Topic: research

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Antibacterial coatings with short-term effect may fail over longer periods of time
Researchers from the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology of the University of Tartu have shown in a recently published study that antibacterial coatings which initially appear highly effective at destroying bacteria may lose their performance over time. Therefore, long-term testing is essential for developing the best antibacterial materials.
26 February 2026 research
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Doctoral defence: Ali Hakimzadeh "Long-read metabarcoding: from available tools to reference databases"
On 13 February at 10:15, Ali Hakimzadeh will defend his doctoral thesis "Long-read metabarcoding: from available tools to reference databases" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
02 February 2026 researchfor society
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PEAR-FINCH: A new breakthrough in 3D holographic imaging
A novel technological solution for improving the quality of 3D images was introduced in an article published in the Journal of Physics: Photonics by Shivasubramanian Gopinath, a doctoral student at the Institute of Physics.
30 January 2026 research
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Professor Yrjö Helariutta presents the potential of tree biology in dendroengineering at his inaugural lecture
On Tuesday, 10 February at 16:15, Yrjö Helariutta, Professor of Molecular Dendroengineering, will give his inaugural lecture titled "From Tree Biology to Dendroengineering" in the university's assembly hall.
22 January 2026 research
Doctoral defence Vineesh Nedumpally "Assembling the phylogenetic tree of northern European macroheteroceran moths"
On 30. January at 10:15 Vineesh Nedumpally will defend his doctoral thesis "Assembling the phylogenetic tree of northern European macroheteroceran moths" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Zoology and Ecology).
19 January 2026 researchfor society
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Annual Joint Conference 2025 in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genomics
On 22–23 January, the Annual Joint Conference 2025 in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genomics will take place in the auditorium of the University of Tartu Omicum building (Riia 23b/2–105).
14 January 2026 research
Doctoral defence: Daniel Majoral Lopez "Deep neural networks for microscopy images“
On January 23 at 11:00 Daniel Majoral Lopez will defend his doctoral thesis "Deep neural networks for microscopy images" to obtain the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Computer Science).
08 January 2026 research
Doctoral defence: Alice Fabbretto “Exploiting spaceborne imaging spectroscopy in optically complex waters for aquatic ecosystems mapping ”
On 21 January at 14:15 Alice Fabbretto will defend her doctoral thesis “Exploiting spaceborne imaging spectroscopy in optically complex waters for aquatic ecosystems mapping“ for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Environmental Technology).
07 January 2026 researchuniversity
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Doctoral defence: Heidi Taveter "Using Programming-Process Data of Introductory Programming Courses: Finding Solver Types, Giving Feedback, and Plagiarism Detection"
On January 20 at 11:00 Heidi Taveter will defend her doctoral thesis "Using programming-process data of introductory programming courses: finding solver types, giving feedback, and detecting plagiarism" to obtain the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Computer Science).
07 January 2026 research
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Doctoral defence: Viacheslav Komisarenko “Aligning Training Loss to Evaluation Metrics in Deep Learning“
On 13 January at 10:00 Viacheslav Komisarenko will defend his doctoral thesis “Aligning Training Loss to Evaluation Metrics in Deep Learning“.
29 December 2025 research