Topic: research

At the beginning of 2022, five new research projects started in the IMCB. The principal investigators (PI) of these grants are Priit Väljamäe, Angela Ivask, Rita Hõrak, Indrek Teino and Mariliis Klaas

The Omicum Gallery has exhibited art since the building was completed in 2012. The continuous exhibition of art began in the winter of 2017-2018 when Sulev Kuuse started to curate the exhibitions.

Priit Väljamäe, Associate Professor of General and Microbial Biochemistry at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, was awarded a research prize of 20,000 euros. The Estonian government confirmed this year's state research award laureates. Seven researchers from the University of Tartu received the annual award for the best research completed and published in the previous four years.:

The aim of the national contest for university students is to promote research among university students, stimulate them to be more active and to acknowledge students who have achieved outstanding results with their thesis, study, research or scientific publication. The deadline for submitting research papers was 15 September 2021. The award fund is 83 977,79 euros in total:

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Research at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology is closely related to the teaching of young professionals.

Structural polysaccharides – cellulose and chitin – are the most abundant polysaccharides on the Earth and represent a huge reservoir of renewable carbon.

The research focuses on the stringent response of bacteria. Stringent response is a universal mechanism in bacteria to survive stress. It is governed by the alarmone (p)ppGpp that is produced by RSH (RelA-SpoT homologue) enzymes. When the level of (p)ppGpp in cells increases, the growth of bacteria decreases, which helps them survive stressful conditions.

Mitochondria are organelles that have their own genomic DNA. We are interested in the mechanisms by which the mitochondrial genome is propagated during the cell cycle.

. Mitochondrion is best known as the major site of ATP synthesis, but it is also involved in many other metabolic processes, e.g. synthesizing a number of metabolites that are important for various cellular processes.