Topic: research

Research Days of the Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine will take place on 29–30 January 2026

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.

On 20 February 2026 Jana Uhlinova will defend her thesis “Vascular calcification and its associations with obesity and bone mineral density in chronic kidney disease”.

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.

On the 6th of February 2026 Kadri Klaos will defend her thesis "The thin-layer agar MDR/XDR-TB Colour Test: filling the gap in diagnosing tuberculosis from a laboratory perspective“.

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.