Murat Hüseyin Unsal has defended his thesis entitled "Dust Pollution as an Indicator of Indoor Environment Quality" for the degree of Doctor of Ecology and Environmental Sciences.

On the afternoon of June 18, St. Johns' Church became a place where science, excitement, and pride came together – Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC) held a solemn graduation ceremony for its bachelor’s and master’s degree graduates.

On June 10, 2025, the first Lithuania–Japan Science Forum titled Innovation in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, and Advanced Technologies took place at Waseda University in Tokyo. The event brought together more than 100 researchers, policymakers, and industry representatives from both countries. It marked a significant milestone in a decade of scientific collaboration between Lithuania and Japan.

Dalia Smalakytė has defended her thesis entitled "Insights into type III CRISPR-Cas immunity: mechanisms of Csm6 deactivation and a comprehensive characterization of the Lon-SAVED effector" for the degree of Doctor of Science in Biochemistry.

Algirdas Noreika has defended his thesis entitled "Structural and functional studies of adsorption complex of the Klebsiella infecting bacteriophage RaK2" for the degree of Doctor of Science in Biochemistry.

On June 2^nd, the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (LSC) welcomed a delegation from Igbinedion University, Nigeria.

Agnė Petrošiūtė has defended her thesis entitled "Carbonic anhydrase IX and CCL2-CCR2 axis inhibition evaluation in solid tumors using in vitro cellular and in vivo mouse models" for the degree of Doctor of Science in Biochemistry.

On May 27th, the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC) welcomed a delegation from the United Kingdom, including Prof. Andrew James Boulton (Manchester University, University of Miami), Prof. Mike Griffiths (CEO, Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc), Prof. Sudhesh Kumar (President, Association for Innovation, Research and Technology Organisations; Vice-President (Health) at Warwick University), Prof. Neil Reeves (Lancaster University), and Prof. Loretta Vileikyte (Lancaster University). The guests were welcomed by VU LSC Director Dr. Arvydas Lubys, Prof. Urtė Neniškytė (Group Leader at the VU LSC–EMBL Partnership Institute and Member of the VU Council), Prof. Daiva Baltriukienė (Head of the Doctoral School), and Julius Gagilas (Deputy Director for Business Collaboration and Infrastructure).

On May 27, 2025, the Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Lithuania, Emil Druc, visited the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC).

The Baltic and Polish School of Immunology (BPSI 2025), organised by researchers from Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC) together with the Lithuanian Society for Immunology, brought together nearly one hundred young scientists from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, and Ukraine this year. The event emphasized four key topics: host-pathogen interactions, primary immunodeficiencies, sterile inflammation, and cancer immunology.

This year, the annual Life Sciences Center (LSC) Scientific Conference took place at the Vilnius University Medical Sciences Center – a new space that symbolically emphasized the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration between the life and medical sciences.

On May 15–16, the first off-site retreat for PhD students of the Life Sciences Center took place at Vilnius University’s Puvočiai Field Station. The Doctoral School organized the event in collaboration with PhD student representatives. It brought together doctoral students from various life sciences disciplines for shared experiences, personal development, and community building.

On May 5–9, the Life Sciences Center welcomed two early-career researchers – Katarzyna Ciapała and Katarzyna Pawlik-Szczerba – from the Maj Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, based in Kraków.