I got into neurobiology almost accidentally — at least I thought so at that time. I no longer see it as an accident now. After I graduated from the Faculty of Biology and completed my postgraduate course at the Department of Biochemistry of MSU, I got a position at the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences where I have been working ever since. I have come to realize that the brain is an absolutely fascinating thing that cannot be fully cognizable and therefore remains a permanent attraction for scientists and a perpetuum mobile of scientific research. What is the secret to brain plasticity? What are the mechanisms of its amazing adaptivity? What breaks in the brain of patients with neurological and mental disorders? To what extent can we model those “breakages”? What can be studied in the clinical setting? How can we bring experiments into the clinical setting and verify their results with our clinical findings to better understand the underlying mechanisms of various pathologies. Our research area is very interesting and holds promise for discoveries that will definitely be useful even in the long run. Tremendous work that has been carried out in this area worldwide is already yielding the first results: we start to understand the mechanisms of a number of cerebral pathologies and can elaborate approaches to their treatment. What is also important is that neurobiology and translational medicine have something for everyone, be it a biologist, a chemist, a physicist or a doctor. The more diverse is a team, the more effectively they work, because team members share their opinions and knowledge and learn to use different technologies, gaining new experience and thus ensuring success of interdisciplinary research.