers and speakers from France, Serbia, China, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.

Researchers from the Laboratory for Social and Cognitive Informatics at the National Research University Higher School of Economics — Saint Petersburg, together with colleagues from Krasnoyarsk Medical University, have completed one of the stages of a large-scale project studying the mechanisms of human communication. The results of the work have been published in the prestigious journal Hormones and Behavior.

The first Intervision song contest recently came to an end in Moscow. The winner was the Vietnamese entrant, Đức Phúc. The voting system for the contest was developed by Fuad Aleskerov, a renowned mathematician, expert in game theory and decision-making, and Distinguished Professor at HSE University. He shared the details with the HSE News Service.

On September 18 at 15:00, Maksim Evstigneev made a presentation at the research seminar of the Western Philosophy History sector titled "History of Philosophy: Heritage and Project."

From July 11-15, the 5th Forum on Sociology of the International Sociological Association was held in Rabat, Morocco. Representatives of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research presented papers alongside more than 4,000 participants.