Topic: research

A study shows that approximately 470 million years ago, a significant ecological change took place in the world’s oceans when the interiors of empty mollusc shells began to be used as habitats.

Randel Kreitsberg, Associate Professor in Ecotoxicology at the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, was recently elected to the board of the Estonian Society of Toxicology.

Academy members Jaak Vilo (bioinformatics) and Martin Zobel (ecology) have been elected Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Twelve interdisciplinary doctoral positions will be created at the University of Tartu to explore potential applications of artificial intelligence, including, for example, addressing mental health issues, reducing food waste, assessing the overall impact of spatial planning, and facilitating sign language interpreting.

This autumn, doctoral researchers of the University of Tartu will again have the opportunity to participate in the three-minute thesis competition. The competition will be held on 21 October in the conference hall of the University of Tartu Library.

Led by a visiting doctoral student at the University of Tartu, a solution was found for assessing which species can survive in a new habitat.

The Mobile Tartu conference will address topics ranging from mobility inequality to data-driven decision-making.

Ökoloogia ja maateaduste instituudi teadlaste läbi viidud uuring näitab, et Põhjamere liikide koosseis nihkub aeglaselt väiksemate kalade suunas.

TEDx University of Tartu brings people together to share “ideas worth spreading” across diverse topics on 2 June at the University of Tartu Delta Centre.