This spring, Tatjana Koķe, member of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Council and professor at the Unit for Continuing Education of Academic Staff at the Centre for Educational Growth, celebrated a milestone birthday.
The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) psychology student research group brings together students from the first, second and third years of the Psychology bachelor’s programme, as well as teaching staff and visiting lecturers, to explore current topics in psychology from both theoretical and practical perspectives.
We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming Christmas special Scientific Journal Club session, sponsored by SIA BioAvots, a leading supplier of ThermoFisher scientific and other products in the Baltic region!
In this session, we will explore MATQ-sequencing-based bacterial single-cell RNA sequencing application, which enables high-resolution transcriptomics profiling of heterogeneous bacterial populations.
Writers: Alīna Češuna (Laboratory Assistant, RSU Department of Rehabilitation),
Guna Semjonova (Laboratory Assistant, RSU Department of Rehabilitation)
On 11 November, the management of the Latvian Paralympic Committee (LPC) and the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE) met to discuss opportunities for expanding parasports and inclusive sports topics within higher education programmes.
Everyone has had a grazed knee or a cut finger at some point in their lives, and sometimes even more serious wounds. What is the right course of action to promote healing and prevent infection or scarring? These questions are explored in the latest episode of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) podcast Health Express: “Is iodine still in fashion? RSU experts on wound care”. The episode features Dr. med.
Photos: Courtesy of the Ministry of Defence
On Wednesday, 12 November, the Ministry of Defence hosted a ceremonial signing of cooperation agreements between the Ministry and four research universities – Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), the University of Latvia, Riga Technical University, and the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies.
Writers: Arvīds Irmejs (Assoc. Prof., Director of the RSU Institute of Oncology and Molecular Genetics),
Zanda Daneberga (Prof. Dr. med., Deputy Director for Molecular Oncology at the RSU Institute of Oncology and Molecular Genetics, Manager of Laboratory of Tumour Clinical and Genetic Research)
On Thursday, 13 November, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) held its doctoral graduation ceremony in the Great Hall, awarding 19 Doctor of Science degrees. Graduates were presented with diplomas, letters of gratitude and RSU silver pins, symbolising their belonging to the university’s academic community.
One of the focus areas of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) is to develop data-driven research by applying the latest digital tools and research methods. Therefore, Toms Rātfelders, Content Support Expert for the implementation of the Social Sciences Research Centre (SZPC), and Ingmārs Kreišmanis, Expert in Research Project Writing, attended two significant events.









