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The Estonian University of Life Sciences will participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) in November to showcase solutions developed by its researchers for adapting to the impacts of climate change and to establish new international partnerships. This year, the university's focus is on the circular bioeconomy, water reuse and sustainable food production.

On Monday, October 26th, Salini Chandrasekharan Nair defended her doctoral thesis at the Estonian University of Life Sciences, entitled “Production of algal exopolysaccharides via integration of thermal and biochemical processes”.

The Estonian University of Life Sciences and the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine renewed their cooperation agreement during an online meeting held on 20 October. The discussion between the universities’ leaders and researchers moved from general plans towards specific areas of shared interest, research topics and potential joint activities.

Research- and technology-based startups can apply for the deep tech accelerator until 8 November 2026. The programme offers up to €170,000 in business development funding, mentoring and support to help bring research-based solutions to market. The Estonian University of Life Sciences is one of the partners in the deep tech startup network.

Researchers from the Estonian University of Life Sciences and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences mapped regions that regulate gene activity in Eurasian perch and investigated their links to environmental adaptation. To address this, they applied ATAC-seq to Eurasian perch for the first time, making this one of the first studies to use the method in fish.

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.