Topic: research

New data reveal a major conservation gap for networks of underground fungi that sustain plants, carbon flows, and soil health.

On the evening of 26 September, everyone is welcome to the Delta Study Building for Researchers’ Night.

The company Trigon OÜ has decided to integrate into its accounting software a solution developed during a machine learning course at the University of Tartu’s Institute of Computer Science.

During this spring and summer, the University of Tartu received a record number of applications for doctoral studies. Out of 1,043 applications, 204 were submitted by applicants from Estonia and 839 by international applicants. Compared to last year, the number of applicants from Estonia increased by 19%.

On 2 September at 14:15 Tarmo Puurand will defend his doctoral thesis “Human genome studies with k-mer frequencies” for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Bioinformatics.

Professor Marlon Dumas from the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science received the European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grant, which is designed to help researchers bridge the gap between the results of their pioneering research and the early phases of its commercialisation or societal application.

The UNCAN-Connect project (Decentralized Collaborative Network for Advancing Cancer Research and Innovation), led by the Estonian Cancer Network (ESTCAN) at the University of Tartu, aims to establish an international cancer data sharing platform to facilitate cancer prevention, monitoring, research, and treatment.

Tartu Ülikooli teadlased hakkavad uurima, kui palju kahjulikke aineid on Eesti eri piirkondade inimeste organismi ümbritsevast keskkonnast sattunud.

The Axiom Mission 4 was launched from Kennedy Space Center on 25 June at 9:31, delivering volcanic algae to the International Space Station (ISS) for an experiment for which key electronic components were developed at Tartu Observatory.

Leho Tedersoo, Professor of Mycorrhizal Studies at the University of Tartu, has received the Advanced Grant from the European Research Council to systematise and describe members of the 95% majority of previously unclassified microscopic fungi, and other eukaryotic organisms not yet included in the current tree of life system. Using the kingdom Fungi as an example, a new system for DNA-based classification of organisms can then be created.