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Vytautas Smirnovas  

Phone: +370 67069929
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Research Interests:

Protein misfolding and aggregation 
Present Position: 2018–present - Research Professor
2019–present - Director, Institute of Biotechnology 
Education:
PhD in Natural Sciences, TU Dortmund University 
Experience (Past Positions): 2011–2018 - senior researcher, Vilnius University 
2008–2011 - postdoc, Case Western Reserve University, USA
2004–2007 - researcher, TU Dortmund University, Germany
2003–2004 - researcher, Institute of High Pressure Physics, Poland
2002–2003 - research assistant, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University  
Supervision of Doctoral Students: Kamilė Mikalauskaitė 2021–2025
Andrius Sakalauskas 2019–2023
Mantas Žiaunys 2018–2022
Tomas Šneideris 2015–2019
Ričardas Mališauskas 2013–2017 
Publications: LABT_LMAVB GoogleScholar

Projects and Grants:

2022–2025 - Research Council of Lithuania grant, project number S-MIP-22-34 “Cross-interactions in amyloid fibril formation: the role of pro-inflammatory S100A9 protein”.
February 01, 2020–December 31, 2021 - Research Council of Lithuania National Research Programme "Healthy Ageing" project number S-SEN-20-3 “Cross-interactions in amyloid fibril formation: from mechanisms to inhibition”.
2017–2019 - Lithuanian-Latvian-Taiwan joint project number TAP LLT-1/2017 “Understanding prion peptide fibril-induced aggregation of prion protein”.

2012–2015 - Global Grant (European Social Fund), project number VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-02-020 “Exploring flavones as universal inhibitors of amyloid-like fibril formation”.
2012–2014 - Research Council of Lithuania grant, project number MIP-030/2012, “Looking for the origins of mammalian prion ‘strains’“.
2011–2015 - FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG grant, project acronym EGCG+Insulin= “Towards construction of a comprehensive map of amyloid-ligand interactions: (-)-Epigallocatechin 3-Gallate and insulin amyloid”.

Languages: Lithuanian, English, Russian

 

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