Biography
Irina Yakutenko is a microbiologist, a journalist, the author of two books that have become popular thanks to a simple and uncomfortable language, with which the writer argues about complex scientific concepts. Under the conditions of a pandemic, Yakutenko, as lightweight sensible and logic, promptly comments on the news about coronavirus and vaccines, thus reducing the degree of panic and ignorance. With the help of the video blog "Bodyful News" and the Agency "Kettle Russell", Irina popularizes science in wide circles.Childhood and youth
Irina Igorevna Yakutenko was born on November 25, 1983 in an intelligent family: Father - physicist, mother - engineer, both devoted life to science. Bookcases of parents were packed with textbooks and reference books on technical disciplines, and young Irina heard the parents discuss not images of Vronsky and Anna Karenina, but scientific articles, discoveries and, of course, politics.
"One of the books that I was terribly liked in childhood," the collection "Physics jokes" 1966, "said Yakutenko.She admitted that, although he read the book "Physics jokes" rather early and the Gikov humor of scientists understood not to the end, the collection turned over the world of the future writer.
After school, Irina continued to education at the Biological Faculty of MSU named after Lomonosov. At that time, the study seemed entertaining, but, having mercy on the molecular biologist to the third year, the student suddenly bored - the specialty lost a romantic fler for the girl.
"Just scientists are engaged in the fact that one small thing is deeply digging: they take a narrow topic and find out everything about it, but I'm not close in a warehouse."A familiar professor invited Yakutenko to work in Portugal, and the girl decided to try his happiness in the hope that the problem was the complexity of Russian science, and not the science as a whole. However, the feeling that she is not in its place, remains. Finally disappointed and deciding that it does not want to be a researcher, Irina Igorevna returned to Russia.
Yakutenko found the work of the news editor on the site "Lenta.ru" and a week later realized that it was stupid not to use the experience and knowledge acquired at the university. After having quickly examining the necessary sources and sobering in controversial moments, she became a scientific journalist of the site and worked at this place for another 7 years. Reading books, watching movies, meetings and communication with remarkable people, photographing - all this Irina managed to adapt to a new profession.
Science and journalism
Soon, Irina got a job as an editor to the Scientific and Popular Portal "Cherdak" - the brainchild of the news agency TASS and the Ministry of Education and Science, whose goal is to introduce the audience with the latest world inventions and discoveries. Later, the girl was headed by the Department of Natural Sciences in the news agency "Around the World".Soon, Jacutenko founded his own scientific research institute "Kettle Russell", which publishes articles about children, bad habits, medical history, modern studies and other fascinating facts from various areas of knowledge.
Along the way, the enlightement wrote a number of scientific materials and lectures, became the author and the leading weekly video blog "Bodyful News".
In 2017, Irina's first book was published - "Will and Self-control: as genes and brain prevent us from fighting the temptations." From that moment on, a new stage began in the biography of the journalist. In the best-selling, the writer is considering the problem of self-control, the influence of the purposefulness and genetic predisposition on him, answering the question why some people are volitional, and others are frantic. It gives readers a recommendation, as mentally "pumping out" and get rid of bad habits, if not lucky with heredity.
In November 2020, the Alpina Non-Fikshn publisher released the second author of Irina Yakutenko - "the virus that broke the planet. Why SARS-COV-2 is so special and what to do with it. " On the pages of the new book, the microbiologist gathered valuable basic information about the biology of the virus, pathogenesis and the main strategies for the treatment of the disease, as well as the principles on which vaccines from coronavirus are made. The book entered the list of the "Enlightener" award of 2021.
At the same time, Irina reads lectures in universities, at the book and scientific festivals on the topic "Genetics and Neurobiology of Slab," leads master classes on scientific journalism and specialized courses.
Among other things, the expert collaborates with an independent radio station "Silver Rain", on the air of which Irina gladly shared with the audience of research on the use of Nobel laureates in the use of Nobel laureates, told whether to be vaccinated, and dispelled the most popular "vaccinative" fears. In collaboration with Radio "Echo Moscow", a molecular biologist disaccues articles and rumors about the vaccine "Satellite V", gives an interview and responds to the main questions about vaccination.
In 2021, from under the pen of pleiads of authoritative scientists, among which Irina Yakutenko, the book "Brain. About the most mysterious area - leading experts of the country. " In this book, experts from the peripheral areas of science have advanced entertaining hypotheses and theories on how the human brain works and works.
Personal life
Irina Yakutenko is married to Vyacheslav Makarenko, the couple raises two children. The daughter of Zoya visits the garden in Germany. The writer does not sharpen attention to his personal life, preferring to concentrate on much more significant issues from its point of view.
Irina Yakutenko now
Now the journalist lives with her husband in Berlin. She leads an account in Facebook, where publishes the latest news and photos. Also, her lectures devoted to vaccination, pandemic and the latest trends in the fight against the virus are posted on the official page of the Berlin House of Science and Culture in "Instagram".In addition, Irina is developing the Yutiub-channel "and that from that" and the telegrams-channel "Sunbound Masonry", continues to work in the Popularizing Agency "Kettle Russell".
Bibliography
- 2017 - "Will and self-control: like genes and brain prevent us from fighting the temptations"
- 2020 - "The virus that broke the planet: Why Sars-Cov-2 is so special and what to do with it"
- 2021 - "Brain. About the most mysterious area - leading experts of the country "(in collaboration)