Researchers at UT found probably the oldest surviving door in Estonia. doi.org/10.1016/j.de...

Thankful, happy and excited to be awarded an ERC consolidator grant to understand how and why some plants make stomata on their upper leaf surface. tuit.ut.ee/en/news/erc-... #ERCCoG @erc.europa.eu

Stomatal development and function in the upper and lower leaf surfaces Hõrak @hanna-horak.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"Tartu University is analysing other historic artefacts ... including an 800-year-old cross depicting genitalia that makes a sound when worn. The metal cross has a hinged piece in the shape of a vulva that covers and knocks against an engraved penis design when moved around." #MedievalSky

Science has become obsessed with publishing numbers. With this new satirical proposal, have we reached peak metric? go.nature.com/3JUWNSs

Pole näinud, et kuskil seda jagataks. Palun allkirjastage. 🩷 rahvaalgatus.ee/initiatives/...

🚦 Changes in road deaths in the EU from 2019 to 2024: 🇵🇱 -35% 🇸🇮 -33% 🇱🇹 -33% 🇧🇪 -27% 🇩🇰 -27% 🇲🇹 -25% 🇧🇬 -24% 🇷🇴 -21% 🇨🇾 -21% 🇨🇿 -20% 🇭🇷 -20% 🇱🇺 -18% 🇭🇺 -17% 🇦🇹 -16% 🇫🇮 -15% 🇱🇻 -15% 🇪🇺 -12% 🇵🇹 -10% 🇩🇪 -9% 🇮🇹 -5% 🇸🇪 -4% 🇬🇷 -3% 🇸🇰 -3% 🇳🇱 -3% 🇫🇷 -1% 🇪🇸 +2% 🇮🇪 +22% 🇪🇪 +33%

novaator.err.ee/1609856838/m... doi.org/10.1016/j.im...

Depressiooni korral võib geneetiline eelsoodumus viidata suuremale suitsiidiriskile doi.org/10.1038/s415...

novaator.err.ee/1609849677/e... Uuring ise - doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

A paper in Nature reports that mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, also sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitors. #medsky 🧪

People being treated for certain deadly cancers lived longer if they had received an mRNA-based vaccine against COVID-19 than if they hadn’t go.nature.com/42XuWY6

Cycling is the most efficient form of travel.

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

2025 Press Freedom Rank 1 Norway 2 Estonia 3 Netherlands 4 Sweden 5 Finland 11 Germany 16 NZ 20 UK 21 Canada 25 France 27 S Africa 29 Australia 31 Poland 49 Italy 52 Ghana 57 US 58 Gambia 61 S Korea 63 Brazil 66 Japan 89 Greece 112 Israel 124 Mexico 151 India 171 Russia 178 China rsf.org/en/index

PODCASTS Altmetric now tracks podcasts mentioning research In 2018 there were roughly 500,000 podcasts in existence. Just 3 years later that number was 2 million. Today it's around 4 million. Amid all the Squarespace ads there's citations to research. Let's go 1/7

Uuringus, mis põhineb Geenivaramu andmetel, avastati mitmeid olulisi geneetilisi variatsioone, mis mõjutavad kehamassiindeksit (KMI). doi.org/10.1038/s414...

There's a gender gap in adolescent mental health and it's not OK - too many girls are suffering alone. Zui Narita et al summarise the evidence in @nathumbehav.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... @knowlesg42.bsky.social

et sa ei peaks lugemise peale aega raiskama - ettevõtjate nõukoda, kus istub ka teadagi kes, tellis riigikantselei kulul analüüsi, kuidas saaks looduskaitse miinimumini viia, et võimalikult palju metsa oleks majandatav (loe: lageraiutav) www.postimees.ee/8330292/riig...

“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.” What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Are adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) features truly the same as childhood ADHD? Kelli Letho, a new ERC Starting Grantee at the University of Tartu will dissect the causal mechanisms of adult ADHD features More 👉 buff.ly/nci5eve #ERCStG #FontierResearch @klehto.bsky.social

Siin on uuring, mille tagasi võtmist RFK jr nõuab, mis uuris alumiiniumi sisaldavate vaktsiinide seost krooniliste haigustega, sealhulgas autismi ja astmaga. Analüüsiti 1,2 milj Taani lapse andmeid ja järeldus - vaktsiinid ei suureneta krooniliste haiguste esinemist. doi.org/10.7326/ANNA...

Encouraging people to test their local rivers and lakes with simple kits could spark a shift in how we manage water, by Sasha Woods go.nature.com/45p4pVc

Our latest research investigates the remarkable heatwave that affected part of the Arctic in the summer of 2024. It caused a 1 percent loss in Svalbard's ice, making this region one of the most significant contributors to global sea-level rise last year www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Vaktsineerimine enne nakatumist vähendas oluliselt suuremate ägedate kardiovaskulaarsete sündmuste (MACE) ja üldsuremuslikkuse riski COVID-19 haigestumise järel. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Huvitav, et liiklussurmade vähenemise põhjuseks polegi liikluses nõrgmate osalejate avalik ohvrisüüdistamine vaid korralik taristu ja kiirusepiirangud /s yle.fi/a/74-20174831

Moving to a four-day work week without losing pay leaves employees happier, healthier and higher-performing go.nature.com/4mc53ep

Some European governments are rethinking the use of English in universities, exposing tensions between internationalization and national priorities https://go.nature.com/4kxD9Z6

📢 (on more!) New study from our team in the Journal of Translational Medicine: Polygenic and pharmacogenomic contributions to medication dosing: a real-world longitudinal biobank study 🔗 tinyurl.com/25u3a5j7 (thread below) 👇

🎉(1/4) Excited to share that our latest paper is now published! We investigated genetic factors linked to antidepressant side effects in 13,000 individuals from the @estbiobank.bsky.social , leveraging data from questionnaires and clinical notes using NLP. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The US administration has cut some government agencies' subscriptions to journals at Nature's publisher, Springer Nature https://go.nature.com/44bgaOz

@kajakallas.bsky.social would have never called POTUS “daddy”. Something about years of being gaslit and treated as inferiors prepare women to deal with that man much better than what we see with multiple male leaders.

ERC President Maria Leptin is visiting 🇱🇹Lithuania and 🇪🇪Estonia 10-11 June, with meetings with the research community, ERC grantees and the highest political leaders in both countries. You can join some of the events in person or online. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Study demonstrates a cost-effective method for enabling reprogrammability and showcases various applications and challenges associated with this approach, emphasizing the need for improved tools for the repurposing process. doi.org/10.1109/mprv...

Hey, got some free cycles this summer? Did you know Harvard offers FREE online courses in the U.S. Constitution, Public policy, Civic Engagement in Constitutional Democracy and more? Share widely and get smarter this summer. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

We are looking for a post-doc/research fellow working on non-bullshit, reality-centered AI. Meaning: unique nationwide EHR and -omics with the possibility to recontact people and prospectively test multimodal AI approaches. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... @FIMM_UH @FinnGen_FI

as one of 14 participating cohorts and as part of the EXPANSE project, we analysed associations of environmental factors linked with Estonian Biobank participants with incident asthma: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @kristafi.bsky.social @estbiobank.bsky.social

📢 Calling PhD students 📢 we want to hear from you! Help shape the future of PhD education. Take our survey to tell us all about your experiences https://go.nature.com/42ZB3vq

Multiple environmental exposures jointly contribute to incident asthma risk across the life course. Urban planning accounting for these factors may help mitigate asthma development. doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

Our paper on plasma metabolic outliers identified in Estonian human knockouts is now out in Metabolites!!. doi.org/10.3390/meta.... 🧵🧵 1/13

Happy to announce an open call for a funded PhD position! 📊 Research project: Elucidating the fine-scale demographic history of the Eastern Baltic by incorporating haplotype-based analyses and modelling 📍 Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu 📩 Application period: 1st–15th May 2025

The misogyny and antifeminism of the manosphere has received considerable academic and journalistic attention. This study addresses a new troubling trend, the mainstreaming of the manosphere by targeting wide audiences via TikTok. doi.org/10.1057/s415...

We are looking for a research fellow to join our group for 2 years! Please share with anyone looking for a new position and interested in 🌱 local adaptation, plant-soil interactions and land use! euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/340833

I am looking for a PhD student to study the role of exposome in the development of hypertension in over 200,000 individuals of the Estonian Biobank @estbiobank.bsky.social genomics.ut.ee/en/content/p... applications until May 15th!

𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐒𝐂𝐀 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩? Find your research group and join us at the University of Tartu! Check our list of supervisors, application details, and everything else you need to know ut.ee/en/content/postdoctoral-research-university-tartu

The research highlights the increasing importance of HPV-related cancers, particularly anal cancer, in people living with HIV due to the rise in lifespan from effective antiretroviral therapy. doi.org/10.1016/S235...

April issue: Perspective led by Mari Moora describing how plant reliance on their mycorrhizal symbionts varies across ecological scales 🧪🌎 Web link: go.nature.com/4h1Rpre Readcube: rdcu.be/eh0uC