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Today, on 26 April 2018, the 263-member electoral council elected Professor of Neurosurgery Toomas Asser as rector of the University of Tartu with 187 votes.

University of Tartu graduate schools hold an orientation session on September 20, 2018, that aims to give our doctoral students a better understanding of grants and resources available after receiving their PhD. Doctoral students and supervisors from all faculties are welcome!

For the first time, the University of Tartu reached the top 50 in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences in the reputable Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as the Shanghai Ranking.

You are invited to attend a seminar by Dr. Diego Bohorquez (Duke University, USA) entitled “How your brain makes sense of food in the gut”. Diego grew up in a farm in the Ecuadorian Amazonia. In 2005, began a Ph.D. in Nutrition at NC State University and realized the profound influence the gut exerts on the brain and behaviors. In 2010, he began Postdoctoral Training in Neurogastroenterology at Duke University and discovered that the cells that sense food and microbes in the gut are hardwired to the brain, opening an entire new field in gut-brain biology.

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Estonian researchers have developed an innovative method of medical genetics that will enable non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) to be carried out soon in Estonia. NIPT is like an insurance policy, providing reliable genetic testing about fetal chromosomal health already at an early phase of pregnancy. An advanced genetic testing laboratory location on site strengthens the diagnostics sector in Estonia.

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The members of the “conect4children” (c4c) initiative announced the start of a large collaborative paediatric network that will facilitate the development of new drugs and other therapies for the entire paediatric population in Europe.

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The University of Tartu team ResDec received a second place at the pitching competition of the international business development programme Network Globally, Act Locally (NGAL®) and award of $ 2,500.

This year, an exclusive business development program NGAL® (Network Globally, Act Locally) takes place from 4th to 15th June, engaging five universities from USA and Estonia. The program starts with the boot camp at UT IdeaLab and ends with a launch-camp in Nebraska, USA. University of Tartu will be represented by two teams: STARTER program graduate CarZam and the rEstFind.

UT scientists are developing medicines suitable for newborns and young children and studying the suitability of existing drugs because there is a great need for pharmaceutical preparations meant for young patients. Currently, children often need to use adult medicines that have been adapted for them but which may also contain excipients unsuitable for children.

At the award ceremony of the L’Oreal Fellowship Programme for Women in Science, held at the Latvian Academy of Sciences in Riga on 5 June, five laureates of the fellowship were announced. The only Estonian to receive the 6000-euro fellowship was Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow Karin Kogermann of the University of Tartu Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pharmacy. In her research, Kogermann focuses on enhancing the treatment of chronic wounds by designing and making smart nanofibre-based wound dressings.

In the editorial of the journal Eesti Arst, six directors of hospitals of Tartu and Tallinn published their idea to join Tartu University Hospital, Tallinn Children’s Hospital and North Estonia Medical Centre into a consortium, which by 2025 would result in a single university hospital with campuses in Tartu and Tallinn.

At the Demo Day, the University of Tartu recognised researchers who have made a great contribution to the development of enterprising university. The title of entrepreneurial researcher was awarded to Visiting Professor of the Cancer Biology Research Group Tambet Teesalu and Professor of Ichtyology and Fisheries of the Estonian Marine Institute Toomas Saat.

From May 13-18, 2018 The Doctoral School of Clinical Medicine and the Clinical Research Centre are organizing the course „Research methods for clinical trials: A short course in design and management of clinical trials“ to PhD students of the Faculty of Medicine.

We kindly invite doctorate students of the Faculty of Medicine to participate in Science Day held by Faculty of Medicine at 25.–26.05.2018 in Vehendi motell. This year our key presenter is prof Mart Saarma from University of Helsinki Institute of Biotechnology. Science Day is excellent way for PhD students to practise presenting your scientific work and network with other PhD students.

You are invited to join the lecture by Professor Anne Agur (PhD, University of Toronto, Canada) on Friday, 27 April at 13:00 at A. Linkbergi auditorium (Puusepa Street 8) titled „Peripheral sensory nerve blocks and radiofrequency ablation: An alternative pain management strategy".

An international hackathon devoted to finding innovative solutions in the fields of bioeconomy, biotechnology and biomedicine will take place on 27th-28th of April 2018 in SPARK (Narva mnt. 3, Tartu, Estonia) a HUB of the start-up community in Southern Estonia.

As a result of more than 20 years of research by the scientists at the University of Tartu, the lactic acid bacteria strain ME-3, known for the last 15 years as the bacteria Hellus added to the dairy products of Tere, has now reached Estonia’s pharmacies.