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Research Interests: RNA, pre-mRNA, hypoxia, splicing factors, hypoxia induced changes in cells 
Present Position: Researcher
Education:
 PhD in Biology 
Experience (Past Positions): February 1992–December 1992 - Swedish Institute fellowship, Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
April 1993–March 1995 - Research fellow, Karolinska Institute, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Stockholm, Sweden.
August 1995–October 1997 - Research fellow, Uppsala University, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala, Sweden.
October 1998–September 1999 - Wenner-Green research fellowship, Karolinska Institute, Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Stockholm, Sweden. 
Pharmaceutical biotechnology, Vytautas Magnum University, Kaunas, Lithuania 
Supervision of Doctoral Students: Three doctoral students under my supervision have successfully defended their doctoral theses. 
Publications: LABT_LMAVB 
PubMed
Academic Cooperation: Karolinska Institute, Stokholm, Sweden
Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Projects and Grants:

1999–2002 - 5th Framework Program of the European Commission, Integrated project "Comprehensive risk analysis of dioxins: development of methodology to assess genetic susceptibility to developmental disturbances and cancer". Project leader of Lithuanian part of the project.
2004–2009 - 6th Framework Program of the European Commission, Integrated project "Targeting newly discovered oxygen-sensing cascades for novel cancer treatments. Biology, equipment, drug candidates". Project leader of Lithuanian part of the project.
2009–2014 - 7th Framework Program of the European Commission, cooperative project "Metastatic tumours facilitated by hypoxic tumor micro-environment". Project leader of Lithuanian part of the project.
2010–2012 - National Research Program of "Non-infectious chronic diseases". Project "Mutations in monoamine oxidase B gene related with Parkinson's disease, influence of pre-iRNR splicing". Project leader.
2012–2014 - National Research Program "Non-infectious chronic diseases". Project "Splicing factors and miRNA as diagnostic biomarkers for cancer digestive system". Project leader.
2020–2021 - National Research program "Healthy ageing". Project "Hypoxia as cell stress in mRNA diversity and aging". Project leader.
COST "Translacore" (year 2022–2026) program funded by the European Union.
Research Dissemination: Science popularization articles (Delfi, LRT) web pages.
Other Related Activities: 2021–present, journal Life (Basel), topics board member.
2013–present, Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF), Hong Kong, scientific projects reviewer.
2000–present, member of Lithuanian Biochemical Society. 
Languages: Lithuanian (native), English, Russian

 

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