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.
This week, a delegation of senior researchers from Lancaster University in the United Kingdom visited Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC).
On April 29, Chern-Chyi Chen, Vice-Minister of Economy of Taiwan, and his delegation visited Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC).
On April 24, the closing event of the entrepreneurship program "StartBIO: from lab to business" organized by VU LSC together with partners took place and 6 teams presented their refined business ideas.
