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Although the first article about gene editing scissors CRISPR-Cas9 was published by Prof. Virginijus Šikšnys and his team just 11 years ago, the benefits of this technology for society can already be felt. “[...] It was recently announced that the UK has registered the first CRISPR-Cas9 based therapy for the treatment of inherited diseases,” the researcher says.

Congratulations to Wenming Liang! He defended his thesis "Relationships of breathing with physical capacity, muscle tension and executive functions" and received a doctorate in biophysics. Scientific leader - prof. Osvaldas Rukšėnas.

Dr. Miglė Tomkuvienė, PhD in Biochemistry, takes a different approach to our body: she studies what happens in genes at the molecular level. This research is long-standing, involving thousands of researchers around the world, and the results are extending the boundaries of human understanding. “Contributing new discoveries to humanity’s body of knowledge is the most important thing for me,” says the researcher, whose main research focuses on natural and synthetic modifications to DNA.

VU LSC students voted Prof. Juozas Rimantas Lazutka as the best lecturer of the year 2023. He is the chairman of the Genetics Study Program Committee, teaches the following subjects: structure and functions of eukaryotic chromosomes, principles and concepts of genetics, and supervises the theses of Masters' students and PhD students.

In the competition "Best Dissertations of 2022", which has been running for the seventeenth year, VU LSC young researcher Dr. Eglė Žalytė's paper is among the 12 dissertations recognized as the best. The topic of Eglė Žalytė's dissertation is "Molecular mechanisms of resistance to ferroptosis in pancreatic cancer cells" (supervisor - Dr. Jonas Cicėnas).

On 23rd November in the Constitution Hall of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, the international conference "Situation of young researchers in the Baltic countries: development of future scientific potential or its waste?" was held. During it, representatives of the scientific institutions of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, France and Italy shared their insights about the situation of young researchers in the Baltic countries and Europe.

All people are different, so even people with the same genetic disorders may or may not develop the disease. The same medication can affect two people differently. Aušra Sasnauskienė, Doctor of Biochemistry, is trying to find out what then happens at the level of cells. “A cell is the smallest unit of life. By studying it, we also learn about life,” says the researcher.

Imagine a city with a lot of things to transport. A product is produced in one place and needed in another. In a city, goods are transported by trucks. Cells are also like a big busy microscopic city where intracellular vesicles with proteins, hormones, neurotransmitters etc. are transported. Only here, the transport function is carried out by molecular motors, of which there are thousands in each of our cells. “Every car in a city is driven by a human being, they have a driving licence, they obey the traffic rules, they know what cargo they are carrying and where it needs to be delivered. But who ‘drives’ the molecular motors?”, asks Dr Algirdas Toleikis, a biochemist and biophysicist who studies what happens in our microscopic cities.

Instruct-ERIC is a pan-European-spread research infrastructure that is comprised of 16 member countries. Membership at the Instruct-ERIC network for Lithuanian structural biology researchers gives access to well-funded services and cutting-edge technologies available at 11 Instruct centres located throughout Europe.
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