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Phone: +370 615 58081
Email: algirdas.toleikis@gmc.vu.lt
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Research Group
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| Research Interests: |
Molecular motors, DNA, helicases, kinesins, force measurement |
| Present Position: |
Group leader |
Education:
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PhD, UCL, London, UK |
| Experience (Past Positions): |
Postdoc - Warwick University, UK |
| Awards: |
EMBO Instalation Grant
MJJ foundation award
Wellcome Trust award for PhD
Biophysical Society Travel Award |
| Publications: |
GoogleScholar |
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Projects and Grants:
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Molecular motors in CRISPR (EMBO IG, EMBL-VU Assoc fellow)
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| Research Dissemination: |
MJJ Foundation: scientists who have returned to Lithuania are studying invasive plants, the causes of epilepsy and DNA motors (in Lithuanian), 2023
Good Afternoon, Lithuania: Cells as a busy, microscopic city (from 26:10 to 33:20, in Lithuanian), 2023
Scientist Dr. Algirdas Toleikis on What Molecular Motors Are and Why We Need Them, 2023
A cell is like a city: there is heavy traffic, but some "trucks" here can be linked to neurodegenerative diseases (in Lithuanian), 2023
Researcher Dr. A. Toleikis - about what molecular motors are, why we need them and what they have in common with M. Jackson (Video) (in Lithuanian), 2023
There are thousands of molecular motors in each of our cells: Algirdas Toleikis, a biophysicist at the VU from Švėkšnos, explained what they are and what they do (in Lithuanian), 2023
Thousands of molecular motors in each of our cells: a VU biophysicist explained what they are and what they do (in Lithuanian), 2023
Lithuanian researcher about what molecular motors are, why we need them and what they have in common with M. Jackson (in Lithuanian), 2023
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| Languages: |
Lithuanian, English |
