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June 20, 2026

Vera A. Khokhlova has been awarded the William and Francis Fry Honorary Fellowship

LIMU co-head, Vera A. Khokhlova, has been honored with the prestigious William and Francis Fry Honorary Fellowship (The Fry Award), the highest lifetime achievement award presented annually by the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU) to an individual for outstanding contributions to the development of HIFU.
May 23, 2026

LIMU student Nikita Gusev is one of the winners of the second‑year course work competition

At the end of May 2026, the Physics Faculty held an awards ceremony for the winners of the second-year student work competition. Among them was LIMU student Nikita Gusev with his coursework, supervised by Ekaterina Ponomarchuk, titled: "Pulsed ultrasound approach for recanalization and fractionation of gastric and esophageal cancer tumors: the first experimental ex vivo demonstration and investigation of the influence of tumor morphology".
April 16, 2026

LIMU at the International Youth Science Forum “Lomonosov-2026”

On April 16, 2026, the International Scientific Conference of Students, Postgraduates, and Young Scientists “Lomonosov-2026” was held at the Faculty of Physics of Lomonosov Moscow State University. Our 2nd–4th year students presented their results within the subsections “Acoustics” and “Medical Physics” and made a lasting impression on the competition committee, winning three first prizes for the best reports within their subsections!
February 14, 2026

LIMU at Oncoradiology congress – 2026

On February 13–14, 2026, the IX All-Russian Scientific and Educational Congress "Oncoradiology, Diagnostic Radiology, and Radiotherapy" was held in Moscow. Our research fellow, Ekaterina Ponomarchuk, participated as an invited speaker with an overview talk on "Tumor disintegration with high-intensity ultrasound."
December 17, 2025

LIMU at the Scientific Council meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences

On December 17, 2025, LIMU representatives Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, Vera A. Khokhlova, Pavel B. Rosnitsky, and Ekaterina M. Ponomarchuk spoke at the meeting of Scientific Council "Biomedical Physics and Engineering" at the Russian Academy of Sciences, dedicated to the development of technologies using high-intensity focused ultrasound in therapy and non-invasive surgery.
December 10, 2025

LIMU at the science forum “RadMed-2025”

On December 9–10, 2025, the II International Youth Science Forum "RadMed-2025" was held at Moscow State University. Our research fellow, Ekaterina Ponomarchuk, participated as an invited speaker with an overview talk on "Incisionless fractionation of soft tissues using pulsed high-intensity focused ultrasound".
October 24, 2025

Our first experiments on incisionless mechanical fractionation of human leiomyosarcoma have been published in the Q1-journal Ultrasonics

A top-rated journal Ultrasonics (Q1, IF 4.1) has published our paper titled "Non-thermal ultrasound-guided fractionation of human leiomyosarcoma with boiling histotripsy: an ex vivo feasibility study" on our pilot results of mechanical fractionation of human leiomyosarcoma with pulsed high-intensity focused ultrasound using boiling histotripsy. The study was performed in collaboration with the MSU University Clinic, Pulmonology Research Institute, and the Human Morphology Research Institute.
August 22, 2025

The Q1 journal Ultrasonics published an article with the results of our research in the field of transcranial therapeutic ultrasound

The high-ranking journal Ultrasonics (Q1, IF 4.1) published our paper on the study of the effect of alendronate therapy on skull density, structure, and the efficacy of focused ultrasound brain therapy. The research was conducted by LIMU research fellows, Alisa Krokhmal and Vera Khokhlova, along with PhD student Daria Chupova, in collaboration with the V.S. Buzaev International Medical Center.
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