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| Research Interests: | Bacterial infections; Mechanisms of pathogenesis of opportunistic bacteria; Interaction of bacteria with immunity; Bacterial resistance to antibiotics. |
| Present Position: | Senior Researcher, Vilnius University |
| Education: |
2019 - PhD in Biochemistry, Vilnius University 2014 - MSc in Biochemistry, Vilnius University 2012 - BSc in Biochemistry, Vilnius University |
| Experience (Past Positions): | 2023–present - Senior researcher, Institute of Biosciences, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Lithuania 2020–2023 - Postdoctoral Researcher, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, Strasbourg, France 2017–2020 - Research assistant, Institute of Biosciences, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Lithuania 2016 - Trainee, Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université, Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-José, France 2015–2017 - Research assistant, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vilnius University, Lithuania 2013 - Assistant, Department of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| Subjects Taught: | Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis |
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| Projects and Grants: | 2024–2026 - Supervisor of the project “Application of bacterial outer membrane vesicles to deliver antibiotics and photoactive substances for combined therapy against biofilms formed by opportunistic bacteria” funded by Vilnius University Science Promotion Fund (MSF-JM-04/2024). 2024 - Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Scholarship for Young Scientists in the Field of Biomedical Sciences. 2023–2026 - Research group project "Investigation of capsular polysaccharides and outer membrane vesicles as virulence factors in pathogenesis of opportunistic bacteria", principal investigator; 2020–2022 - Project "Oxygen-dependent regulation of Shigella secretion and neutrophil degranulation: impact on the infectious process", researcher, French National Research Agency (ANR); 2018–2019 - Project "Macrophage inflammatory response to the outer membrane vesicles secreted by Acinetobacter baumannii", principal investigator; 2015–2018 - National Science Program "Influence of intensive farming on the emergence, preservation and distribution of antibiotics and biocidal bacteria in soil and water", researcher; 2012–2015 - National Science Program "Detection of pathogenic bacteria in the food chain by molecular methods", researcher. |
| Languages: | Lithuanian (native), English, French |