National scientific research programmes

Response and plasticity of different tree species and developing forest communities under the impact of climate change and other stressors (MIŠKOEKOKAITA)Project leader: Dr. Jurga Jankauskienė
Division: Laboratory of Plant Physiology
Title of the National Research Programme: Sustainability of Agro-, Forest and Water Ecosystems
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Significance of species and functional diversity for aquatic ecosystem services under increasing eutrophication and chemical pollution (RETRO)Project leader: Prof. Dr. Kęstutis Arbačiauskas
Division: Laboratory of Evolutionary Ecology of Hydrobionts
Title of the National Research Programme: Sustainability of Agro-, Forest and Water Ecosystems
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Microbiota of agroecosystems under climate change conditions: structure and mechanisms of interaction (AMIKUS)Project leader: Prof. Dr. Elena Servienė
Division: Laboratory of Genetics
Title of the National Research Programme: Sustainability of Agro-, Forest and Water Ecosystems
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Searching for biomarkers for the detection of harmful substances in grains and their products for quality and safety control (MIKOTOX)Project leader: Dr. Rita Butkienė
Division: Laboratory of Chemical and Behavioural Ecology
Title of the National Research Programme: Healthy and Safe Food
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Microencapsulation studies of bacteriocins as biopreservatives (BACTERIOCINS)Project leader: Prof. Dr. Elena Servienė
Division: Laboratory of Genetics
Title of the National Research Programme: Healthy and Safe Food
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Detection of alien pathogens of bees Apis mellifera and patterns of their distribution in Lithuania (VIRUSAI)Project leader: Dr. Sandra Radžiutė
Division: Laboratory of Chemical and Behavioural Ecology
Title of the National Research Programme: Ecosystems in Lithuania: Climate Change and Human Impact
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Phylogenetic analysis and selection of antimicrobially active lactic acid bacteria for sourdough production (PIENRUGBANKT)Project leader: Dr. Jūratė Repečkienė
Division: Laboratory of Biodeterioration Research
Title of the National Research Programme: Healthy and Safe Food
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

A colony of Great Cormorants in a forest ecosystem – effects of hypertrophication and rates of dynamics (KOREKO)Project leader: Dr. Jurga Motiejūnaitė
Division: Laboratory of Mycology
Title of the National Research Programme: Ecosystems in Lithuania: Climate Change and Human Impact
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Cyclicity, dynamics and change models of Quaternary warm-year palaeoenvironmental changes (CIKLAS) Project leader: Dr. Habil. Valentinas Baltrūnas
Division: Laboratory of Quaternary Research
Title of the National Research Programme: Ecosystems in Lithuania: Climate Change and Human Impact
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Palaeovegetation expansion in the context of ecosystem dynamics in the Eastern Baltic region during the Post-Glacial Period (PALEOAUGALIJA)Project leader: Dr. Miglė Stančikaitė
Division: Laboratory of Quaternary Research
Title of the National Research Programme: Ecosystems in Lithuania: Climate Change and Human Impact
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania