| Membership to the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) | ||
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Prof. Virginijus Šikšnys Prof. Saulius Klimašauskas |
Prof. V. Šikšnys is a member since May 23, 2016 and Prof. S. Klimašauskas, since June 16, 2017. EMBO Members are leading scientists working across all of the life sciences. They also strengthen the research community in Europe and beyond through their international collaborations and connections. New EMBO Members are elected annually in recognition of their contributions to scientific excellence. Their selection is a tribute to their research and achievements. |
| Honorary Degree of the University of Bristol (UK), July 16, 2018 | ||
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Prof. Virginijus Šikšnys | Collaboration between Vilnius University and the University of Bristol goes through the Wellcome Trust and European Commission projects. |
| Publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, April 23, 2018 | ||
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Dr. Rūta Gerasimaitė Prof. Saulius Klimašauskas Audronė Rukšėnaitė Dr. Miglė Tomkuvienė Giedrė Urbanavičiūtė |
"Excision of the Doubly Methylated Base N4,5-dimethylcytosine from DNA by Escherichia coli Nei and Fpg Proteins“ |
| Membership in the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (Division of Biology, Medicine and Geosciences), April 06, 2023 | ||
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Prof. Sonata Jarmalaitė Prof. Linas Mažutis |
The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences carries out its mission by ensuring permanent and active propagation of education and research. The key criterion in the selection of academy members is their research achievements. However, the initiative and creativity of the academy members, their experience in research organisation, dispersion of research results, and their expert experience are of no lesser importance. |
| Participants at the Young Scientists’ Forum (YSF) 2023 of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) | ||
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Arnas Kunevičius Viktorija Preitakaitė |
Up to 100 PhD students from all over Europe are selected to participate in this event, VU LSC representatives are the only participants from Lithuania who passed the selection. Arnas Kunevičius' work is related to microbiota-brain communication together with microbiota biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of the autism spectrum (supervisor Dr Aurelijus Burokas). Viktorija Preitakaitė's work is related to the search for new enzyme-prodrug pairs that can be applied in targeted cancer therapy (supervisor Prof. Rolandas Meškys). |
| Membership to the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence (FKNE) | ||
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Dr. Urtė Neniškytė |
On the September 4, 2023, the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence (FKNE) has announced the recruitment of the new 2023 cohort of FENS-Kavli Scholars. Dr. Urtė Neniškytė, a neuroscientist at the LSC, is among the 15 selected scientists. In 2014, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and the Kavli Foundation announced the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence: a group of early career, independent neuroscience investigators based in Europe, and chosen for their scientific excellence, originality, and leadership. The new Scholars will join 15 other scholars who had been selected to represent the cohort of 2021, forming an active network of 30 Scholars based representing 15 different countries. FKNE Scholars are selected for 2 X 2-year terms, after which they become members of the growing network of FKNE Alumni. The multidisciplinary, international network of FENS-Kavli Scholars is self-organised and aims to improve neuroscience in Europe and beyond through scientific exchange, advocacy, and outreach. FKNE Scholars participate in several meetings per year that allow for lively discussion of a range of topics across Neuroscience, as well as challenges and opportunities for European neuroscientists. |
| Publication in the journal Science | ||
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Dr. Gintautas Tamulaitis | A team led by Research Professor Gintautas Tamulaitis VU LSC revealed a novel protection mechanism in CRISPR-Cas antiviral defense system. The article “Ribosomal stalk-captured CARF-RelE ribonuclease inhibits translation following CRISPR signaling” was published in the journal Science. |
