Topic: university

The Estonian Biology Olympiad is organised for the 61st time. The activities - practical and theoretical works - will take place in the premises of Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Institute of Genomics and Natural History Museum of the University of Tartu.

The University of Tartu senate’s decision not to admit new students from Russia and Belarus this year to bachelor’s and master’s studies has caused much controversy. Some people see this as a particular discriminatory step against the young people of these countries, including opponents of the regime, depriving them of the opportunity to study in the free world.

On 7 March, the university family gathered in front of the main building with Ukrainian flags and other symbols and recorded the address of the University of Tartu senate to the Ukrainian people.

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.

We are interested in understanding the protein synthesis machinery in eukaryotes. The genetic information encoded in messenger RNA is translated into proteins by large ribonucleoprotein complex called

We wish to understand how human genetic variation arose and diversified globally, as we know it today. It is an interdisciplinary research, where genetics & genomics mergers with history and archaeology, historical linguistics as well as data about paleoclimate etc. To achieve our goals, we co-organized, in the university, Collegium for Transdisciplinary Research in Archaeology, Genetics and Linguistics. Our chair works in historical symbiosis with the Estonian Biocentre within the Institute of Genomics and collaborates with many researchers worldwide.

This page contains TV and radio interviews and various video recordings of people involved in our institute. (all information in Estonian language)

The Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology was founded on June 1st, 1990. The first Director of the Institute was professor Ain Heinaru.