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Phone: +370 5 2234369
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| Research Interests: |
Epigenetics, hypoxia, alternative splicing |
| Present Position: |
Researcher, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University |
Education:
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2017 - PhD in Chemical Engineering (Technological Sciences) |
| Experience (Past Positions): |
2003–2012 - Bioengineer, Institute of Biotechnology, Laboratory of Immunology and Cell Biology
2012–2017 - Research assistant
2017–present - Researcher, VU Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Immunology and Cell Biology |
| Publications: |
LABT_LMAVB |
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Projects and Grants:
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Participation:
1999–2002 - "Comprehensive risk analysis of dioxins: development of methodology to assess genetic susceptibility to developmental disturbances and cancer", 5th Framework Program of the European Commission.
2004–2009 - "Targeting newly discovered oxygen-sensing cascades for novel cancer treatments. Biology, equipment, drug candidates", 6th Framework Program of the European Commission.
2009–2014 - "Metastatic tumours facilitated by hypoxic tumor micro-environment", 7th Framework Program of the European Commission.
2010–2012 - "Mutations in monoamine oxidase B gene related with Parkinson's disease, influence of pre-mRNA splicing", National Research Programme "Non-infectious chronic diseases".
2012–2014 - "Splicing factors and miRNA as diagnostic biomarkers for cancer of the digestive system", National Research Programme "Non-infectious chronic diseases".
2017–2019 - "Alternative pre-mRNA splicing: relation between hypoxia and neurodegenerative diseases"; Postdoctoral Fellowship.
2020–2022 - "Hypoxia as cell stress in mRNA diversity and aging", Research Council of Lithuania financed program „Healthy ageing” project.
2020–2023 - "Investigations of Virulent Potential of Meningococcal Isolates: Prerequisites for Effective Molecular Diagnosis of Invasive Meningococcal Infection", SMART.
2019–2020 - "Influence of hypoxia on the formation of mRNA isoforms associated with neurodegenerative diseases" financed by Vilnius University; principal investigator.
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| Qualification Improvement and Certificates: |
Internships:
January 2004–June 2004 - June 2005–September 2005, October 2006–December 2006, Karolinska Institute, Cell and Molecular Biology Department, Sweden
April 2006–May 2006 - Aalborg University, Health Science and Technology Department, Denmark
May 2019–June 2019 - Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia |
| Other Related Activities: |
2020–present - member of the Defense Committee of the Industrial Biotechnology MSc programme, Kaunas University of Technology |
| Languages: |
Lithuanian (native), English, German, Russian |
