Research interests

Diversity of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms in natural habitats, investigation of biocidal properties of microorganisms, yeast killer toxins, resistance-killing mechanisms, research on the effects of bioactive nanoparticles. Studies of the molecular mechanisms of yeasts and their biocidal systems common in the natural environment using modern methods of microbiology and molecular biology.

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Reviewed scientific articles, published in Lithuania:

  1. Losinska-Sičiūnienė R., Stanevičienė R., Švegždienė D. 2020. Effects of UVA and its simultaneous action with blue light on the growth and phototropism of cress leaves under various gravity conditions. – Biologija, 66(2): 103-113. ISSN 2029-0578.

 International scientific conferences:

  1. Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Stanevičienė R., Lukša J., Ravoitytė B., Strazdaitė‐Žielienė Ž., Servienė E. 2022. High content analysis of sea buckthorn and cherries-associated mycobiota. – Lithuanian biochemical society 2022 mini-conference: biochemistry in the big data age, September 30, Vilnius, Lithuania. Book of Abstracts: 35.
  2. Stanevičienė R., Strazdaitė‐Žielienė Ž., Ravoitytė B., Antanaitytė E., Losinska‐Sičiūnienė R., Servienė E. Antagonistic traits of yeasts isolated from the surface of sour and sweet cherries. – FEBS3+ conference of Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian Biochemical societies, June 15-17, Tallinn, Estonia. Book of Abstracts: 140-141.
  3. Navickaitė M., Stanevičienė R., Lukša J., Servienė E., Sereikaitė J. 2022. Purification and the identification of physical and chemical properties of Saccharomyces cerevisiae K2 toxin. – 65th International Conference for Students of Physics and Natural Sciences Open Readings 2022, March 15-18, Vilnius, Lithuania. Book of Abstracts: 93.
  4. Stanevičienė R., Lukša J., Strazdaitė‐Žielienė Ž., Ravoitytė B., Losinska‐Sičiūnienė R., Servienė E. 2022. High content analysis of cherries-associated mycobiota. – International conference of Lithuanian Society for Microbiology “Microbiology 2022”, April 28-29, Birštonas, Lithuania. Book of Abstracts: 68.
  5. Šimelytė K., Rastenienė A., Stanevičienė R., Servienė E., Sereikaitė J. 2021. Screening of purification methods for antimicrobial peptide from Pediococcus acidilactici JEM-1. – 64th International Conference for Students of Physics and Natural Sciences Open Readings 2021, March 16-19, Vilnius, Lithuania. Book of Abstracts: 455.
  6. Stanevičienė R., Novickij V., Gruškienė R., Sereikaitė J., Servienė E. 2020. Effects of pulsed electric fields and mild thermal treatment on antimicrobial efficacy of nisin-loaded pectin nanoparticles. – FEMS Online Conference on Microbiology 2020, October 28-31, Belgrade, Serbia. Book of Abstracts: 175.
  7. Servienė E., Lukša J., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Apšegaitė V., Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Stanevičienė R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž., Ravoitytė B., Aleknavičius D., Būda V., Mozūraitis R. 2020. Fungal microbiota of sea buckthorn berries at two ripening stages and volatile profiling of potential biocontrol yeasts. – FEMS Online Conference on Microbiology 2020, October 28-31, Belgrade, Serbia. Book of Abstracts: 381.
  8. Rastenienė A., Šimelytė K., Kisieliūtė M., Gruškienė R., Stanevičienė R., Servienė E., Sereikaitė J. 2020. The characteristics of an antimicrobial peptide from Pediococcus acidilactici JEM-1. – 63rd International Conference for Students of Physics and Natural Sciences Open Readings 2020, March 17-20, Vilnius, Lithuania. Book of Abstracts: 446.
  9. Bartkus M. R., Ravoitytė B., Stanevičienė R., Servienė E. 2020. The interface between chronological aging and killer maintenance in Saccharomyces yeasts. – 63rd International Conference for Students of Physics and Natural Sciences Open Readings 2020, March 17-20, Vilnius, Lithuania. Book of Abstracts: 535.
  10. Servienė E., Lukša J., Stanevičienė R., Ravoitytė B., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž. 2020. High content analysis of fruit and berry fungal microbiota. – EuroMicropH 1st Open Meeting 2020, February 12-14, Lisbon, Portugal. Book of Abstracts: 56.
  11. Bočkuvienė A., Juravičius L., Stanevičienė R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž., Serva S., Servienė E. 2019. Chitoologosaccaride and its derivatives: sythesis, investigation and determination of antibacterial activity. – Baltic polymer symposium 2019, September 18-20, Vilnius, Lithuania. Book of Abstracts: 95.
  12. Ravoitytė B., Stanevičienė R., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Sederevičiūtė A., Lukša J., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž., Servienė E. 2019. Effects of temperature and pH on Saccharomyces paradoxus killer yeasts. – XXIX International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology, August 18-22, Gothenburg, Sweden. Book of Abstracts: 378.
  13. Stanevičienė R., Lukša J., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž., Servienė E. 2019. Yeasts-commensals in the sea buckthorn ecosystem. – 8th Congress of European Microbiologists FEMS 2019, July 7-11, Glasgow, Scotland. Book of Abstracts: 1446.
  14. Lukša J., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Stanevičienė R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž., Serva S., Servienė E. 2019. High content analysis of microbiota on medicinal properties possessing berries. – 8th Congress of European Microbiologists FEMS 2019, July 7-11, Glasgow, Scotland. Book of Abstracts: 1445.
  15. Servienė E., Stanevičienė R., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Lukša J., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž., Apšegaitė V., Butkienė R., Aleknavičius D., Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Būda V., Mozūraitis R. 2019. Sea buckthorn berry-related yeasts and their volatiles. – FEBS3+ conference of Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian Biochemical societies, June 17-19, Riga, Latvia. Book of Abstracts: 107-108.
  16. Babonaitė M., Novickij V., Stanevičienė R., Sereikaitė J., Gruškienė R., Servienė E., Lukša J. 2019. Modulation of efficiency of nanostructured nisin. – 62nd International Conference for Students of Physics and Natural Sciences Open Readings 2019, March 19-22, Vilnius, Lithuania. Book of Abstracts: 249.
  17. Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Lukša J., Stanevičienė R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž., Yurchenko V., Serva S., Servienė E. 2018. Metataxonomic analysis of berries-associated microorganisms. – EMBO conference “Experimental Approaches to Evolution and Ecology using Yeast and other Model Systems”, October 17-20, Heidelberg, Germany. Book of Abstracts: 133.
  18. Aleknavičius D., Apšegaitė V., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Stanevičienė R., Servienė E., Būda V. 2018. Fruit flies Rhagoletis batava perceive odours emitted by yeasts from berries of their host plant. – 34th International Annual Meeting on Society of Chemical Ecology, August 12-18, Budapest, Hungary. Book of Abstracts: 45.
  19. Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Lukša J., Stanevičienė R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž., Yurchenko V., Serva S., Servienė E. 2018. Metataxonomic analysis of berries-associated microorganisms. – XVth International Conference of The Lithuanian Biochemical Society, June 26-29, Dubingiai, Lithuania. Book of Abstracts: 70-71.
  20. Kisieliūtė M., Stanevičienė R., Gruškienė R., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Servienė E., Sereikaitė J. 2018. Antimicrobial peptide from Pediococcus acidilactici JEM-1. – XVth International Conference of The Lithuanian Biochemical Society, June 26-29, Dubingiai, Lithuania. Book of Abstracts: 25-26.
  21. Novickij V., Stanevičienė R., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Babonaitė M., Gruškienė R., Krivorotova T., Sereikaitė J., Novickij J., Servienė E. 2018. Overcoming antimicrobial resistance in bacteria using bioactive magnetic nanoparticles, high pulsed electric and electromagnetic fields. – XVth International Conference of The Lithuanian Biochemical Society, June 26-29, Dubingiai, Lithuania. Book of Abstracts: 45.
  22. Gruškienė R., Krivorotova T., Stanevičienė R., Ratautas D., Servienė E., Sereikaitė J. 2017. Nisin-loaded magnetic nanoparticles. – 6th Central European Congress of Life Sciences Eurobiotech, September 11-14, Krakow, Poland. Book of Abstracts: 166.
  23. Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Stanevičienė R., Lukša J., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž., Servienė E. 2017. Yeast communities on fruits and berries of Lithuania. – 28th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology (ICYGMB), August 27-September 1, Prague, Czech Republic. Book of Abstracts: 307-308.
  24. Konovalovas A., Aitmanaitė L., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Stanevičienė R., Servienė E., Serva S. 2017. New double-stranded RNA viruses from Saccharomyces sensu stricto. – 28th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology (ICYGMB), August 27 – September 1, Prague, Czech Republic. Book of Abstracts: 309-310.
  25. Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Stanevičienė R., Lukša J., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž., Naumovas D., Žilakauskis A., Cimalova S., Servienė E. 2016. The impact of biogeography on diversity of yeast and killer viruses. – EMBO conference “Experimental Approaches to Evolution and Ecology using Yeast and other Model Systems”, October 19-23, Heidelberg, Germany. Book of Abstracts: 124.
  26. Servienė E., Lukša J., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Stanevičienė R., Urbonavičius J., Serva S. 2016. Importance of external and cellular environment for the functioning of yeast killer toxins. – EMBO conference “Experimental Approaches to Evolution and Ecology using Yeast and other Model Systems”, October 19-23, Heidelberg, Germany. Book of Abstracts: 113.
  27. Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Lukša J., Stanevičienė R., Urbonavičius J., Servienė E. 2016. Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome database non-annotated gene products are potential modulators of K2 toxin action. – 7th EMBO meeting, September 10-13, Mannheim, Germany. Book of Abstract: 204.
  28. Lukša J., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Stanevičienė R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž., Žilakauskis A., Konovalovas A., Serva S., Servienė E. 2016. Persistence of killer viruses in the natural environment. – 7th EMBO meeting, September 10-13, Mannheim, Germany. Book of Abstract: 182.
  29. Stanevičienė R., Lukša, J., Krivorotova T., Čirkovas A., Servienė E., Sereikaitė J. 2015. Antimicrobial activity of nisin-loaded pectin nanoparticles. – VI International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology – BioMicroWorld2015, October 28-30, Barcelona, Spain. Book of Abstracts: 319.
  30. Krivorotova T., Čirkovas A., Mačiulytė S., Stanevičienė R., Budrienė S., Servienė E., Sereikaitė J. 2015. Nisin-pectin nanoparticles supplemented with inulin for food preservation. – EuroFoodChem XVIII. Upcoming Challenges in Food Science, October 13-16, Madrid, Spain. Book of Abstracts: 287.
  31. Krivorotova T., Stanevičienė R., Lukša J., Čirkovas A., Mačiulytė S., Budrienė S., Servienė E., Sereikaitė J. 2015. Impact of pectin esterification on the antimicrobial activity of nisinloaded pectin nanoparticles. – Baltic Polymer Symposium, September 16-18, Sigulda, Latvia. Book of Abstracts: 101.
  32. Servienė E., Lukša J., Vepštaitė I., Stanevičienė R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž. 2015. NonAnnotated genetic factors associated with cell wall-related processes, important in K2 susceptibility. – 27th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology, September 6-12, Levico Terme (Trento), Italy. Yeast, 32: S241.

 National scientific conferences:

  1. Vepštaitė-Monstavičė I., Lukša J., Stanevičienė R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė Ž., Žilakauskis A., Naumov D., Yurchenko V., Serva S., Servienė E. 2017. Biogeografijos įtaka obuolių ir juodųjų serbentų mikrobiotai. – 10th Youngest Scientists Conference „Bioateitis: gamtos ir gyvybės mokslų perspektyvos”, gruodis 7, Vilnius, Lietuva: 4.
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