Projects in Lithuania

Investigation of ichthyofauna and aquatic flora (macrophytes and phytobenthos) Project leader: Dr. Tomas Virbickas
Division: Laboratory of Fish Ecology
Contracted by: Environmental Protection Agency

Determination of the dynamics of abundance and distribution of different water bird species wintering at sea in 2022/2023 and assessment of obtained results Project leader: Dr. Mindaugas Dagys
Division: Laboratory of Avian Ecology
Contracted by: Environmental Protection Agency

Assessment of the status of the Baltic Sea environment in 2022 according to ichthyofauna indicators Project leader: Dr. Linas Ložys
Division: Laboratory of Fish Ecology
Contracted by: Environmental Protection Agency

Insights into pathogenicity of leucocytozoonoses Project leader: Habil. Dr. Gediminas Valkiūnas
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Carolina R. F. Chagas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

The effect of increasing cold on the dynamics of polyamine biosynthesis of winter oilseed rape and the scope of its control Project leader: Dr. Petras Prakas
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Elžbieta Jankovska-Bortkevič
Division: Laboratory of Molecular Ecology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

Molecular diagnostics of Sarcocystis species parasitizing sheep and goat Project leader: (HP) Dr. Dalius Butkauskas
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Alina Marandykina-Prakienė
Division: Laboratory of Molecular Ecology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

A feasibility study on collecting phytoplankton biomass in the aquatic area of the Curonian Lagoon, using floating devices and disposal of the collected biomass in bioreactors for agrotechnological needs or other purposes (FITOBIO) Project leader: Dr. Ričardas Paškauskas
Division: Laboratory of Algology and Microbial Ecology
Contracted by: Environmental Protection Agency

Mechanisms of the pathogenesis due to internal organ damage during avian haemosporidiosis Project leader: Dr. Gediminas Valkiūnas
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Carolina Hernández-Lara
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

The impact of cyanobacterial biomass as a biofertilizer on the growth and development processes of agricultural plants Project leader: Dr. Jurga Jankauskienė
Student: Kornelija Buzytė
Division: Laboratory of Plant Physiology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania