The Student for a Day initiative invites you to step into the shoes of a student from October 21 to 25, 2024. Mark your calendars, as registration commences on October 7, and you will have the opportunity to participate in this immersive academic experience.

Algirdas Žalimas has defended his thesis entitled "Molecular and clinical prognostic indicators of kidney cancer" for the degree of Doctor of Science in Biology.

Researchers from the Institute of Biotechnology at the Life Sciences Center of Vilnius University – Dalia Smalakytė, Audronė Rukšėnaitė, Dr. Giedrius Sasnauskas, Dr. Giedrė Tamulaitienė, and Dr. Gintautas Tamulaitis – have revealed the structure of the CRISPR-Cas "protein scissors" found in bacteria and provided mechanistic details on how they function. Their research article Filament Formation Activates Protease and Ring Nuclease Activities of CRISPR Lon-SAVED has been published in the prestigious and highly cited journal Molecular Cell.

Aistė Lekoveckaitė has defended her thesis entitled "Beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) in the Second Decay Stage of the Most Common Lithuanian Deciduos Tree Species" for the degree of Doctor of Science in Zoology.

Dr. Jurgita Butkuvienė from Plant Genetics Laboratory of Vilnius University Life Sciences Center, together with colleagues from VU Botanical Garden Dr. Donatas Naužemys and Dr. Zofija Sinkevičienė from the Nature Research Centre Flora and Geobotany Laboratory, published a publication in the journal Aquatic Botany where the nature of the species Potamogeton × vilnensis was proven.

Two women researchers from Vilnius University (VU) Life Sciences Center (LSC) have been elected members of the Advisory Board of the  Research Council of Lithuania (RCL) for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Dr. Inga Matijošytė, Senior Researcher, was elected  Chair of the Commission, and Dr. Urtė Neniškytė became a member.

Irmantas Mogila, a young scientist from Vilnius University (VU) Life Sciences Center (VU LSC), has joined the ranks of the most talented early-career life science researchers. He was given the prestigious international Birnstiel Award for his outstanding research results in the field of molecular biology.

A delegation from the German research center DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), a global leader in particle physics and accelerator technology, recently visited the Life Sciences Center (LSC).

Dr. Stephen Knox Jones, a scientist at Vilnius University's (VU) Life Sciences Center (LSC), and his laboratory have won a major award at the first-ever Life Sciences Progress Awards.
The VU scientist was named the winner in the Breakthrough Science category. Dr. Jones and his team received a €1.2 million grant from the European Research Council for a project to develop reliable and predictable gene editing tools.

Prof. Patrick Pausch from the Life Sciences Center-European Molecular Biology Laboratory (LSC-EMBL) Partnership Institute at Vilnius University (VU) has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant of €1.5 million for his innovative research project "Jumbo Phages in Translational Enzyme Research" (JUPITER).

The new academic year at the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC) has begun! We congratulate all students and faculty on this inspiring start!

Vilmantas Pupkis has defended his thesis entitled ‘Electrophysiological investigation of macroalgae Nitellopsis obtusa membrane Ca2+ transport systems’ for the degree of Doctor of Science in Biophysics.

Vilius Malūnavičius has defended his thesis entitled ‘Phenotype-genotype space studies of Geobacillus lipolytic enzymes and application to polyester degradation’ for the degree of Doctor of Science in Biology.