Dr. Laura Kalinienė

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Research Group

Projects and Grants:

2019–2022 Research Council of Lithuania, project “Molecular mechanisms of adaptation of low-temperature phages to the mesophilic host” (S-MIP-19-58), project leader.
2020–2023 Research Council of Lithuania (01.2.2-LMT-K-718-03-0099), project “Biomarkers of the gut microbiota in autistic spectrum disorders”, senior researcher.
2015–2018 National Research Program "Agro-, forest and water ecosystems sustainability”, funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, the project “Agroecosystems microbiota under climate change: structure and concordance mechanisms”, leader of BCHI group.

"Viruses frozen in melting glaciers - are we looking at a new pandemic?". Spectrum magazine, 11 October 2021. 
"Virologist L. Kalinienė: still a long way from pandemic peak", Verslo Žinios, 29 October 2020. 
"Vilnius University virologist L. Kalinienė: what do scientists already know about the new coronavirus and why is it difficult to develop a vaccine?", 15 min., 23 July 2020. 
"VU virologist: COVID-19 may be far more dangerous than many think, causing irreversible changes in the body", LRT Naujienos, 19 October 2020. 
"L. Kalinienė, virologist at Vilnius University, on coronavirus: today there are more questions than answers", VU Mokslas, 19 October 2020. 
“The planet of viruses”, LMA Naujienos, 24 July 2020. 
„VU GMC scientists are the first to discover low-temperature viruses“, 13 October 2018. 

Participation in radio and television programmes:
“Scientist: viruses will continue to emerge”, LRT RADIO programme "10–12", 28 September 2020;
"Viruses probably gave us life as well as the disease: a virologist shares some hard-to-believe theories", LRT Television's programme Curiosity Gene, 13 December 2020.

Lectures for schoolchildren and the public:
17 September 2020 "Emerging viruses", International Day of Microorganisms 2020; 
17 September 2019 "Earth is a planet of viruses", Science Festival “Spaceship called Earth“