Topic: research

Neandertallaste DNA võib anda üllatavaid vastuseid küsimusele, miks on evolutsioonis alles jäänud geneetiline ajuhäirete risk
Rahvusvaheline töörühm analüüsis uuringus neandertallaste DNA seoseid enam kui saja ajuhäire ning une, suitsetamise või alkoholiga seotud käitumisharjumuse vahel.
06 October 2022 research
Doctoral students are invited to three-minute thesis competition
On 11 November, the university invites all doctoral students to the University of Tartu three-minute thesis competition to present their research to colleagues and the general public.
04 October 2022 research
Research news: financial well-being, dialect training for computers, vitamin D, and parasitic helminths 
The “Research news” section gives regular hints about interesting studies in various fields of research.
29 September 2022 research
Oliver Aasmets kaitseb doktoritööd „The importance of microbiome in human health“
17. oktoobril kell 14.15 kaitseb Oliver Aasmets molekulaarse biomeditsiini erialal doktoritööd „The importance of microbiome in human health“
29 September 2022 researchfor society
Large genomic study on stroke informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries
A large international collaborative study identifies association signals for stroke and its subtypes at 89 (61 new) independent genetic loci.
03 October 2022 sustainabilityresearch
Antibiotic resistance could be the biggest health crisis of this century
University of Tartu researchers studied the use of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in human and veterinary medicine and the spread of antibiotic residues in the environment.
27 September 2022 research
Research news: children's well-being, poetry structures, gut bacteria of 100-year-olds, and forest mortality
The "Research news" section gives regular hints about interesting studies in various fields of research.
01 September 2022 research
Tiit Tammaru gave two presentations at National University of Singapore
Tiit Tammaru, a professor of Urban and Population Geography and Head of the Chair of Human Geography at the Department of Geography, University of Tartu, visited the National University of Singapore.
Breeding of drought-tolerant plants reduces food shortages
Climate is changing, and persistent drought is a growing problem worldwide. Breeding more drought-tolerant and less water-intensive crop will reduce yield losses resulting from climate change.
26 September 2022 research
Silva Lilleorg kaitseb doktoritööd „Bacterial ribosome heterogeneity on the example of bL31 paralogs in Escherichia coli“
16. septembril kell 10.15 kaitseb Silva Lilleorg molekulaarbioloogia erialal doktoritööd „Bacterial ribosome heterogeneity on the example of bL31 paralogs in Escherichia coli“
23 August 2022 researchfor society