Founded in 1975 as the all Union Research Institute of Applied Enzimology, currently,  the Institute of Biotechnology is mainly involved in research and training in the fields of biotechnology and molecular biology, including research and development of recombinant biomedical proteins, genetic and molecular studies of restriction modification phenomenon, developing of viruses diagnostics, epigenetic study of small RNA, drug design and synthesis, bioinformatics.

Laboratory of Eukaryote Gene Engineering

Spausdinti

Head of laboratory:

Prof. Kęstutis Sasnauskas
Dr. Gintautas Žvirblis (since 2008)

Lab Members:

Alma Gedvilaitė, Ph. D.
Aušra Ražanskienė, Ph. D.
Rimantas Slibinskas, Ph.D.
Rokas Abraitis, Ph. D.
Asta Abraitienė, Ph. D.
Rasa Petraitytė, Ph. D.
Aistė Bulavaitė, Ph. D.
Linas Antoniukas, Ph. D.
Raimundas Ražanskas, M. Sc.

PostDocs:

Vaiva Kazanavičiūtė, Ph. D.
Danguolė Kavaliauskaitė, Ph. D.

PhD Students:

Mindaugas Juozapaitis, M. Sc.
Eglė Aleksaitė, M. Sc.
Evaldas Čiplys, M. Sc.
Rita Vorobjovienė, M. Sc.

Students:

Agnė Petuškaitė
Milda Žilinskaitė
Jonas Dabrišius
Dalia Gritėnaitė
Agnė Valinčiūtė
Raminta Jonikaitė

Technicians:

Elena Čikoitienė
Galina Kondratovič

 

Research projects and teams

Hamster polyomavirus-derived virus-like particles

Expression of glycoproteins of mump and measles viruses in yeast

Technology development of long-acting recombinant proteins

Hantavirus vaccine and diagnostic tools

Biotechnological approaches to improve plant cold tolerance

Detection and elimination of viroids and phytoplasmas

 

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Collaboration

 

Contacts