Topic: research

Research Days of the Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine will take place on 29–30 January 2026

On 20 February 2026 Jana Uhlinova will defend her thesis “Vascular calcification and its associations with obesity and bone mineral density in chronic kidney disease”.

Researchers from the Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of Tartu have developed an artificial intelligence-based machine learning model that enabled the relapse risk of endometrial cancer to be assessed before surgical intervention.

On the 6th of February 2026 Kadri Klaos will defend her thesis "The thin-layer agar MDR/XDR-TB Colour Test: filling the gap in diagnosing tuberculosis from a laboratory perspective“.

A doctoral thesis defended in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tartu fundamentally changes the current understanding of atherosclerosis treatment. The results show that at the cellular level, this chronic disease progresses differently in men and women, laying the groundwork for more precise and individualized therapies.

As possible ways forward, participants proposed strengthening digital and health literacy, providing institutional support for professionals, and raising awareness among both healthcare workers and patients.

A doctoral thesis defended in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu opens new possibilities for the earlier detection and more precise treatment of gynecological diseases, including cancer and endometriosis.

University of Tartu Professor of Nanomedicine Tambet Teesalu has become the first Estonian researcher to receive a Synergy Grant from the European Research Council, which supports collaboration of top-level research teams in tackling highly complex and ambitious scientific challenges.

The three-minute thesis competition for doctoral researchers, held at the University of Tartu Library on 22 October, featured 13 popular-science short lectures in Estonian and 14 in English.