On the 24^th of February, 2011 Volgograd State Medical University hosted Prof. Raul R. Gainetdinov, Senior Researcher, Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Italian Institute of Technology, Adjust Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Duke University (USA).  Prof. Raul R. Gainetdinov is the author of several patents in the USA and the European Union and more than 159 scientific publications.

Prof. Raul R. Gainetdinov made a presentation “Trace amine associated receptors (TAARs) as emerging therapeutic targets” and   delivered the lecture “Physiology and Pathology of Dopaminergic Neurotransmission”.