Topic: research

European research grant facilitates production of valuable fuels and chemicals using microbial cell factories
Kaspar Valgepea, Associate Professor of Gas Fermentation Technologies at the University of Tartu, will advance understanding of gas-consuming bacteria, supported by European Research Council grant funding.
04. February 2024 research
Doctoral defence: Norman Ilves „Risk factors and onset time of periventricular hemorrhagic infarction in preterm born children and periventricular venous infarction in term born children”
On February 14th Norman Ilves will defend his doctoral thesis „Risk factors and onset time of periventricular hemorrhagic infarction in preterm born children and periventricular venous infarction in term born children”.
05. February 2024 research
Diana Gabrielyan will defend her doctoral thesis „Essays on Inflation, Expectations and Central Bank Communication“
On 21 February at 14:00 Diana Gabrielyan will defend her doctoral thesis „Essays on Inflation, Expectations and Central Bank Communication“
02. February 2024 research
Conference to discuss three pillars of circular bioeconomy
Conference "Three Pillars of Circular Bioeconomy: Talent, R&D, and Technologies" took place at the Öpiku Conference Centre in Tallinn (Valukoja 8) on 12 and 13 February 2024.
Professor of Climate Science Piia Post gives inaugural lecture about global air cycle effects on weather in Estonia
On 15 February, Piia Post, Professor of Climate Science, will give the inaugural lecture "Atmospheric circulation as a dance of air across scales and the globe” in the assembly hall.
12. February 2024 research
Genetic diversity monitoring in Europe is incoherent and overlooks potential climate change impacts
Monitoring of the genetic diversity of wild species in Europe is inadequate and fragmented, according to an international study involving the University of Tartu published on 15 January.
25. January 2024 research
Monitoring of the just transition processes in Ida-Viru County has started
Over the next six years, researchers from the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology will study how Ida-Viru County transitions to a more sustainable economic model, what the region can evolve into, and how local decision-makers could best guide the transition.
Doctoral defence: Anneli Samel “Unveiling the characteristics of cancer-testis antigen MAGEA10”
On February 9 at 2:15 p.m., Anneli Samel will defend her doctoral thesis “Unveiling the characteristics of cancer-testis antigen MAGEA10”
23. January 2024 researchfor society
Lopsided galaxies shed light on the speed of dark matter
Astronomers at the University of Tartu Observatory figured out how to measure the speed of dark matter.
15. January 2024 research
Doctoral defence: Vladyslav Soloviov “The role of culture for innovative processes"
On 29 January at 15:00 Vladyslav Soloviov will defend his doctoral thesis “The role of culture for innovative processes“
11. January 2024 research