Projects in Lithuania

Expert assessment of the current breeding status of carp and preparation of recommendations for the monitoring and programme of the development of new breeding lines adapted to local conditions Project leader: Dr. (HP) Dalius Butkauskas
Division: Laboratory of Molecular Ecology
Contracted by: National Paying Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania

Advanced models, citizen science and big data for sustainable food production and ecological services of inland aquatic ecosystems Project leader: Dr. Asta Audzijonytė
Division: Laboratory of Evolutionary Ecology of Hydrobionts
Source of funding: European Regional Development fund (measure Nr. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718)

Ponto-Caspian amphipods in the Baltic region: niche changes and functional comparison with local species (AMPHIBALT) Project leader: Dr. Denis Copilaş-Ciocianu
Division: Laboratory of Evolutionary Ecology of Hydrobionts
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

DNA barcoding database of Ponto-Caspian Amphipoda: towards improvement of invasion management and biodiversity conservation Project leader: Dr. Asta Audzijonytė
Fellow: Dr. Denis Copilaş-Ciocianu
Division: Laboratory of Evolutionary Ecology of Hydrobionts
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

Innovative diagnostic systems and measures of endobiont Microlepidoptera for the modern consumer Project leader: Prof. Dr. Habil. Jonas Rimantas Stonis
Division: Laboratory of Entomology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Monitoring of changes in the population of blackflies in a segment of the Nemunas River Project leader: Dr. Rasa Bernotienė
Division: Laboratory of Entomology
Contracted by: Druskininkai Municipality Administration

Fish as a model of nutritional ontogenesis for the study of nanoparticle transport by aquatic food chains in the context of climate change Project leader: Dr. Nijolė Kazlauskienė
Division: Laboratory of Ecotoxicology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Studies on the genotoxic and cytotoxic effects of microplastics of various polymers on salmonids Project leader: Dr. Milda Stankevičiūtė
Student: Agnė Bučaitė

Genes affected by natural selection: evolutionary rate during speciation and use for identification of sibling species Project leader: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eduardas Budrys
Division: Laboratory of Chemical and Behavioural Ecology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Does haemosporidian gametocyte viability change in different seasons in nature? Project leader: Prof. Habil. Dr. Vincas Būda
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Dovilė Bukauskaitė
Division: Laboratory of Chemical and Behavioural Ecology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds