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Phone: +370 5 223 4382 Email:
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Research Interests: |
Bacteriophages, phage and host interaction, diversity of phages, molecular mechanisms of gene expression |
Present Position: |
Researcher, Deparment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University |
Education:
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1993 - PhD in Natural Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University 1988 - Biology (BS/MS), Vilnius University |
Experience (Past Positions): |
2016–present - Researcher, Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University 2010–2016 - Researcher, Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University 1994–2010 - Researcher, Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius 1992–1994 - Research assistant, Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius 1988–1992 - Microbiologist engineer, Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius |
Awards:: |
2006 Lithuanian Science Award 1996 Lithuanian State scholarship for outstanding junior scientists |
Publications: |
LABT_LMAVB PubMed ResearchGate |
Projects and Grants:
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2020–2023 - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under Measure "Research projects implemented by world-class researcher groups", project "Enzyme Toolkit for the Synthesis of Fucosylated Oligosaccharides" No. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-03-0045. 2015–2018 - Research Council of Lithuania, National Research Program "Sustainability of agro-, forest and water ecosystems", project "Agroecosystems microbiota under climate change: structure and concordance mechanisms" SIT-7/2015. 2014–2016 - Research Council of Lithuania. Researcher groups project "Proteogenomics of the early infection stages of virulent Escherichia coli bacteriophages" MIP-002/2014. 2012–2015 - Research Council of Lithuania. National Research Program "Healthy and Safe Food", project "Detection of pathogenic bacteria in food chain by molecular methods" SVE-04/2012. 2010–2011 - Research Council of Lithuania. Researcher groups project "Genomic research of the virulent bacteriophages isolated from environments of Lithuania" MIP-76/2010. Leader. 2007–2009 - Lithuanian State Studies Foundation. Program for Industrial Biotechnology Development in Lithuania, project "Engagement of metagenomic analysis of extremophile viruses from hot underground waters of Lithuania searching for the new enzymes" N-08/2007. 2007 - Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation. Researcher groups project "Combined action of endoribonucleases encoded by T4 type phages and E. coli in degradation of phage transcripts" T-110/07. Leader. 2005 - Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation, Researcher groups project "Analysis of the in vivo and in vitro activities new bacteriophage promoters" T-32/05 2008–2010 - Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation. Program for Priority directions and experimental development, project "Analysis of Phage T4 Replisome Structure and Function" C-08027. 2003–2006 - Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation, Program for Development of high technologies, project "New molecular tools for biotechnology" B-10/2003. 2001–2002 - Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation, Researcher groups project "Analysis of nucleotide sequence of regB gene in T4-related bacteriophages" T-521. 1995 - Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation, Researcher groups project "Analysis of relation between prokaryotic promoter strength and structure" No. 90. 1995–2001 - Howard Hughes Medical Institute (USA), International Research Scholar Program "Gene expression in two genomic regions of bacteriophage T4" HHMI 75195-542801. 1994 - Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation, Researcher groups project "The role of RNA secondary structures in regulation of bacteriophage T4 gene expression" No. 12. 1994–1995 - International Science foundation. "The structure of overlapping genes and regulation of gene expression in two genomic regions of bacteriophage T4" funded by Grants No LAG000 and LAG100. Grant: 1997 UNESCO/ICSU/TWAS fellowship at Institute Jacob Monod, Paris, France.
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Other Related Activities: |
Member of Lithuanian Society of Microbiologists Member of Lithuanian Biochemical Society |
Languages: |
Lithuanian (native), English, Russian |