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| Research Interests: | Bacterial antiviral defense systems, TIR domain, protein-DNA interaction mechanisms, signaling defense systems, protein crystallography, cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) |
| Present Position: | Research Professor, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University |
| Education: |
1993–1999 Biochemistry, Vilnius University 2002–2007 PhD student, Vilnius University and Institute of Biotechnology |
| Experience (Past Positions): | Since 2025 - Research Professor at the Department of Protein-DNA Interactions, Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius, Lithuania 2011–2025 - Senior Researcher at the Department of Protein-DNA Interactions, Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius, Lithuania 2007–2011 - Researcher, Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius, Lithuania 2002–2007 - PhD student, Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius, Lithuania 1999–2002 Junior Researcher, Institute of Biotechnology |
| Molecular Biology (DNA replication and genome studies): lecture course for the 4th year biochemistry students, Vilnius University | |
| Supervision of Doctoral Students: | 2023–2027 Džiugas Sabonis 2024–2028 Deividas Vilutis |
| Awards: | 2024 Vilnius University Rector‘s Science Award 2024 Vilnius University Best Publication of the Year 2023 2021 Vilnius University Best Publication of the year 2020 2007 Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers Award for the Best PhD Thesis in Lithuania. |
| Publications: | LABT_LMAVB GoogleScholar ORCID |
| Academic Cooperation: | Prof. R. Sorek (Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science), Prof. P. Kranzusch (Harvard Medical School), Prof. J.P. Gerdt (Indiana University), Prof. S.J.J. Brouns (Delft University of Technology) - structural and biochemical studies of bacterial antiviral defense system Thoeris. Dr. Arturo Carabias and Prof. Guillermo Montoya (Novo Nordisk Foundation, Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) - cryo-EM analysis of protein-nucleic acid complexes. |
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Projects and Grants: |
2024 Research Council of Lithuania grant S-MIP-24-84 “Structural and functional studies of bacterial antiviral defense systems with TIR/SIR2 domain” |
| Improvement of Qualification, Certificates: | 2009 FSB/BCO protein crystallography course "Practical and theoretical aspects of data collection and data processing", University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland 2008 EMBO course "Computational Aspects of the Protein Target Selection, Protein Production Management and Structure Analysis Pipeline“; EMBL Hinxton, Cambridge, UK 2006 Biocrys2006 "Fundamentals of modern methods in biocrystallography", Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal 2005 Practical Course on Training Methods in Lithuanian, English, Russian "Macromolecular Crystallography M2M-5: From Measurement to Model", EMBL/DESY, Hamburg, Germany 2005 MM4MX course "Macromolecular Modeling for Macromolecular Crystallographers", Diamond Light Source, Chilton, Didcot, UK 2004 EMBO course "Automated Macromolecular Structure Solution", The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2002 EMBO practical course "Crystallization of Macromolecular Complexes", EMBL/Grenoble Outstation, Grenoble, France |
| Research Dissemination: | 2019 Lecture at the MO Museum: "How does science inspire artists to create?" 2019 Exhibition in LSC "Stories of structures" |
| Languages: | Lithuanian (native), English, Russian |