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Research in Estonia newsletter March 2022
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In this month's newsletter you will find:
  • Europe-wide initiative ERA4Ukraine to support researchers of Ukraine
  • International conference on gender equality will take place on March 30
  • See how are the researchers cooperating in the COST network
  • Popular Estonian research news from March
  • Research job offers by Euraxess 

ERA4Ukraine

The European Union, its Member States and Europeans across the continent are mobilised in support of people fleeing the war in Ukraine. This specific initiative wants to support researchers of Ukraine by providing them with an overview of all existing actions at European and national levels. Read more HERE.

Conference on gender equality

The international “GEARING-Roles annual conference on gender equality in research and higher education” will take place on March 30, 2022 at V Spa Hotel and Conference centre (Tartu, Estonia) and can also be followed online. See more HERE

COST network

COST helps to bring together researchers and practitioners from many countries and from all fields of research and technology. Read more HERE or see what the researchers are saying HERE.

POPULAR RESEARCH NEWS

NATURAL SCIENCES

Prestigious ERC grant helps identify the impact of land-use change on plant species and soil fertility

Associate Professor of Plant Ecology of the University of Tartu Marina Semchenko has won a prestigious grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to study the effect of land-use change on the interactions between plants and soil organisms.

 
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POPULAR RESEARCH NEWS

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Estonian scientists to produce tons of bioplastic from wood

The large-scale production of wood-based, fully recyclable plastic might soon become a possibility in Estonia.

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POPULAR RESEARCH NEWS

MEDICAL SCIENCES

Insights into the past of an almost eradicated childhood infection

Meriam Guellil and other researchers from the University of Tartu and the University of Cambridge reconstructed the oldest known and first ancient DNA Hib genome from a young Anglo-Saxon child, from 6th-century England, who probably died from a plague co-infection.

 
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POPULAR RESEARCH NEWS

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Power electronics research advances solar building technology

The rapid development of photovoltaic materials and devices, and an equally fast reduction of their prices, brings a tremendous opportunity to integrate photovoltaic energy generation into buildings.

 
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POPULAR RESEARCH NEWS

NATURAL SCIENCES

The perch became the ruler in the dark thanks to genetic changes

The scientists at the Estonian University of Life Sciences, together with researchers from Sweden and Finland, sequenced the genomes of over 30 Eurasian perch to better understand the molecular mechanisms of adaptation to extremely dark and acidic environments.

 
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RESEARCH JOB OFFERS IN ESTONIA

There are currently 19 open research jobs listed on EURAXESS Estonia website from PhD to professor positions.

Apply now:

PhD position in Mathematical Statistics
Postdoctoral Researcher of Software Engineering
+ Research Fellow of Population Genetics
+ Associate Professor of Theoretical Computer Science
 
See all offers
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