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Based on students’ feedback, UT’s 2018 lecturers of the year are Reet Alas, a French teacher at the College of Foreign Languages and Cultures of the Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Kristel Ruutmets, an entry level English teacher at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Joel Starkopf, a Professor of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care at the Faculty of Medicine and Edith Viirlaid, an Assistant in Colloidal and Environmental Chemistry at the Faculty of Science and Technology.

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On Saturday, 1 December, the University of Tartu celebrates the 99th anniversary of the Estonian national university. At the anniversary ceremony, doctorates and honorary doctorates are conferred and the award for contribution to national identity is presented. During the week, many fascinating anniversary events take place at the university – for students, alumni and all those interested.

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13.11.2018 at 14:00 in the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Riia 23, lecture hall 217 venia legendi lecture by Osamu Shimmi (University of Helsinki) on the topic: „A new era in Developmental Biology: 3D morphogenesis and in vivo 5D imaging" The lecture takes place in connection with Osamu Shimmi’s candidacy to the position of the Professor of Developmental Biology in the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology. The lecture is in English. Everyone is welcome!

The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (IGEM) proved extremely successful for students of science and technology from the University of Tartu, who brought home a silver medal. The students and their supervisor successfully solved one problem of marine pollution.

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The Study Department of the University of Tartu opened the doors on the new offices of its Counselling Centre to students at all levels of study this week. The centre is now based in the university’s library. The counsellors at the centre help students think about their studies and careers and draw up a personal development plan to enhance their skills and knowledge. It is important to the centre to reach every student at the university.

The University of Tartu announces a design contest for the design of the rector’s chain of office, the medals (grand medal, medal, medal of the honorary doctor, medal of the honorary fellow, Skytte medal) and the badge of distinction of the university. General principles of the design of the chain of office of the rector, medals and badge of distinction: the chain of office, medals and badge of distinction correspond to the sources of identity of the University of Tartu; the design wit

On September 26 at 14:15 Professor Jaak Kikas will open his exhibition on shadow photography in the atrium of Omicum building, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu. The exhibition remains open until November 16.

Today, on 26 April 2018, the 263-member electoral council elected Professor of Neurosurgery Toomas Asser as rector of the University of Tartu with 187 votes.

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The first global study of soil genomics revealed a battle right under our feet. The clash between fungi and bacteria and research into this topic may benefit both farmers and the pharmaceutical industry. The microscopic fungi that inhabit soil are essential for plant growth, but they are constantly at war with bacteria in order to survive. The discovery was made by an international research team led by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University of Tartu in Estonia.

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The University of Tartu team ResDec received a second place at the pitching competition of the international business development programme Network Globally, Act Locally (NGAL®) and award of $ 2,500.

This year, an exclusive business development program NGAL® (Network Globally, Act Locally) takes place from 4th to 15th June, engaging five universities from USA and Estonia. The program starts with the boot camp at UT IdeaLab and ends with a launch-camp in Nebraska, USA. University of Tartu will be represented by two teams: STARTER program graduate CarZam and the rEstFind.

Taxify and the University of Tartu (UT) Institute of Computer Science (UT ICS) have signed a cooperation agreement this month to bring innovative solutions to urban mobility and to millions of Taxify users around the world. “The cooperation between Taxify and University of Tartu will be a two-way process. On one hand, Taxify will be able to bring to the table problems that have a direct and daily impact on millions of Taxify users around the world.

At the Demo Day, the University of Tartu recognised researchers who have made a great contribution to the development of enterprising university. The title of entrepreneurial researcher was awarded to Visiting Professor of the Cancer Biology Research Group Tambet Teesalu and Professor of Ichtyology and Fisheries of the Estonian Marine Institute Toomas Saat.

In a joint study by the University of Tartu (Estonia), the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (New Zealand) and the University of Salzburg (Austria) more than 5,800 scientific articles from three environmental research journals were digitised and analysed. In addition, a geographical search method was developed to identify the location of a studied area.