Revolutionary Life Sciences Innovations Are Born in Vilnius
Vilnius is celebrating the exciting discoveries in the life sciences made by prominent local scientists with a funky new DNA sculpture reated by artist Eglė Žvirblytė.
The colourful sculpture was recently installed near Vilnius University’s Life Sciences Center as a tribute to the city’s scientists, including Prof. Virginijus Šikšnys, who has made significant contributions to the Nobel Prize-worthy CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing method development (‘gene scissors’ technology).
Vilnius has also established a scholarship in the scientist’s name to inspire local and foreign talents and motivate them to pursue great ideas in their studies and scientific work in Vilnius. The annual €10,000 EUR scholarship will be financed for five years with the possibility of an extension.