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On 16 May, the Estonian Doctoral School Career Conference will be held in Tallinn to discuss the value of doctoral studies and the career prospects of doctoral students. All Estonian doctoral students and those interested in doctoral studies are welcome to attend.
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On 26 August, at 14:15 Liis Ermus will defend her doctoral thesis "The phonetic variation of plosives in Estonian".
On 30 September Marite Punapart will defend her thesis "Effects of Valproate and Liraglutide in Rodent Models of Wolfram Syndrome: Emphasis on Transcriptomic Changes in the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System".
Katrin Tomson-Johanson will defend her thesis "Impulsivity, serum lipids and serotonin-related functional gene variants" on 23 August 2024 at 12:00.
ENLIGHT is a network of ten European universities created in 2020. Promoting equitable quality of life, sustainability and global engagement through higher education transformation, the network offers various opportunities for students, professors, researchers, and staff members. The project focuses on six cross-cutting challenge domains: health and wellbeing, digitalisation, climate change, energy and circular economy, equity, and culture and creativity.
On 11 June, the Estonian Biobank, University of Tartu, launched the portal MinuGeenivaramu.
Karl Kruusamäe is fascinated by science at the frontiers of human knowledge: anything is possible. In his work, he is committed to developing collaboration between humans and robotics.
On 27 June at 12:15 Iman Dadras will defend his doctoral thesis “Low Power Neural Network-Based Control and Actuation Solutions for Insect-Scale Robots” for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Physical Engineering)
On June 20th 2024 Karl Kuusik will defend his thesis "Effects of remote ischaemic preconditioning on arterial stiffness, organ damage and metabolomic profile in patients with lower extremity artery disease".
Triinu Soomere defends PhD thesis „Doctoral students’ perspectives on learning about teaching in the higher education context“
