Topic: research

Starting today, 25 March, the Estonian Biobank will invite selected gene donors to participate in an extensive heart health research study.

This is the largest genome-wide association study meta-analysis of its kind, analysing data on 42 female reproductive health diagnoses from the Estonian Biobank and FinnGen.

The aim of the research unit is to integrate expertise in three key areas: ancient genomics, personalized medicine, and medical genomics.

On 21 January, the recipients of this year's installation grant from the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) were announced. Among the ten scientists is neurobiologist Mari Sepp, whose research covers the fields of developmental biology, evolutionary biology and functional genomics

The North Pontic region, which encompasses present-day Ukraine, was for centuries a crossroads of migration from multiple directions, connecting the vast Eurasian Steppe with Central Europe.

27 countries join forces to establish a unique pan-European reference database comprising of a minimum of 100,000 genomes representative of European citizens.

The analytics company Clarivate revealed its 2024 list of Highly Cited Researchers, which includes five scientists from the University of Tartu. A total of six representatives of Estonian research institutions made it to the list of 6,886 influential researchers.

On 15 November, the Estonian Research Council recognised outstanding science communicators at its annual science communication conference.

The competition’s best short lectures focused on innovation in medicine, ancient dental calculus, the theological currents among the Estonian clergy, and six-dimensional imaging.

New Horizon Europe science project led by the Institute of Genomics