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On Tuesday, February 10th, the Estonian University of Life Sciences hosted its “Science in Three Minutes” short lecture competition. First place was awarded to junior researcher Maëlle Beck from the Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, who studies the development of the immune system of lambs.

On the eve of Independence Day, the President of the Republic of Estonia will award state decorations to 203 individuals from Estonia and abroad whose work and dedication have helped make Estonia more knowledgeable, caring, resilient, and enterprising.

Ground2Live is a new project launched this year that focuses on advancing agroecological practices for integrating cover crops into vegetable farming. The project is built around Living Labs in seven EU countries, bringing together farmers, advisors, researchers and other stakeholders to co-create and test practical solutions.

Professor Ülo Niinemets, Chair of Plant and Crop Science at the Estonian University of Life Sciences, has been ranked 6th globally in the field of plant biology and botany in the 2025 edition of the Top 2% Scientists list. This prestigious ranking is compiled annually by researchers at Stanford University based on data from Elsevier’s Scopus database.

At the start of the new academic year, four new partners—Farmers’ Cooperative KEVILI, DAVA Foods Estonia AS, the Rural Development Foundation, and Valio Estonia AS—began supporting the studies of students at the Estonian University of Life Sciences through the Joosep Toots Foundation.

Researchers at the Estonian University of Life Sciences, together with their partners, have developed methods to produce wound dressings and textiles from fish industry by-products. The aim of the project was to turn fish-processing waste, previously considered unusable, into raw material for innovative products, thereby contributing to the circular bioeconomy and reducing waste.