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| Research Interests: | Novel bacterial pathogens Virulence mechanisms Antibiotic resistance Host-pathogen interactions |
| Present Position: |
Researcher, Assistant professor. Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University |
| Education: |
PhD in Biochemistry (2025) MSc in Molecular biology (2020) BSc in Microbiology (2018) |
| Experience (Past Positions): | 2025–now - Assistant professor, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University 2025–now - Researcher, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University 2024 - Visiting researcher, Department of Molecular biology, Faculty of Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium 2022–2025 - Junior researcher, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University 2021–2025 - Junior assistant, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University 2020 - Visiting research scientist in Sumanas laboratory, Department of Developmental biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA 2019 - Graduate assistant, Department of Developmental biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA |
| Subjects Taught: |
Biochemistry (laboratory work); Genetics of the microorganisms (seminars) |
| Awards: | 2024 - The Professor Virginijus Šikšnys scholarship 2024 - Support of the Research Council of Lithuania for doctoral study results 2023 - Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) short-term fellowship grant 2023 - Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) Congress Attendance Grant to participate in 10th FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists 2023 - Best poster award at International Jędrzej Śniadecki’s Memorial Conference 2023 and 2024 - Nominal Scholarship of the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center 2022 - Best oral presentation award at 15th Lithuanian young scientist conference Bioateitis 2021 - Lithuanian Academy of Sciences’ prize for university students’ research work |
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| Projects and Grants: | 2023–2026 - project Investigation of the role of capsular polysaccharides and outer membrane vesicles in the pathogenesis of opportunistic bacteria (Nr. S-MIP-23-109), funded by the Research Council of Lithuania. Main executor 2024 - student research project Functional analysis of putative β-lactamases from the opportunistic pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Nr. S-SV-24-146), funded by the Research Council of Lithuania. Supervisor 2023–2024 - project Prevalence of genetic determinants of antibiotic resistance in opportunistic pathogens Acinetobacter baumannii and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia“, (Nr. MSF-JM-12/2023), funded by the Vilnius University Research Fund. Supervisor 2021–2023 - project Personalized upper respiratory microbiome studies - a new diagnostic and healthcare tool (Nr. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-03-0079), funded by the Research Council of Lithuania. Specialist 2021–2022 - project Synergistic antibiotic-photodynamic therapy combination in inactivation of opportunistic pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Nr. MSF-JM-3/2021), funded by the Vilnius University Research Fund. Main executor |
| Languages: |
Lithuanian, English, Russian |