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| Research Interests: | Molecular mechanism of prokaryotic defence systems, bacteria-phage interactions, protein structure-function relationship, protein-nucleic acids interactions. |
| Present Position: | Senior Researcher |
| Education: |
2015 - PhD in Biochemistry, Vilnius University 2009 - MSc in Biochemistry, Vilnius University 2007 - BSc in Biochemistry, Vilnius University |
| Experience (Past Positions): | 2022–present - Senior researcher, Department of Protein-DNA Interactions, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University 2015–2022 - Researcher, Department of Protein-DNA Interactions, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University 2014–2015 - Research assistant, Department of Protein-DNA Interactions, Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University 2009–2014 - Laboratory assistant, Department of Protein-DNA Interactions, Institute of Biotechnology 2007–2009 - Laboratory assistant, Department of Eukaryote Gene Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology |
| Awards: | 2017 the scientific award of Lithuania granted by The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences for the research cycle “Research of CRISPR-Cas Systems: From Bacterial Immunity to gene editing technologies” (together with Prof. V. Šikšnys, Dr G. Gasiūnas, and Dr T. Karvelis) 2016 Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers award for the best PhD thesis in Lithuania 2015 2015 Vilnius University awarded for “the best scientific publication of 2014” (together with Prof. V. Šikšnys, Dr G. Gasiūnas, and Dr T. Karvelis) |
| Publications: | LABT_LMAVB GoogleScholar PubMed |
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Projects and Grants: |
2021–2022 Research Council of Lithuania grant, project number 09.3.3.-LMT-K-712-25-0105 “Cloning, expression and purification of a putative regulated adenosine deaminase”. |
| Languages: | Lithuanian (native), English |