Topic: research

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

The Human Genetics Research Group of the University of Tartu Faculty of Medicine has identified a gene whose defect may cause congenital heart malformations in the fetus.

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

In the recent call for the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants, University of Tartu researchers received funding for three projects: to study the climate impact of air pollution particles, the formation of cell patterns in plant leaves, and women’s hormonal sensitivity. Each grant amounts to nearly two million euros, and the projects last for five years.

As possible ways forward, participants proposed strengthening digital and health literacy, providing institutional support for professionals, and raising awareness among both healthcare workers and patients.

On 11 December at 16:00, Emmi Jennina Kaaya will defend her doctoral thesis, "The Ethics of Informed Consent in Open Science: From Autonomy to Fairness", for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Philosophy).

University of Tartu Professor of Nanomedicine Tambet Teesalu has become the first Estonian researcher to receive a Synergy Grant from the European Research Council, which supports collaboration of top-level research teams in tackling highly complex and ambitious scientific challenges.

Publications and patents of the Department of Physiology

The three-minute thesis competition for doctoral researchers, held at the University of Tartu Library on 22 October, featured 13 popular-science short lectures in Estonian and 14 in English.

Publications of the Department of Anatomy