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On 19 October, Margret Jürison defended her doctoral thesis, “Variation in bumble bee sensitivity to pesticides across intraspecific, exposure and dietary contexts”, at the Estonian University of Life Sciences.

On October 13th, Erkki Mäeorg defended his doctoral thesis at the Estonian University of Life Sciences, entitled “Stress tolerance and cultivation technologies of oilseed hemp – their effect on plant productivity and seed quality”.

Rait Rand, a doctoral student at the Estonian University of Life Sciences, was named one of three winners at the final of the “Science in 3 Minutes” competition on October 6th. Kristiina Kerge and Triin Sellis also represented the university among the 15 finalists. Each finalist had to present their research in three minutes in a way that audiences from other fields could understand.

Olavi Kurina, Professor of Entomological Systematics at the Estonian University of Life Sciences, spent three weeks at Korea University in South Korea. He supervised doctoral students, joined fieldwork and studied local insect fauna, finding several previously undescribed species. Their study will continue jointly with Korean researchers.

On Wednesday, 9 September, Michael Oliewo Aluma defended his doctoral thesis at the Estonian University of Life Sciences. Entitled “Monitoring invasive crayfish in Estonian freshwaters: distribution patterns and eDNA-based surveillance for noble crayfish (Astacus astacus L.) conservation”.

From 10 to 17 August, the Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the Estonian University of Life Sciences will host the ACT! Summer School. Master’s and doctoral students, along with early-career researchers, will come to Tartu to explore land-use and land-cover change in the context of climate change and biodiversity loss.