Topic: research

Registration is now open for the University of Tartu’s three-minute thesis competition for doctoral researchers, which will take place on 21 October at the University of Tartu Library. The deadline for registration is 12 October.

The 25th International Gene Forum will take place on 25–26 August at the Estonian National Museum.

This autumn, doctoral researchers of the University of Tartu will again have the opportunity to participate in the three-minute thesis competition. The competition will be held on 21 October in the conference hall of the University of Tartu Library.

Together with international colleagues, Laura Lõo, Junior Research Fellow of Public Health at the University of Tartu, has developed new models that help identify disease risk even before symptoms appear.

The call for applications for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships is open until 9 September 2026. In April and May, the Estonian Research Council (ETAG) will host info sessions to help prospective applicants prepare their applications.

Jana Uhlinova showed in her doctoral thesis, that in chronic kidney disease, vascular calcification occurs most frequently in obese patients and with reduced kidney function.

Tartu Ülikooli inimese geneetika töörühm tuvastas geeni, mille defekt võib põhjustada lootel südame väärarendeid. MGRN1 geeni pole varem seostatud inimese varajase arengu ega ühegi haigusega.

Speaker application is open until April 1 for TEDxUniversity of Tartu.

Researchers from the Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of Tartu have developed an artificial intelligence-based machine learning model that enabled the relapse risk of endometrial cancer to be assessed before surgical intervention.

In 2025, the study that drew the most attention in public digital channels was led by Professor of Botany Meelis Pärtel and confirms the negative effect of human activity on wildlife biodiversity.