At the 17th Lithuanian Young Scientists Conference "Biofuture: Perspectives in Natural and Life Sciences," held on November 21, Vilnius University (VU) researchers received first and second place awards. Two researchers secured first place, while three others won second place.
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The first-place winners were VU Life Sciences Center (LSC) doctoral students. Dalia Smalakytė presented her research on "Regulatable CRISPR-Cas Protease," and her colleague Dalia Jurkėnaitė presented her study on "Epigenetic Biomarkers for Kidney Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis."
The second-place award went to three VU scientists: Gintarė Urbonaitė (LSC) for her research on "The Impact of Maternal Fatty Diet on Offspring Neurodevelopment," Eimina Dirvelytė (LSC) for her study on "Gene Editing Tools in Mammalian Cells," and Kajus Merkevičius (MF), a doctoral student and neurology resident, for his work on "Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Associated with PDHA1 Mutations: Genotype and Phenotype."
The conference brought together scientists (PhDs, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers) under the age of 35. The event aimed to review the latest fundamental and applied research results in the fields of biotechnology, nanotechnology, biochemistry, biomedicine, and geosciences. The conference was divided into three sections: general biology and geosciences, biochemistry and molecular biotechnology, and medicine and health sciences.