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 Junior researcher, Institute of Biosciences, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Lithuania 2016 Trainee, Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université, Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-José, France 2015-2017 Junior researcher, 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 |
Publications: | LABT_LMAVB GoogleScholar |
Projects and Grants: | 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 |