{"id":1688,"date":"2026-04-21T12:41:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eestijuured\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:46:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:46:28","slug":"6-7-may-2026-spring-summit-of-the-centres-of-excellence-estonian-roots-personalised-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eestijuured\/6-7-may-2026-spring-summit-of-the-centres-of-excellence-estonian-roots-personalised-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"6.-7. mai 2026 | Tippkeskuste kevadkonverents (ENG)"},"content":{"rendered":"


<\/strong>Meil on hea meel kutsuda teid tippkeskuste \u201eEesti juured\u201c (CoEER) ja \u201ePersonaalmeditsiin\u201c (CEPM) kevadkonverentsile, mis toimub 6.\u20137. mail 2026 Tartus. Konverents toob kokku m\u00f5lema tippkeskuse teadlased, n\u00f5ukogu liikmed ja partnerid, et jagada viimaseid arenguid, arutada uusi suundi ning tugevdada koost\u00f6\u00f6d eri valdkondade vahel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pre-event<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-event<\/strong> | Tuesday, 5\u00a0May 2026\u00a0<\/strong>(UT Institute of Molecular and Cell\u00a0Biology,\u00a0Riia 23, r314)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:00 \u2013 16:00\u00a0Practical workshop led by\u00a0CoEER\u00a0and CEPM\u00a0Centres\u00a0of Excellence Scientific Advisory Board member prof\u00a0Daniel Lawson\u00a0\u201cGenes, Language, Immunity: Insights from local ancestry inference leveraging ancient DNA and biobank sources, a seminar with practical workshop\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
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Programme (ENG)<\/strong>


Wednesday, 6 May 2026<\/strong> (UT\u00a0Institute of Genomics,\u00a0Riia 23b, r105)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:30 \u2013 10:00 Registration + Coffee
10:00 \u2013 10:10 Opening
10:10 Introduction of the Centre of Excellence Personalized Medicine (CEPM, Reedik M\u00e4gi)
\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u200210:30\u00a0\u2013 12:30\u2002<\/em>Thematic overviews of CEPM topics<\/strong>
\u2013 Better disease prediction, \u201cAdvancing biomarker discovery: from early parkinsonism detection to cfDNA-based cancer prevention\u201d, Mart Kals
\u2013 Person-centred approaches, \u201cDoes one size fit all? Sex and personalised medicine\u201d, Triin Laisk
\u2013 Person-centred approaches, \u201ePersonalised reproductive technologies\u201c, Andres Salumets
\u2013 Population involvement, \u201cThe role of education-associated genetic variants in the Estonian population\u201d Ivan Kuznetsov
\u2013 Prevention of health problems, \u201cPrevention of cardiovascular disease in individuals at high polygenic risk\u201d, Ave Voit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:30-13:30 Lunch break (not provided by organisers)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


13:30 Introduction of the Centre of Excellence Estonian Roots (CoEER, Kristiina Tambets)
\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u200213:50 \u2013 15:20\u00a0Thematic overviews of CoEER topics<\/strong>
\u2013 Time and Space \u2013 group presentation of paleoecology and -climate and folkloristics
\u2013 Change and Consistency \u2013 group presentation of archeochemistry, archeozoology, archeogenomics
\u2013 Regional and Local Studies \u2013 group presentation of linguistics, archeology<\/p>\n\n\n\n


15:20 \u2013 15:40 Coffee break<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


15:40 -17:00\u00a0Panel Discussion:\u00a0Interdisciplinary Synergy as a Driver of Scientific Excellence<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0includes\u00a0CEPM+CoEER\u00a0on-site\u00a0SAB-members\u00a0(Moderator: prof Asko L\u00f5hmus, UT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, 7 May 2026<\/strong> (UT Institute of Genomics, Riia 23b, r105)
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Presentations from the members of the Advisory Boards
9:00 Tom Gilbert (SAB member of CoEER) \u2013 virtually \u2013 \u201cHolobiont evolution \u2013 Humans, plague and dogs\u201d
9:30 Andrew Morris (SAB member of CERM) \u2013 virtually- \u201cUnderstanding disease heterogeneity to enhance polygenic prediction\u201d
10:00 Heikki Tapani Sepp\u00e4 (SAB member of CoEER) \u2013 \u201cClimate reconstructions from biological proxy data: challenges and opportunities\u201d
10:30 Daniel Lawson (SAB member of CoEER &CEPM) \u2013 \u201cMethods for interdisciplinary comparison: from culture to language to genetics to bioinformatics\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


11:00-11:30 Coffee break<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


11:30 Rimantas Jankauskas (SAB member of CoEER) \u2013 \u201cBioarchaeology in Medicine: it\u2019s advantages and pitfalls, Lithuanian experience\u201d
12:00 Kerstin Liden (SAB member of CoEER) \u2013 \u201cCrisis, Conflict, and Climate \u2013 societal change in Scandinavia\u202f300-700 CE\u201d
12:30 Riho Gr\u00fcnthal (SAB member of CoEER) \u2013 \u201cSociohistorical implications of empirical data in interdisciplinary research\u201d
13:00 Concluding remarks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:30 \u2013 14:30 Lunch break<\/em> (not provided by organisers)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Register here: <\/strong>https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/e\/rcFyquEHUb<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information Monika N\u00f5mm | Project Manager | monika.nomm@ut.ee<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Tartu, Institute of Genomics | Riia 23b, Tartu 51010, ESTONIA |<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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