The Partnership Institute of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), which will focus on developing gene editing technologies, will soon start operating at the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC).

Pro for Nano, a global nanomaterials technology company and Graphene Composites, an international nanomaterials engineering company, together with Vilnius University and Nature Research Center have been granted international Eureka funding for their nanosilver enhanced graphene oxide ink (NEGOI)” project to further develop antimicrobial ink.

Revolutionary Life Sciences Innovations are Born in Vilnius

Vilnius is celebrating the exciting discoveries in the life sciences that have been made by prominent local scientists with a funky new DNA sculpture made by artist Eglė Žvirblytė. The colourful sculpture was recently installed near Vilnius University’s Life Sciences Centre as a tribute to the city’s scientists, including Prof. Virginijus Šikšnys, who has made significant contributions to the Nobel Prize-worthy gene scissors CRISPR-Cas9 technology.

During an online seminar „The less known facets of ISOLDE: Beyond Standard Model searches and live science applications“ presented by Dr Magdalena Kowalska (CERN) on behalf of the ISOLDE physics team, two probably less know aspects of ISOLDE research were discussed.

Spring is the time of flowering, whatever that flower may be.

Amorphophallus konjac, popularly known as “corpse flower”, bloomed in the LSC greenhouse last week. For the first few days, the flower fully justified its name, so it spent time on the balcony, but now the aroma is already very subdued, so this infrequently blooming exotic flower can be seen individually in the Western building of LSC, on the 4th floor, near laboratory V433.

May 6 became a historic day at the Life Sciences Center - after a complete installation and tuning up of the transmission microscope with the cooling function  Cryo-TEM Glacios, the structure of the apoferitin protein was obtained and the representation of this structure in 3 Åresolution was submitted.

On April 7, Arancha González Laya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain, visited the VU LSC.

Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC) received great news from the Central Project Management Agency (CPMA).

Gediminas Drabavičius is going to defend the dissertation “Study and application of CRISPR-Cas systems” at 15 p.m. on the 16^th of March.

On Thursday, the annual reporting meeting of the community of the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC) was held remotely.

On 28 January 2021, the newly elected VU LSC Council met in the first meeting.