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Phone: +370 5 2234369
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| Research Interests: |
Epigenetics, hypoxia, alternative splicing |
| Present Position: |
Researcher, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University |
Education:
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2017 - PhD in Chemical Engineering (Technological Sciences) |
| Experience (Past Positions): |
2003–2012 - Bioengineer, Institute of Biotechnology, Laboratory of Immunology and Cell Biology
2012–2017 - Junior researcher
2017–present - Researcher, VU Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Immunology and Cell Biology |
| Publications: |
LABT_LMAVB |
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Projects and Grants:
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Participation:
1999–2002 "Comprehensive risk analysis of dioxins: development of methodology to assess genetic susceptibility to developmental disturbances and cancer", 5th Framework Program of the European Commission.
2004–2009 "Targeting newly discovered oxygen-sensing cascades for novel cancer treatments. Biology, equipment, drug candidates", 6th Framework Program of the European Commission.
2009–2014 "Metastatic tumours facilitated by hypoxic tumor micro-environment", 7th Framework Program of the European Commission.
2010–2012 "Mutations in monoamine oxidase B gene related with Parkinson's disease, influence of pre-mRNA splicing", National Research Programme "Non-infectious chronic diseases".
2012–2014 "Splicing factors and miRNA as diagnostic biomarkers for cancer digestive system", National Research Programme "Non-infectious chronic diseases".
2017–2019 "Alternative pre-mRNA splicing: relation between hypoxia and neurodegenerative diseases"; Postdoctoral Fellowship.
2020–2022 "Hypoxia as cell stress in mRNA diversity and aging", Research Council of Lithuania financed program „Healthy ageing” project.
2020–2023 "Investigations of Virulent Potential of Meningococcal Isolates: Prerequisites for Effective Molecular Diagnosis of Invasive Meningococcal Infection", SMART.
2019–2020 "Influence of hypoxia on the formation of mRNA isoforms associated with neurodegenerative diseases" financed by Vilnius University; principal investigator.
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Internships:
January 2004–June 2004, June 2005–September 2005, October 2006–December 2006, Karolinska Institute, Cell and Molecular Biology Department, Sweden
April 2006–May 2006, Aalborg University, Health Science and Technology Department, Denmark
May 2019–June 2019, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia |
| Other Related Activities: |
2020–present - member of the Defense Committee of the Industrial Biotechnology MSc programme, Kaunas University of Technology |
| Languages: |
Lithuanian (native), English, German, Russian |
