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Asta Luciunaite  

 
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Research Interests: Innate immunity and inflammation, NLRP3 inflammasome activation pathways;
Macrophage/microglia biology, phagocytosis of oligomeric proteins;
Mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease, properties of amyloid-β aggregates, and macrophage activation pathways by them;
Viral infection, innate immune cell response to viral antigens;
The role of immune cells in cancer pathogenesis.
Present Position: Researcher, Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Institute of Biotechnology,
Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University 
Education:
 PhD in Natural Sciences (Biochemistry N 004) 
Experience (Past Positions): 2013–2017 - laboratory assistant, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University
2018–2019 - biologist, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University
2018–2019 - research assistant, the University Hospital Bonn (Universitätsklinikums Bonn)
2019–2022 - research assistant, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University
3rd prize for the best oral presentation at Lithuanian Academy of Sciences conference “Bioateitis”, 2016.
Publications: LABT_LMAVB 
PubMed

Projects and Grants:

2013–2015 - laboratory assistant, VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-02-039 project of the European Social Fund under Global Grant Measure “New chimeric proteins with antiviral activity”.
2015–2016 - laboratory assistant, SEN-04/2015 project "Investigation of human carbonic anhydrase IX as a cancer diagnostics, visualization and prognosis“.
2020–2021 - research assistant, SEN-20-11 project "The Impact of Viral Antigens on Immune Cells in The Context of Inflammaging".
2022–2022 - research assistant, 09.3.3.-LMT-K-712-17-0008 project "Identifying chronoepigenetic markers in schizophrenia".
2022–2023 - researcher, 13.1.1-LMT-K-718-05-0031 project "Diagnostinės paskirties antikūnų prieš SARS-CoV-2 kūrimas".
One year promotional doctoral scholarship from Research Council of Lithuania, 2019.
Scholarship grant for internship at University Hospital Bonn from Research Council of Lithuania, project No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-14-0019, April 2019–May 2019.
Scholarship grant for internship at University Hospital Bonn from Lithuanian Education Exchanges Support Foundation, January 2019–September 2018.
One-year Erasmus+ scholarship for internship at University Hospital Bonn (Universitätsklinikums Bonn), April 2017–April 2018.
Erasmus+ scholarship for internship at University of Coimbra, September 2015–June 2015..
Qualification Improvement and Sertificates: April 2017–May 2019 - internship in research laboratory at Department of Neurodegenerative Disease and Gerontopsychiatry/Neurology, University Hospital Bonn, Prof. Dr. Michael T. Heneka’s group.
June 2015–September 2015 - internship in research laboratory at CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Prof. Dr. Carlos B. Duarte’s group.
FELASA C certificate
Languages: Lithuanian, English

 

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