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| Research Interests: | Organic synthesis of compounds; protein-ligand interaction energetics; protein crystallography; drug design |
| Present Position: | Director, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University |
| Education: |
PhD, University of Minnesota, USA |
| Experience (Past Positions): | Johnson&Johnson drug design |
| Molecular biophysics; protein-ligand interaction biothermodynamics | |
| Supervision of Doctoral Students: | Edita Čapkauskaitė Lina Baranauskienė Vaida Linkuvienė Alexey Smirnov Justina Kazokaitė Egidijus Kazlauskas Joana Smirnovienė Vaida Paketurytė-Latvė Agnė Petrošiūtė Marius Gedgaudas Jokūbas Preikša Ihor Paterylo |
| Awards: | 1. Joint paper with Prof. Wen-Yih Chen has been awarded the best paper award on Jan. 6, 2022, at the annual meeting in Kaohsiung (https://2021twiche.conf.tw). Tai-Chih Kuo, Meng-Wei Wu, Wei-Chen Lin, Daumantas Matulis, Yuh-Shyong Yang, Si-Yu Li, Wen-Yih Chen* “Reduction of interstrand charge repulsion of DNA duplexes by salts and by neutral phosphotriesters - Contrary effects for harnessing duplex formation” Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtice.2020.02.023. 2. Vilnius City Municipality St. Christophor award, 2021. 3. Justina Kazokaitė, a PhD student supervised by D. Matulis was awarded a laureate prize by the Young Lithuanian Scientist Association for the best PhD thesis in the field of biomedical sciences in Lithuania in 2019. 4. Nominated by Global Lithuanian Leaders Awards for international innovations implemented in Lithuania, 2018. 5. Joana Smirnovienė, an MS student supervised by D. Matulis was awarded a prize by the Young Lithuanian Scientist Association for the best MS thesis in the field of biomedical sciences in Lithuania in 2015. 6. Justina Kazokaitė, an MS student supervised by D. Matulis was awarded a prize by the Young Lithuanian Scientist Association for the best MS thesis in the field of biomedical sciences in Lithuania in 2014. 7. Lithuanian National Science Prize 2012. 8. Life Science Baltics Startup Session, Lithuania, Vilnius. 2012 (second place). 9. The Affinity 2013 “Young Investigator Award”. Co-author of the poster „20th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Molecular Recognition“ conference. Vienna 2013. 10. The Best Poster award in the Conference “Biochemija ir biofizika Vilniaus universitete”, Lithuania, Vilnius. 2012 (third place). 11. The Best Poster award in the Conference „XVII International Society of Biological Calorimetry (ISBC) Conference“, Germany, Leipzig. 2012 (second place). 12. The Best Poster award in the Conference “ESBES+ISPPP+ISB“, Italy. 2010. 13. ScanBalt Bridge Baltic Sea Region Award, Sweden. 2009. 14. Public advisor to the President of Lithuania for the issues of emigration and repatriation, 2007–2009. 15. Selected as Lithuanian representative young scientist in the book “Portraits of Science. Scientists of Tomorrow” by European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, 2008. 16. Award “Direction-Home” given to Lithuanian scientist selected by an independent Swedish-Lithuanian scientific council, by “Telia Sonera” Inc., Sweden, 2007. 17. Robert Jenness Award by University of Minnesota Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics for the best postdoctoral associate in 2000. 18. National higher educational institutions Olympic competition in chemistry, third place, 1988. |
| Publications: | LABT_LMAVB GoogleScholar PubMed |
| Languages: | Lithuanian, English, Russian |