Research

Research structure — 8 institutes
  • Institute of Metabolic Syndrome
  • Heart and vessel Institute
  • Institute of Endocrinology
  • Institute of Experimental Medicine
  • Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Polenov Neurosurgery Institute
  • Institute of Oncology and Hematology
  • Institute of Perinatology and Pediatrics
Core facilities
Biobank
  • Digital biobank
  • Specimen storage
AI center
  • Application development
  • Digital transformation
Technology transfer center
  • Intellectual property
  • Business models
Research staff
64
Labs
477
scientists
126
technicians and general staff
307
PhDs
78
professors
Key research areas
Metabolic syndrome and related disorders
Obesity, fat tissue browning, heart failure with preserved EF, metabolically associated liver disease, chronic kidney disease, polygenic risk scales, CHIP, LOY, low grade inflammation, etc
Rare and underdiagnosed diseases
Cardiomyopathies, congenital diseases, calcification, autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases
Neurostimulation and regeneration
DBS, VNS, spinal cord trauma, autonomic dysfunction
Oncology
CAR-T, biclonal antibodies, cardiooncology, visualization, radiopharmacy and theranostics
Key successful projects

World-class Research center 2020-2025

Mission and goal

To create a biomedical R&D ecosystem that will develop and implement diagnostic and treatment technologies based on personalized medicine, including the assessment of genetic risks, methods of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics, disease modelling, genome editing and drug development for gene therapy, biomedical cell products to improve the medical care quality and reduce mortality in cardiovascular diseases, metabolic comorbidities, cancer, selected infectious diseases, as well as in genetic diseases, including rare and undiagnosed diseases.

4 areas of research and development
Research areas diagram
WCRC for personalized medicine: year in numbers
Publications
Q1-2: 142
Scopus: 187
Innovations
12 Patents
3 drugs + 3 new Radiopharmacy
2 vaccines
6 mobile applications and DSS
Staff
220 leading researchers (84 foreign)
33 PhDs
44 Labs and Departments
Transfer
2 license agreement for drugs
% medical devices with AI registered and implemented in practice
Impact on clinical Medicine
New radiopharmacy of prostate cancer
12 items included in national clinical guidelines
Education
18 new education programmes
14 PhDs
28 new scientists and 2 new labs with young leaders
Publications and intellectual property

The Boiling Point of Almazov Centre – a point of attraction for young entrepreneurs

About 10,000 scientific, educational, and university technology entrepreneurship events

Participation in RF Youth grant projects and all-Russian competitions of the Innovation Support Fund

2025-2026
23 projects in the field of technological entrepreneurship
2025
6 projects won the All-Russian Student Startup Competition
2026
18 applications were submitted for the Student Startup Competition