Two PhD students of Vilnius University have been awarded for internationally recognised outstanding results of their scientific activity the scholarship named after Prof. Virginijus Šikšnys, one of the pioneers of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology in the world and a biochemist. The scholarship provided by the City of Vilnius amounts to EUR 10 000. It is hoped that it will stimulate the research of young scientists in the field of life sciences and enable them to apply their discoveries for the benefit of people and the environment.

March 21, 2022 The Life Sciences Center contributed to the Red Cross (RC)  and provides facilities and volunteer assistance for the collection of humanitarian aid. Hygiene equipment will be collected at the Humanitarian Aid Collection Center, which will be set up at the Life Sciences Center.

Opening hours of the humanitarian aid collection point: I - V from 3 pm to 7 pm

Place of collection: VU LSC ramp,  7 Saulėtekio Ave, Vilnius

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The Council of Vilnius University Life Sciences Center has elected Prof. Dr Daumantas Matulis as the new Director of the Centre.

Instruct-ERIC announces that Dr. Silke Schumacher is the new coordinator of the Instruct-ERIC Hub. She is known to the VU Life Sciences Centre community as a member of the International Advisory Board of the VU LSC and as former EMBL Director for International Relations. Dr Silke Schumacher will take up her new position on 1 March.

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As the term of office of the Director of the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC) comes to an end, the Council of the VU LSC has launched an international open competition for the position of Director.

Dear Colleagues,

The beautiful Season’s Holidays are here again! For our community, this year was full of creative enthusiasm and great scientific accomplishments.

They show that the Life Sciences Center is a place where new ideas, scientific knowledge and innovations are continuously generated, and the creative community cherishing mutual respect and academic solidarity is thriving. This year witnessed another successful step in implementing the Vision of our Center – to join the ranks of the best Life Sciences centers in Europe.

I sincerely wish you all the most beautiful Holidays, and the greatest success and good health in the coming New Year!

Gintaras Valinčius
VU LSC Director

Go Vilnius and Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC) have established a scholarship in the name of biochemist Professor Virginijus Šikšnys, which is awarded to students of the third (doctoral) cycle of studies for internationally recognized outstanding results of their scientific activities.

Lithuania is becoming a country where scientists will not only further develop the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool discovered by Professor Virginijus Šikšnys, but also specialise in its application in many areas of life and medical sciences. Prof. Edith Heard, Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), visited VU LSC today and discussed the wider application of gene editing, the opportunities for our scientists and students, and ways to attract international scientists. 

For the past couple of years, as the warm season arrived and another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic ended, everyone expected it to be over soon. But so far, the pandemic has not been curbed due to insufficient herd immunity to the coronavirus. While scientists are convinced that the pandemic will eventually end.

This year's Baltic Assembly Science Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of biomedical sciences - the discovery of the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 - has been awarded to Prof. Virginijus Šikšnys.

For excellent scientific results, active science promotion and organisational activities in the autumn semester of 2021-2022, VU LSC has awarded one-time nominal scholarship to 6 students and 5 PhD students.

The VU Life Sciences Centre was visited by the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prof. Dr. Eva Zažímalová.