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| Research Interests: | Genetic Toxicology Nanogenotoxicology Ecotoxicology |
| Present Position: | Assistant |
| Education: |
2024 - PhD in Biology, Vilnius University 2019 - MSc in Nanotechnology, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2017 - BSc in Genetics, Vilnius University |
| Experience (Past Positions): | 2025–present - Assistant, Vilnius University, Lithuania 2021–2025 - Teaching assistant, Vilnius University, Lithuania 2017–2019 - Biologist, Nature Research Center, Lithuania |
| Subjects Taught: | Genetic Toxicology; Fundamentals of Genetics; Molecular Genetics (seminars); Genetics of Trait Inheritance (seminars); Genetic Data Analysis and Communication (exercise). |
| Awards: | 2023 Best Pitch Presentation Award at 51st EEMGS and 27th SEMA meeting; 2022 Best Oral Presentation Award at the 8th Baltic Genetics Congress; 2022 Travel Grant from EEMGS to visit the 13th International Conference on Environmental Mutagens, Ottawa, Canada. |
| Publications: | LABT_LMAVB PubMed |
| Projects and Grants: | 2025 - LMT Student Summer Practice; P-SV3-25-416: Genotoxicity studies of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) of different sizes and shapes in A549 and HepG2 cell lines; Supervisor. 2024 - The Research Promotion Fund of Vilnius University; Concentrations of steroid hormones in relation to genotoxicity in developing grey seals; Junior Researcher |
| Qualification Improvement, Certificates: | 2025 Arqus Summer School "Research leadership and career development for early-stage researchers." Minho University, Portugal; 2025 Hands-On Workshop "Beyond the Petri Dish: Microucleus Assay Using Human 3D Skin Model" Mattek Bratislava, Slovakia; 2025 Teacher-Student Interaction. Learning Motivation. Vilnius University; 2024 and 2025 Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Training Programme, visiting Pro Mare (Estonia) 2023 Validation of ToxtTracker for Regulatory Genetox Testing Strategies, Webinar; 2023 HUMN Workshop. The buccal micronucleus (MN) cytome assay, Malaga, Spain; 2022 EMBO Workshop on Research Integrity, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University; 2022 Advanced comet assay training course, Maastricht, Netherlands (The use of 3D models in comet assay and High throughput comet chip model); 2022 Building Careers as Science Diplomats. Webinar; |
| Research Dissemination: | 2025 Recording of the podcast “Ateities kompasas” (topic – Genetics study programme); 2025 Lecturer at the National Students’ Academy Summer Session; 2025 Participation in the filming of the podcast “Mokslo Sriuba” (topic – Genetic Toxicology); 2024 Participation in the filming of the podcast “Mokslo Sriuba” (topic: Genotoxicity of Nanoplastics). |
| Other Related Activities: | 2025–present - Member of the Genetics Study Programme Committee; 2025–present - Vice-chair of EEMGS NI 2022–present - Member of European Environmental Mutagens and Genomics Society (EEMGS) |
| Languages: | Lithuanian (native), English |