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Kaspar Valgepea, Associate Professor of Gas Fermentation Technologies at the University of Tartu, will advance understanding of gas-consuming bacteria, supported by European Research Council grant funding.

Kaspar Valgepea, Assoc. Professor of Gas Fermentation Technologies at the University of Tartu, will, with the support of a grant of 2.3 million euros from the European Research Council, expand the understanding of bacteria that consume exhaust gasses.

Prof. Mart Loog, Director of the newly formed Institute of Bioengineering, discussed what is bioengineering and synthetic biology, why he believes it is the next industrial revolution of the 21st century, and what is the position of Estonia in this new “gold rush”.

The new institute of Bioengineering mission is to support researchers, who are driven by curiosity and passionate about their own scientific ideas.

The 1st of January, 2024, marked the new age in biotech development in Estonia - the newly formed Institute of Bioengineering started its work

Prof. Mart Loog presented our latest findings on the mechanism of yeast pheromone pathway at the Cold Spring Harbour Asia meeting “Yeast and Life Sciences”, in Matsue, Japan.

GasFermTEC and Enterprise Estonia (EAS) organised the fifth seminar titled “Jäätmete väärindamise tulevik” (in English, “Future of waste valorisation”).

Scientists from the University of Tartu have developed a vaccine against a dangerous tropical disease, which has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration

Students from the University of Tartu Science and Technology and Bioengineering progrmas won the grand prize at the iGEM competition, the largest synthetic biology competition in the world.

GasFermTEC and Enterprise Estonia (EAS) organised the fourth seminar titled “Taimede biotehnoloogia ja kestlik põllumajandus” (in English, “Plant biotechnology and sustainable agriculture”).

Ilona Faustova represented DIGIBIO teaming project on the 2nd European Teaming Conference, hosted by InnoRenew CoE. Conference brought together representatives from all 45 active Teaming projects.

asFermTEC and Enterprise Estonia (EAS) organised the third seminar titled “Kliimaärevus ja kestliku arengu keerukus” (in English, “Climate anxiety and complexity with sustainable progress”)

Opening event for teaming for excellence projects in digitalised bioengineering and personalised medicine

Mart Loog, Ilona Faustova, Kaspar Valgepea took part in Global Biofoundry Alliance (GBA) meeting in Copenhagen on the 7th and 8th of September, 2023.