Rektor – The main character of the series is Lavrentiy Semenovich Timoshin, or simply Lavrik, a young, promising, but very anxious candidate of sciences who heads a serious biochemistry laboratory at a prestigious university and has been developing a cure for fear for several years. Mainly, his own fear. Lavrik is afraid of everything - scientific achievements, his mother's anger, love, and reforms in the university. The latter are not long in coming. The rector of the institute, Bogomolov, who has held this position for a long time, wants to pass on his post to the younger generation, and Lavrik is the best candidate. But will this position be a blessing for Lavrik and will it allow him to finally complete his research, especially when such drastic changes go far beyond career advancement?