Defences

Thesis can be submitted as a digitally signed PDF by the author and the supervisor to the Secretary of the Defence Committee Aleksandra Kurvits-Vahter (aleksandra.kurvits-vahter@taltech.ee). All questions related to the defence will be answered by the Secretary of the Committee or the Chairman of the Committee. The PDF must allow check for plagiarism. 

In addition to the thesis:

1. Review - must be received no later than 3 days before the defence.
2. Non-exclusive license - signed by the author (digitally) at the end of the work (attached to the PDF).

Here you will find a Non-exclusive license and a metadata format. Metadata (Word), thesis (pdf), thesis summary (in Estonian pdf) and reviewer's data should be sent to aleksandra.kurvits-vahter@taltech.ee as soon as possible.

Only the summary of the thesis is uploaded to the library. 

21st of August at 5pm - Alex Sirp

Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology Alex Sirp will defend his PhD thesis “Molecular Characterization of Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor TCF4: From Expression to Function”  on the 21st of August 2023 at 5PM in the room SCI-109 (Akadeemia tee 15, Tallinn).

Supervisor: Tõnis Timmusk, Tenured Full Professor, Division of genetechnology and biomedicine: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, TalTech

Opponents: Benjamin D. Philpot, professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, Neuroscience Center and Toivo Maimets, rakubioloogia professor Loodus- ja täppisteaduste valdkond, molekulaar- ja rakubioloogia instituut, Tartu Ülikool

The PhD thesis is published in the Digital Collection of Tallinn University of Technology Library:
Molecular Characterization of Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor TCF4: From Expression to Function - TalTech raamatukogu digikogu

You can follow the defence also via Zoom

22nd of August at 10am - Egle Rebane-Klemm

Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology Egle Rebane-Klemm will defend her PhD thesis „Metabolic Alteration in Colorectal Polyps and their Role in Carcinogenesis“  on the 22nd of August 2023 at 10AM in the room SCI-109 (Akadeemia tee 15, Tallinn).

Supervisor: Tuuli Käämbre, senior research scientist, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics

Opponents: Vilmante Borutaite - Professor, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and Kairit Joost – East Tallinn Central Hospital, geneticist.

The PhD thesis is published in the Digital Collection of Tallinn University of Technology Library:
Metabolic Alterations in Colorectal Polyps and their Role in Carcinogenesis - TalTech raamatukogu digikogu

You can follow the defence also via Zoom

25th of August at 10am - Grigory Vasiliev

Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology Grigory Vasiliev will defend his PhD thesis Synergistic Mechanisms and Toxicity Profiles of Silver and Copper Nanoparticles for the Development of Novel Antimicrobial Materials“  on the 25th of August 2023 at 10AM in the room SCI-109 (Akadeemia tee 15, Tallinn).

Supervisor: Olesja Bondarenko, research scientist, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics,  Laboratory of Environmental Toxioclogy

Opponents: Vilma Petrikaite, professor, Head of Preclinical Research Center at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and Kai Künnis-Beres, Senior Specialist at Tallinn Urban Environment and Public Works Department.

The PhD thesis is published in the Digital Collection of Tallinn University of Technology Library:
Synergistic Mechanisms and Toxicity Profiles of Silver and Copper Nanoparticles for the Development of Novel Antimicrobial Materials - TalTech raamatukogu digikogu

You can follow the defence also via Zoom

31st of August at 12pm - Eli-Eelika Esvald

Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology Eli-Eelika Esvald will defend her PhD thesis „Dissecting Stimulus-dependent Transcription of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor“ on the 31st of August 2023 at 12PM in the room SCI-109 (Akadeemia tee 15, Tallinn).

Supervisors: Tõnis Timmusk, Tenured Full Professor and Jürgen Tuvikene, researcher - Division of genetechnology and biomedicine: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, TalTech

Opponents: Angel Barco - professor, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Alicante, Spain and Arnold Kristjuhan - epigeneetika professor, Loodus- ja täppisteaduste valdkond, molekulaar- ja rakubioloogia instituut, Tartu Ülikool.

The PhD thesis is published in the Digital Collection of Tallinn University of Technology Library:
Dissecting Stimulus-dependent Transcription of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor - TalTech raamatukogu digikogu

You can follow the defence also via Zoom