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Aging Processes and the Power of Cognitive Reserve: Scientific Journey of RSU Leading Researcher Kristīne Šneidere

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Latvia has joined the influential ESA network of incubators

On November 13, 2024, the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre in Latvia (ESA BIC Latvia) was officially launched at the Science and Innovation Centre of Riga Technical University (RTU). This milestone marks Latvia’s entry into the network of 32 ESA Business Incubation Centres a…

research Latvia

November 20, 2024

UL participates in a prestigious ERC synergy grant for the research of historical pandemics

The Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Latvia (UL) has become an important participant in the European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Project "EUROpest". This six-year project combines interdisciplinary methods to study historical pandemics and their impact in Europe. The Baltic…

University of Latvia

November 20, 2024

RTU and «Frankenburg Technologies» lay the foundation for the advanced missile industry in the Baltics

«At this point, a completely new industry is emerging. Those students who are already participating in the development of missile technologies and those who will participate in the future will be the foundation of the new industry,» reflects Andrejs Puķītis, rocket engineer and CTO of the company, …

Riga Technical University

November 20, 2024

In the discovery of rare diseases, the "puzzle" is put together with the help of networking among researchers worldwide

Latvian geneticists are also working on the discovery of new and rare diseases, but for this to be possible, international cooperation is crucial, as explained by Dr. Inna Iņaškina, a senior researcher at the Biomedical Research and Study Center of the University of Latvia, and Dr. Ieva Mičule, a g…

LSM.LV, "Zināmais nezināmajā"

November 19, 2024

For the first time, gene banks of Estonia and Latvia are exchanging potato variety safety collection samples

The long-term cooperation between Latvian and Estonian potato scientists has reached a new milestone. The cooperation between the scientific institutes of the two countries in the MainPotRe project, which is currently jointly implemented, has encouraged the creation of safety collections …

Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics

November 19, 2024

How to Prepare Future Engineers – Developing a Stratospheric Probe During Studies

On Friday, November 15th, students from Ventspils University of Applied Sciences are planning to launch the IRBE-6 probe into the stratosphere. This is a probe that rises higher than the clouds and airplanes, into areas where wind speeds exceed 100 kilometers per hour, temperatures drop below -40°C…

Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

November 15, 2024

Swiss support will increase the applied research capacity in Latvia

On Wednesday, November 13, the Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to Latvia, Martin Michelet, and the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance for European Union (EU) funds, Armands Eberhards, signed an agreement for the "Applied Research" program. This program aims to develop the capac…

Ministry of Education and Science

November 14, 2024

How does science help teach and learn?

The future of education in Latvia is closely tied to the ability to constantly evolve not only teaching methods but also learning approaches. In order for students to successfully adapt to the challenges of the modern world, innovative educational tools based on the latest research and technology a…

Latvian Council of Science

November 14, 2024

The artificial intelligence model is capable of recognizing cancer cells with 92% accuracy.

Artificial intelligence (AI) can provide support to doctors in disease prevention, as well as during diagnosis and treatment. To promote the development of this field, including in Latvia, the Institute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences of the Universi…

University of Latvia

November 14, 2024

Aging Processes and the Power of Cognitive Reserve: Scientific Journey of RSU Leading Researcher Kristīne Šneidere

PhD Kristīne Šneidere, a leading researcher at the Riga Stradiņš University (RSU), devotes her scientific career to the study of cognitive reserve and aging processes. Currently, she is implementing a postdoctoral project with the student team to develop the innovative Riga Cognitive Screening Test…

Brigita Zutere, research Latvia

November 13, 2024

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Researcher Spotlight: Gints Kučinskis

Dr. phys. Gints Kučinskis, Leading researcher and Head of the Laboratory of Materials for Energy Harvesting and Storage, Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia. Physicist Gints Kučinskis has used his more than five years of experience working in research institutes in Germany to establish what is probably the largest battery materials research group in Latvia at the ISSP UL, successfully collaborating with both local start-ups and Europe’s leading lithium-ion battery manufacturing companies.

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Researcher Spotlight: Jānis Veliks

Dr. chem. Jānis Veliks Leading researcher and Head of the Laboratory of Organic Synthesis, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis. The main research focus of Jānis Veliks is the development of new – efficient, easy to use and stable – fluoromethylene group reagents for the simultaneous introduction of fluorine and carbon atoms into organic compounds. These reagents allow new fluorinated molecules to be formed more easily and their most important potential application is in the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients, as on average one in four of them contains at least one fluorine atom.

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Researcher Spotlight: Brigita Dejus

Ph. D. Brigita Dejus, Leading researcher, Water Research and Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Riga Technical University (RTU). Brigita is a young RTU researcher whose research work is related to water, wastewater monitoring and treatment. She developed her PhD thesis while studying at RTU and the Royal Swedish Institute of Technology, studying the potential of using microscopic fungi in the treatment of wastewater from pharmaceutically active substances.

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