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Rimantas Slibinskas  

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Research Interests: Genetics, proteomics, genetic engineering, virology, viral diagnostics, biotechnology, protein chemistry, recombinant protein production, pharmaceutical biotechnology, neurobiology, neurodegenerative disorders, human population genetics. 
Present Position: Research Professor 
Education:
 1999 - BSc in Molecular Biology, Vilnius University
2001 - MSc in Genetics, Vilnius University
2006 - PhD in Biochemistry, Vilnius University 
Experience (Past Positions): 1999–2001 - laboratory assistant, Institute of Biotechnology
2001–2005 - PhD student
2005–2006 - Research Assistant, Institute of Biotechnology
2006–2008 - Researcher, Institute of Biotechnology
2008–2018 - Senior Researcher, Institute of Biotechnology of Vilnius University
2011–present - co-founder and CEO of start-up company UAB Baltymas, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018–present - Research Professor, Institute of Biotechnology of Vilnius University
Supervision of Doctoral Students: Evaldas Čiplys 2007–2011
Rūta Zinkevičiūtė 2015–2019
Neringa Macijauskaitė 2016–2020
Eimantas Žitkus 2016–2020
Edita Bakūnaitė 2016–2021 
Awards: In 2004 scholarship from Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation for PhD students. 
Publications: LABT_LMAVB 
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Academic Cooperation: Prof. Gunnar Houen, Department of Autoimmunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. Peter Hojrup, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Prof. Marek Michalak, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Prof. David M. Waisman, Departments of Pathology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Projects and Grants:

2002–2004 - EU 5th program project QLK2-CT-2001-01632 "Enhanced laboratory surveillance of measles".
2003–2006 - The project program for development of high-technologies B-11/2003 “Enhanced surveillance of respiratory viruses”.
2007–2008 - supervisor of three projects supported by Lithuanian State Science and Study Foundation (LSSSF): T–48/07 "Improvement of yeast expression systems for generation of human virus surface proteins", G-58/07 "Generation of stable measles virus nucleocapsid protein in yeast expression system" (both in 2007) and G-07/08 "Development of protein expression systems in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Kluyveromyces lactis".
2008–2010 - participated in Lithuanian National High Technology Development Programme project AUT-14/2008-2010 “Development of humanized yeast expression system by using proteomic approach and gene engineering” and supervised the Lithuanian national Industrial biotechnology development programme project N-09005 “Development of diagnostic tools for Merkel cell polyoma virus“ (2009–2010).
2011–2012 - principle investigator and supervisor in the “Research teams’ projects” programme project MIP-066/2011 “Proteomic analysis of stress responses in recombinant protein producing yeast” supported by The Research Council of Lithuania.
2012–2015 - supervisor and principle investigator in the Global Grant (under the EU Structural Funds “Human Resources Development Action Programme for 2007–2013”, Measure: “Support for scientific research by scientists and other researchers”) project VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-02-038 "The use of genome-wide analysis for engineering of new yeast strains with improved heterologous expression" supported by The Research Council of Lithuania.
2016–2019 - supervisor and principle investigator in the research and development project partially supported by the EU structural funds administered by Public Institution Lithuanian Business Support Agency (LBSA) under the measure "Intellect. Joint projects of science and business", project No. J05-LVPA-K-01-0128 "Development of technology for production of native recombinant human calreticulin in yeast".
2020–2023 - principle investigator in project 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-03-0021 "Screening for new methods for treatment of neurodegenerative disorders" supported by Research Council of Lithuania.
Qualification Improvement, Certificates: 2005 (20–25 June) participated in "EMBO Practical Course on Microarrays: From Production to Systems Biology", EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany.
2010 November–December has participated in practical course on NEPHGE (non-equilibrium pH gradient gel electrophoresis) method-based 2D electrophoresis at the WITA institute (The Wittmann Institute of Technology and Analysis of Biomolecules) in Berlin, Germany
Organized and conducted theoretical and practical proteomics course “Two-dimensional electrophoresis using gradient gels and different protein staining methods” for medical staff from the Institute of Cardiology at Kaunas University of Medicine, which took place at the Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius, Lithuania, 4–8 December 2006. Author of teaching materials (book) in proteomics (in Lithuanian). 
Research Dissemination:

Interviews given to several media outlets on the use of new protein products in viral diagnostics (SARS-CoV-2) and for development of new biotherapeutics. Published in webpages of Lithuanian Science and Innovation Agency, "Verslo Žinios" and others. In 2021 made presentation in Vilniaus University "Innodays 2021" on the success story of collaboration between science and business. Collaboration of Vilnius University, companies UAB Baltymas and UAB Imunodiagnostika led to production of the first Lithuanian commercial test for detection of virus-specific antibodies (SARS-CoV-2). 
Other Related Activities: Inventor in 6 granted patents worldwide (EPO, USPTO, Canada, China, Israel and India). 2 international PCT applications. Pending patents in EPO, USPTO, Japan and South Korea. 
Languages: Lithuanian (native), English, Russian

 

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