Moscow Conference on
Computational Molecular Biology
(MCCMB'13)

MCCMB takes place at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, in the building of Biological Faculty.

See the map of the MSU campus with higlighted main points of MCCMB'13

Travel tips

Getting to the city center from airport

From each Moscow airport you can reach the city center by train. This train is called Aeroexpress (or "Аэроэкспресс" in Cyrillic) and goes without stops to one of the Moscow railway stations. One-way ticket costs 320 rubles (or 350 for train + 1 metro trip).The timetable and details about the train could be found here: http://www.aeroexpress.ru/en/.

If you go from the Sheremetyevo airport you arrive at "Belorusskiy vokzal", where you can change to "Belorusskaya" ("Белорусская") metro station, from Domodedovo train goes to "Paveletskiy vokzal",where you can change to "Paveletskaya" ("Павелецкая") metro station, from Vnukovo train goes to "Kievskiy vokzal", where you can change to "Kievskaya" ("Киевская") metro station.

Navigating in metro

Entrances of the metro stations are marked with big read letter "M". You can buy tickets in a metro hall in a ticket office or a ticket machine. There are two options:

• entry ticket for any type of public transportation (30 rubles for 1 trip),
• 90 minutes ticket (50 rubles for 1 trip).

Each metro line has its own color, so in most cases if you need to change the line, you can follow the signs with the color of the line you need to change to. But in some cases it doesn't work that way, so we recommend you to write down the Cyrillic name of the station you are travelling to, so that you could find it on the map or a sign.

Getting to the MCCMB'13 venue

The MCCMB'13 venue is located near the "Universitet" ("Университет") metro station. The exit from the station that you need is at the tail of the train (if you go from the city center).

It's about 20 minutes walk to the conference venue from there (see the map) or about 5 minutes by bus (187, 260, 130, 103, 113, 661, 47 or trolleybus 34) to the bus stop "Mendeleevskaya".

Traveling by taxi

To travel by taxi from the airports please book taxi only in official taxi offices, don't accept offers from independent drivers.

A cheaper option is to order taxi to the airport by yourself. Below you can find the list of taxi companies, where you can order a taxi in English:

• "Taxi 956" (http://www.taxi956.com/en): +7(495)956-8-956
• "New yellow taxi" (http://www.nyt.ru/en): +7(495)940-8888
• "Formula taxi" (http://www.formula-taxi.ru/en/about.html): +7(495)777-5-777

Credit cards

Credit cards are generally accepted in Russia. You can pay with credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, and their debit versions) in hotels, restaurants, and large stores. However, taxis, and all types of public transportation would not accept them, as well as small eateries.

The Russian alphabet

Unfortunately, the street names and also the names of the metro stations are not always translated in English, so here you can find a useful table, that will help you to read Russian letters.

Russian Character	English Equivalent	Sound
А а	А а	Like "a" in car
Б б	B b	Like "b" in bat
В в	V v	Like "v" in van
Г г	G g	Like "g" in go
Д д	D d	Like "d" in dog
Е е	YE ye	Like "ye" in yet
Е е	YO yo	Like "yo" in yonder
Ж ж	Zh zh	Like "s" in measure or pleasure
З з	Z z	Like "z" in zoo
И и	EE ee	Like "ee" in see
Й й	I i or Y y	like "y" in boy or toy
К к	K k	Like "k" in kitten, "c" in cat.
Л л	L l	Like "l" in light
М м	M m	Like "m" in mat
Н н	N n	Like "n" in no
О о	Stressed: O o	Like "o" in bore
	Unstressed: A a	Like "a" in car
П п	P p	Like "p" in pot
Р р	R r	Like "r" in run (rolled)
С с	S s	Like "s" in sam
Т т	T t	Like "t" in tap
У у	U u	Like "oo" in boot
Ф ф	F f	Like "f" in fat
Х х	H h, KH kh	Like "h" in hello
Ц ц	TS ts	Like "ts" in bits
Ч ч	CH ch	Like "ch" in chip
Ш ш	SH sh (hard)	Like "sh" in shut
Щ щ	SH sh (soft)	Like "sh" in sheep
Ъ ъ	Hard Sign	Letter before is hard
Ы ы	I i	Like "i" in ill
Ь ь	Soft Sign	Letter before is soft
Э э	E e	Like "e" in pet
Ю ю	YU yu	Like "u" in use or university
Я я	YA ya	Like "ya" in yard.

Subway (Metro) map

The subway map below shows the conference venue and some accommodation options with more or less convenient connections.