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Darius Kazlauskas v2  

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Research Interests: Comparative genomics, virus origins and evolution, protein sequence and structure analysis, phylogenetic analysis, CRISPR-Cas systems, Anti-CRISPR proteins, DNA replication proteins 
Present Position: Senior researcher 
Education:
 2014 - PhD in Biochemistry, Vilnius University
2010 - MSc in Biochemistry, Vilnius University/University of Copenhagen
2008 - BSc in Molecular biology, Vilnius University 
Experience (Past Positions): 2022–present - Senior researcher, EMBL-Partnership Institute at Vilnius University Life Science Center
2020–present - Senior researcher, Institute of Biotechnology
2016–2020 - Researcher, Institute of Biotechnology
2016, 2018, 2019 - Visiting Researcher, Pasteur Institute, Paris
2012–2016 - Research assistant, Institute of Biotechnology
2006–2012 - Specialist, Institute of Biotechnology
Bioinformatics
Supervision of Doctoral Students: Since 2020 - consultant of PhD student 
Awards: 2020 - Vilnius University Rector’s award for scientific achievements
2018 - Young scientist scholarship of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
2015 - Laureate of best PhD thesis of 2014 competition held by Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers
2014 - Travel Fellowship to attend the ECCB Student Council Symposium in Strasbourg, France
2013 - The Research Council of Lithuania scholarship for PhD students actively conducting scientific research
2011 - Travel Fellowship to attend the ISMB/ECCB 2011 conference in Vienna, Austria
2011 - Outstanding Master's Thesis Award of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
2009 - ERASMUS/SOCRATES Fellowship to study at the University of Copenhagen 
Publications: LABT_LMAVB 
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Academic Cooperation: Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA 

Projects and Grants:

March 2022–September 2023 - EMBL-Partnership Institute at Vilnius University Life Science Center “Function of highly diverged Cas7 homolog (gp87) in phage VpaE1” No. 01.2.2-CVPA-V-716-01-0001. Project leader.
November 2021–September 2023 - COVID-19 R&D Implementation scheme (SMART) “Expanding the CRISPR toolbox for rapid detection and genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern” No. 13.1.1-LMT-K-718-05-0021. Project leader. 
May 2020–November 2022 - Researcher groups project “Search for Anti-CRISPR proteins and research of their action“ No. S-MIP-20-39. Secondary project implementer. 
2019 - Contract-based research project for the CasZyme company “Sequence analysis of gene editing tools“ No. 01.2.1-MITA-T-851-02-0096. Principal implementer.
June 2019–August 2019 - European Social Fund under the No 09.3.3-LMT-K-712 “Development of Competences of Scientists, other Researchers and Students through Practical Research Activities” measure, “Development of RNA virus sequence profiles database“ No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-14-0027. Project leader.
March 2018–May 2018 - FEBS Short-term Fellowship to conduct research at Institute Pasteur, Paris. “Diversity and evolution of CRISPR-associated archaeo-eukaryotic primases in bacteria”. Project leader.
2018–2021 - European Social Fund activity “Improvement of researchers’ qualification by implementing world-class R&D projects“ “Computational study of evolutionary relationships, genomic distribution, structural and functional properties of DNA polymerases“ No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0080. Principal implementer .
2017–2018 - Bilateral Lithuanian–French program “Gilibert”, “Archaeo-eukaryotic DNA replication proteins in bacteria and their mobile genetic elements: distribution and diversity“ No. TAP LZ-17-007. Principal implementer.
September 2016–December 2016 - EMBO Short-term Fellowship to conduct research at Institute Pasteur, Paris. “Distribution and diversity of archaeo-eukaryotic DNA replication proteins in bacteria and their mobile genetic elements” No. ASTF-82–2016. Project leader.
2013–2015 - European Social Fund under the Global Grant measure “Making use of large-scale biological data for the development of a new method to assess protein models and for studying DNA replication and repair systems in bacteria and viruses“ No. VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-03-004. Principal implementer.
Research Dissemination:

2022 - Bioinformatics lecture for Ukrainian pupils at summer school

2019 - Interview to Jonathan R. Goodman from New Scientist journal about origins and evolution of viruses 
Other Related Activities: Since 2018 - Member of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS)
Since 2012 - Member of the International Society for Viruses of Microorganisms (ISVM)
Since 2011 - Member of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
Since 2011 - Member of Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
Since 2012 - Reviewer for journals Genome Biology and Evolution, PLOS Computational Biology, Scientific Reports and Virus Evolution
Languages: Lithuanian (native), English

 

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