At the 17th Lithuanian Young Scientists Conference "Biofuture: Perspectives in Natural and Life Sciences," held on November 21, Vilnius University (VU) researchers received first and second place awards. Two researchers secured first place, while three others won second place.

Brigita Vaigauskaitė-Mažeikienė has defended her thesis entitled "Identification of ovarian follicular fluid cells and molecular factors and investigation of their possible use in reproductive medicine" for the degree of Doctor of Science in Biochemistry.

We invite you to nominate candidates for the LSC Council for a four-year term. The Council is a collegial self-governing body that elects the Director of the Center and determines the candidates and functions of the deputies, approves the Center's activity plan and annual reports, the Center's annual estimates of income and expenses and their implementation reports, evaluates the results of the research, experimental, social, technological development and innovation activities, studies and the quality and level of the Center's performance.

Three candidates - Prof. Sonata Jarmalaitė, Dr. Arvydas Lubys, and Dr. Vytautas Smirnovas - met in the 2024 debate for the Director of the Life Sciences Center (LSC) position.

Philanthropists Irena and Algirdas Juozapavičius have allocated €1.3 million from the inheritance of their late son to the Vilnius University (VU) Foundation. In memory of their son, a €1 million sub-fund named after Mantvydas Juozapavičius (1976–2023) has been established within the VU Foundation. One hundred thousand euros each has been allocated to the VU Life Sciences Center sub-fund, the Professor Algis Petras Piskarskas sub-fund, and to strengthen other VU Foundation initiatives.

Scientists from Vilnius University's (VU) Life Sciences Center (LSC) have discovered a unique way for cells to silence specific genes without cutting DNA. This groundbreaking research, led by Prof. Patrick Pausch and published in the journal Nature Communications, reveals a new way to silence genes akin to pressing a "pause" button on specific genetic instructions within cells.

On November 15 (Friday), Vilnius University will host a distinguished guest – Swedish biochemist, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, former Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, and Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Uppsala University, Johan Åqvist. The prominent biochemist will lecture at the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (Saulėtekio al. 7, Room R401) at 15:00 titled “How Enzymes Adapt to the Cold?”

The Life Sciences Center (LSC) Electoral Commission, following point 15 of the Statute of the Institute of Biotechnology of Vilnius University’s Life Sciences Center, has registered Dr. Rokas Abraitis as a candidate for the position of Director of the Institute of Biotechnology (IBT) at the LSC.