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The newly published magazine EXCITE, the Estonian Centre of Excellence in ICT Research, summarises the activities of the centre of excellence to date, and also takes a look at the future of the field of ICT through the eyes of researchers. Browse the magazine here.

University of Tartu PhD student Nurlan Kerimov led by his supervisor Lecturer of Bioinformatics Kaur Alasoo developed a search engine for geneticists, which works like Google Maps: given genetic coordinates associated with a disease, it finds which gene is likely to cause the disease and in which tissue. Also read the article in Nature Genetics. Read further in our blog.

This week’s results of the waste water monitoring study led by the University of Tartu show a continuous increase in the amount of coronavirus. The virus level is the highest in samples collected from southern Estonia. Since last week, a notable increase has also occurred in Harju and Ida-Viru County.

The sTARTUp Day business festival takes place at the Estonian National Museum from 25 to 27 August. More than 150 inspiring speakers get on stage in the three-day programme, and over 100 business ideas will be presented to entrepreneurs and investors. For the third time, the University of Tartu is leading the "Science to Business" programme. The university's research-based spin-offs and success stories of business cooperation are introduced in the demo area.

This week’s waste water analysis shows that over the week, the coronavirus has spread more evenly across Estonia. There are no settlements with extremely large virus amounts on the map but the number of places with small virus amounts has decreased.

The results of a study conducted with the participation of researchers from the University of Tartu will enable couples struggling with infertility to be treated more effectively in the future. The researchers found that the progesterone supplements used to promote pregnancy in infertility treatment cause different reactions than expected in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome, including inflammatory effects in uterine mucosal cells.

On Friday, 13 August, the University of Tartu and H2Electro OÜ, a subsidiary of Thule Capital AS, signed a research and development contract under which researchers of the University of Tartu Institute of Chemistry led by Professor Enn Lust will build an electrolyser based on novel technology.

This week’s results of the waste water analysis led by the University of Tartu indicate that the concentration of coronavirus in waste water is moderate to high across Estonia. The highest increase has taken place in Tartu.

This week the vaccination team from the University of Tartu Hospital will share information about coronavirus vaccinations on Car Free Avenue. The vaccination team will be present on July 27 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., on July 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on July 30 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The team can answer questions. It is possible to print out a digital vaccination certificate on site for those who have been vaccinated but do not have the opportunity to print one themselves.

This week’s results of the waste water analysis led by the University of Tartu confirm that coronavirus is increasingly spreading throughout Estonia. The amount of virus is moderate to large in the majority of larger sampling sites.

We'd like to start teaching and studies in the autumn as normally as possible and meet face to face in class, and therefore it is important that as many of our new and returning students and university staff as possible are vaccinated. The nearest vaccination locations can be found on the website vaktsineeri.ee.

According to the respondents, the University of Tartu diploma is highly valued in the labour market, and high-level research is done and excellent education is offered at the university.

One of this year’s 6,000-euro young talent awards of the L’Oreal Baltic For Women in Science Programme was granted to Mari-Ann Lind, University of Tartu doctoral student in animal ecology.

Today, the world’s first autonomous hydrogen vehicle, created by the Estonian enterprise Auve Tech in cooperation with University of Tartu researchers, was presented to the public for the first time in Tartu. The first passenger on the hydrogen vehicle was the President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid.

To encourage researchers to apply for European Research Council grants, the Grant Office has developed and is piloting a 10,000-euro UT ERC Incentive Grant. Its purpose is to free up the applicant’s time for writing a research grant application. The first call for applications takes place in the autumn already and will involve up to 20 researchers.

The presentation of the first autonomous hydrogen vehicle in the world, created by the Estonian enterprise Auve Tech in cooperation with University of Tartu researchers, takes place in front of the main building of the University of Tartu (Ülikooli 18) on Monday, 5 July at 11. At about 11:30, President Kersti Kaljulaid will take the first ride on the hydrogen shuttle bus.

Milrem Robotics secured a European Space Agency (ESA) contract to start applying its autonomy capabilities towards planetary rovers with Tartu Observatory. The current project, planned as the first in a series of projects, aims to map the current state of the art of planetary rovers and develop tools to increase planetary rover autonomy using the methods Milrem Robotics is currently applying in its terrestrial ecosystem of products. The agreement was signed last week.

The map of the results of this week’s wastewater monitoring study shows few settlements with high and very high coronavirus readings to a predominantly green background. Compared to the index representing the average situation in Estonia, virus readings are slightly higher in Harju County, Ida-Viru County and in central Estonia.

This week’s results of the wastewater analysis led by the University of Tartu confirm a continuous decline of coronavirus. According to the lead researcher of the study, Professor of Technology of Antimicrobial Compounds of the University of Tartu Tanel Tenson, two thirds of the samples taken this week contain small amounts of the virus.

The recipients of this year’s 6,000-euro young talent awards of the L’Oreal Baltic For Women in Science Programme are University of Tartu researcher Kaija Põhako-Esko and doctoral student Mari-Ann Lind. With the help of the fellowship they try to help people with innovative soft robotics solutions and improve the living conditions of animals through microbial research.