Dr. Virginija Bukelskienė

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Projects and Grants:

2020–2023 - Research Council of Lithuania. Artificial urethra for the treatment of hypospadias and urethral strictures. No. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-01-0087; head of the project.
2020–2023 - Central project management angency. Center for Genetic Modeling of Animals. No. 01.2.2-CPVA-K-703-03-0032; investigator.
2019–2022 - European Regional Development -funded project managed by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania and the Research Council of Lithuania under the activity “Attracting Foreign Researchers for Research implementation”: "Targeting the microbiota-gut-brain axis in Alzheimer’s disease: the role of the endocannabinoid system", No. 01.2.2- LMTK-718-02- 0014; investigator.
2019–2021 - European Innovative Research & Technological Development Project in Nanomedicine (EURONANOMED3), “A liquid corneal glue-filler as an alternative to transplantation in high risk patients”. No. EURONANOMED 2018-16. Head M. Griffith (Canada); Partner – Vilnius University, Life Sciences Center, Institute of Biochemistry; manager of the Lithuanian part of the project.
2015–2018 - Research Council of Lithuania, Program Healthy aging, project “Soft tissue engineering: from cell to artificial tissue”, investigator.
2014–2016 - Research Council of Lithuania, Researcher teams’ project “Significance of titin ligands MuRF and CARP in dilated miocardium”, No. MIP-14205, investigator.
2012–2015 - Grant of European Social Fund under National Integrated Programme Biotechnology & Biopharmacy, No. VP1-3.1-SMM-08-K01-005, investigator.
2011–2015 - Research Council of Lithuania, Global Grant project: „Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity and Antitumor Activity of Quinones and Polyphenols: Enzymatic Redox Reactions, Cytotoxicity, Signal Transduction, and Proteomics“; investigator.
2010–2011 - Research Council of Lithuania, Researchers team's project “Development of artificial tissues for regenerative medicine”, No. MIP-10344; project manager.
2007–2009 - Lithuanian State Science and Study foundation, Project of High technology development program "Development of the models to regenerate heart structures employing stem and specialized cells also biological tissues" (STEM CELL), No. B-07041, investigator.
2007–2009 - Lithuanian State Science and Study Foundation, Project of Industrial Biotechnology development program "Technology development of long-acting recombinant proteins", No. N- 07006; investigator.
2005–2006 - Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology; co-financing projects for COST program Action B24 "Laboratory animal science and welfare" No. V-05035, (2005), No. V-06078, (2006); project manager.
2004–2006 - Lithuanian state science and studies foundation initiated project “Stem cell integration, their survival and functional capacity at the pathological fireplace. Preclinical studies“; No. U-04001; manager of the project part of the Institute of Biochemistry.
2004–2009 - COST program, Action B24 "Laboratory animal science and welfare", investigator.
2003–2006 - Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation project of the “Program of the priorities of Lithuanian research and experimental development" "Regularities of mycotoxin accumulation in food and development of preventive safety measures", No. C-03003; manager of the project part of the Institute of Biochemistry.

V. Bukelskienė. Stem cell is a promising future. Literatūra ir menas, 21 April 2017.
D. Baltriukienė, V. Bukelskienė. When will natural organs be replaced by artificial ones? 15min, 22 January 2017.
V. Bukelskiene, E. Šimoliūnas. Dilated cardiomyopathy - heart failure: what causes it? Technologijos.lt, 23 October 2015. 
V. Bukelskienė, M. Malinauskas, R. Gadonas. Biotissue are a substitute for natural tissues. Spectrum, 2012, No. 16, p. 19.
V. Bukelskienė, M. Malinauskas, R. Gadonas. Biotissue are a substitute for natural tissues. Bernardinai.lt, 12 April 2012.