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On 7 November, the Ambassador of India Ajaneesh Kumar visited the University of Tartu. During the visit, the ambassador had a meeting Rector Toomas Asser and the Director of the Institute of Genomics.
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Recipients of University of Tartu honorary decorations announced
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For the first time, the University of Tartu has reached a position among the top 250. 
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Project called 4.UNCAN.eu started to prepare a blueprint for UNCAN.eu within the next 15 months.
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From 7 October, the University of Tartu invites all employees, students, alumni and their families as well everyone else to orienteering in the city of Tartu.
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A large international collaborative study identifies association signals for stroke and its subtypes at 89 (61 new) independent genetic loci.
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On 17th October at 14:15 Oliver Aasmets will defend his doctoral thesis "The importance of microbiome in human health" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Biomedicine).
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All university members are invited to nominate candidates who would deserve to be awarded the university's honorary decoration for their outstanding achievements.
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On Monday, the opening ceremony of the 2022/2023 academic year takes place in front of the University of Tartu main building. Everyone is invited to rally in support of higher education funding.
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On 16 September at 10:15 Silva Lilleorg will defend her doctoral thesis “Bacterial ribosome heterogeneity on the example of bL31 paralogs in Escherichia coli”
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On 9 September at 12:15 Nele Taba will defend her doctoral thesis “Diet, blood metabolites, and health”
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On 7 September at 13:45 Katri Pärna will defend her doctoral thesis “Improving the personalized prediction of complex traits and diseases: application to type 2 diabetes”
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On 26 August at 14:15 Tina Saupe will defend her doctoral thesis “The genetic history of the Mediterranean before the common era: a focus on the Italian Peninsula”
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The first ancient genomes to be sequenced from the virus behind cold sores suggest that modern strains of herpes started to go global in the Bronze Age.
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According to the universities’ reputation survey people of all age groups consider the University of Tartu to be Estonia’s most reputable higher education institution.
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2.-3. septembril toimub 21. Geenifoorum, mis toob kokku silmapaistvad eksperdid Euroopast ja USA-st, et arutada geneetika ja genoomika valdkonna edusamme.
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Until October 2022, all UT members can take one free Coursera course. Students can also use it towards the completion of their curriculum if they wish.
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Kreete Lüll will defend her doctoral thesis entitled „Investigating the relationships between human microbiome, host factors and female health“ on 13th May.
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On Wednesday, 27 April, a webinar on the Ukrainian language and culture took place on Worksup.
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On Thursday, 31 March, from 16:15–18:00, a panel discussion on the Russian-Ukrainian war takes place at the Delta Centre.
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