MONIKA GRUBLIAUSKAITĖ will defend her thesis entitled "Development of reproductive tissue transplantation in vivo and maturation in vitro methods" for the degree of Doctor of Science in Biology.

The dissertation was prepared between 2019 and 2025 during doctoral studies in Vilnius University, Life Sciences Center and the Biobank of the National Cancer Institute.
The research was supported by the Lithuanian Research Council (Contract No. D-19-0874), the National Cancer Institute Science Foundation and the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Funding Programme 2014-2020 under the Research and Education Collaborative Project to Improve the Survival Rate of Children with Malignant Tumours in Lithuania (TREL) (Project No. 952438).

Scientific supervisor:

Dr. Živilė Gudlevičienė (Vilnius University, Natural Sciences, Biology – N 010).

Composition of the Dissertation Defense Board:

Chairperson - Prof. Dr.Rūta Navakauskienė (Vilnius University, Natural Sciences, Biology – N 010);
Prof. Dr. Mindaugas Kliučinskas (Lithuanian University for Health Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Medicine – M 001);
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jan Alexander Kraśko (National Cancer Institutė, Natural Sciences, Biology – N 010);
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aušra Sasnauskienė (Vilnius University, Natural Sciences, Biochemistry – N 004);
Prof. Dr. Vytautė Starkuvienė-Erfle (Heidelberg University, Germany, Natural Sciences, Biochemistry – N 004).

The PhD will be held in the auditorium R401 of the VU Life Sciences Center (Saulėtekio al. 7, Vilnius).

The dissertation can be viewed at the Vilnius University Library and on the website at: Doctoral dissertation;

Presentation will be in Lithuanian. Link for remote connection: https://tinyurl.com/4wueyac7.