Although stem cells have been around for a long time and research is ongoing, new knowledge raises even more questions that researchers are trying to answer.

Vilnius University Life Sciences Centre (VU LSC) has awarded graduates of the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes their diplomas at St. Johns' Church in Vilnius.

The Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC) had the privilege of welcoming Luca Lastrucci, the General Manager and Global Head for Medico Marketing and Sales at Menarini, an Italian pharmaceutical company, along with Corporate Director Piero Rijli.

Dovydas Gabrielaitis, a doctoral student of the Life Sciences Center of Vilnius University (VU LSC) has defended his dissertation "The investigation of the factors modulating macrophage endocytosis: macrophage type, age, plasma membrane tension" to be granted a PhD in biophysics. Dr Urtė Neniškytė was his PhD supervisor.

A recent visit to the Life Sciences Center (LSC) by representatives of Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies, highlighted the potential for collaboration between the two institutions.

This week, Vice-Rector (Research and Innovation) Prof. Eugénio Campos Ferreira from University of Minho (Portugal) visited Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC).

The I3HIES project, dedicated to boost interregional innovation investment and cooperation among health innovation ecosystems, recently included a visit to the Life Sciences Center (LSC).

A food intolerance blood test is designed to detect IgG antibodies against specific foods. However, our body produces these antibodies against the food we consume. It just happens naturally. Therefore, the results of food intolerance tests are questionable, says Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC) researcher Dr. Rasa Petraitytė-Burneikienė, in whose laboratory the allergy test components are developed.

“Today, Ukrainian researchers are forced to continue their work in unimaginable conditions: some at subway stops, some virtually, or in other possible ways. Ukraine is an ambitious country,” says Dr. Julija Razumienė, a biochemist at Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC).

Research professor Dr. Edita Kriukienė and her team are developing methods that would help to better diagnose epigenetic disorders in human diseases, for example, when studying one of the deadliest children's cancers: neuroblastoma. "There are a lot of achievements in the treatment of neuroblastoma, but children continue to die," says the researcher at the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC).

The first kick-off meeting of the PANERIS project took place at the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC). PANERIS is the Horizon WIDERA Pathways for Synergies project that aims to address issues like barriers to collaboration, funding gaps, undeveloped skills, and misaligned policies by ensuring wider access to European neuroscience infrastructure, aligning R&I strategies, policies, and funding programs across institutions, regions, and nations.

Dr. Vilmantė Žitkutė has joined the ranks of PhDs at the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC). After defending her thesis "Cellular Uptake and Accumulation Studies of Functionalized Upconverting Nanoparticles", she was awarded a PhD in biophysics. Congratulations!

The Didactics Center – BioEduLab – has been opened at the VU Life Sciences Center (LSC), where teachers will have the opportunity to improve their theoretical knowledge and hands-on training skills.