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The University of Tartu requests the honour of your presence at the inaugural lecture by Mark Fišel, UT Professor in Natural Language Processing. The lecture entitled “FREE LUNCH” will be held on 22 January 2020 at 16:15 in the University Assembly Hall.

The art exhibition by artist Kalli Kalde „How much wolf is inside me?“ will be opened at the ground floor gallery of the Omicum building Riia 23b/2, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, on Thursday, January 9 at 16:30. The exhibition will remain open until March 30. The exposition was supported by the Institute of Genomics and the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu. Everybody is welcome to attend the opening and the exhibition!

Time and place: Tuesday, 12.11.2019 at 10:15 in the Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Riia 23b/2 lecture hall 105 PhD thesis: Genetic history of the Uralic-speaking peoples as seen through the paternal haplogroup N and autosomal variation of northern Eurasians Curriculum: Gene Technology Speciality: Gene Technology Abstract Info in DSpace

The book presentation "Rector Jüri Kärner" and the opening of the exhibition of electron microphotos taken by Jüri Kärner will be held on Monday, October 21, at 16:00 to the atrium of the Institute of Genomics and the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Riia 23b/2, Tartu. Professor Jüri Kärner (1940–2010) was the Rector of the University of Tartu in years 1988–1993. He was also the developer of the field of electron microscopy in Estonia.

The inaugural lecture by Osamu Shimmi, Professor of Developmental Biology at the University of Tartu, is entitled “Cellular dynamics and signalling in tissue development: lessons from the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster” and will take place at 16:15 on Thursday 17 October in the University Assembly Hall. The lecture will be given in English.

Osamu Shimmi, UT Professor in Developmental Biology, presents his inaugural lecture entitled “Cellular dynamics and signalling in tissue development: lessons from fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster” on 17 October 2019 at 16:15 in the University Assembly Hall.

Time and place: Thursday, 17.10.2019 at 10:15 in the Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Riia 23b/2 lecture hall 105 PhD thesis: „Levansucrase Lsc3 and endo-levanase BT1760: characterization and application for the synthesis of novel prebiotics” Curriculum: Gene Technology Speciality: Gene Technology Abstract

Last Friday, 4 October, the founding members of the Alliance4Life gathered at Vilnius University to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. Alliance4Life connects 10 leading life science institutions from nine countries in Central and Eastern Europe that have joined the European Union since 2004.

Time and place: Monday, 07.10.2019 at 14:15 in the Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Riia 23b/2 lecture hall 105 PhD thesis: "Meandering along the mtDNA phylogeny; causerie and digression about what it can tell us about human migrations" Curriculum: Molecular and Cell Biology Speciality: Molecular BiologyAbstract

Since September 2019 the institute has a new professor of molecular biology, Tiina Tamm.

The art exhibition by Inna Rebane, titled „Views of Åland“, will be opened at the ground floor gallery of the Omicum building Riia 23b/2, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, on Tuesday, 10 September at 16:00. Inna Rebane is a physicist in the Institute of Physics, University of Tartu. The present overview is her third personal exhibition. She has learned painting in Tartu Children’s Art School for 3 years under the guidance of Pallasian artist Silvia Jõgever. Later artist Anne Parmasto in the Open University, University of Tartu, has guided her.

Time and place: Thursday, 12.09.2019 at 10:15 in the Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Riia 23b/2 lecture hall 105 PhD thesis: "The prehistory of Estonia from a genetic perspective: new insights from ancient DNA" Curriculum: Gene Technology Speciality: Gene TechnologyAbstract Info in DSpace

Time and place: Wednesday, 28.08.2019 at 14:15 in the Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Riia 23b/2 lecture hall 105 PhD thesis: "On the origin of papillomavirus proteins" Curriculum: Gene Technology Speciality: BioinformaticsAbstract Info in DSpace

Time and place: Tuesday, 27.08.2019 at 10:15 in the Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Riia 23b/2 lecture hall 105 PhD thesis: "The pleiotropic functions of ribosomal proteins eL19 and eL24 in the budding yeast ribosome" Curriculum: Molecular and Cell Biology Speciality: Molecular BiologyAbstract Info in DSpace

On Monday, August 26, Professor Johann Gasteiger will give a lecture at the Chemicum of the University of Tartu. A professor at Friedrich Alexander University in Germany talks about "Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry - From Drug Design to the Prediction of Material Properties".

Estonian delegation starts its competition today in the 30th International Biology Olympiad in Szeged, Hungary. The members of the delegation (from left to right on the photo, taken during the opening ceremony in Szeged National Teatre on July 14) are Andreas Must, Anna Pauliina Rumm, Kirke Joamets and Mari Remm. The supervisors of the delegation are Kristina Põšnograjeva, Karl Jürgenstein, Uku-Laur Tali and Sulev Kuuse. Additional information: http://ibo2019.org/ The program ends on July 20. Good luck to Estonian team!

In the new academic year the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology launces a new Master Programme in Molecular Biosciences.

Time and place: Tuesday, 04.06.2019 at 14:15 in the Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Riia 23b/2 lecture hall 105 PhD thesis: "Value of genomics for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk prediction" (“Geeniinfo väärtus kardiovaskulaarhaiguste riski hindajana”) Curriculum: Molecular and Cell Biology Speciality: Molecular Biomedicine Abstract

Martina Cornel, Professor of Community Genetics and PublicHhealth Genomics at the Amsterdam University Medical Center, holds a guest seminar on June 4th 2019 at 11:00 on the topic “Moving genomic knowledge off the shelves”. Place: University of Tartu, Institute of Genomics, Riia 23b/2, room 105 Additional information: Prof. Andres Metsplau ([email protected])

The new art exhibition by Tuuli Puhvel, titled „Bright days in Tibet”, will be opened at the ground floor gallery of the Omicum building Riia 23b/2, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, on Monday, 13 May at 16:00. The exhibition will remain open until July 12. Everybody is welcome to attend the opening and the exhibition! The exposition was supported by the Institute of Genomics and the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu. Bright days in Tibet