There are 4 institutes established at the Life Sciences Center to conduct research in the following areas:
Institute of Biochemistry
Director Dr. Kastis Krikštopaitis,phone: (+370) 5 223 4378 e-mail:
Research: Investigation of biochemical and genetic principles of cell functioning - genetic engineering, biocatalysis, signaling and cell regulation, basic and applied aspects of enzyme chemistry, biosensor design, synthesis of the organic compounds.
Institute of Biosciences
Director Prof. Eglė Lastauskienė, phone:(+370) 5 239 8210, e-mail:
Research: Institute of Biosciences carries out research in the fields of molecular and systems biology of living organisms as well as biodiversity, population and ecosystems.
Institute of Biotechnology
Director Dr. Vytautas Smirnovas, phone: (+370) 670 69929, e-mail:
Research: The Institute strives to maintain the highest standards of scientific endeavour and technological advance in a broadly defined field of molecular biotechnology, including nucleic acid and protein technologies, bioinformatics, molecular and immune diagnostics, drug design, microfluidic, next generation genome editing and epigenomics
LSC-EMBL Partnership Institute (Sui Generis)
Research: Targeted Delivery of CRISPR-Cas System and Cell/Immunotherapies, Research and Development of Novel Genome Editing Tools, Structural Biology of Proteins Involved in Gene Editing, Targeted CRISPR-Cas Delivery into Mammalian Nervous System, Advancing Gene Editing Tools, Genome Informatics And Sequencing