P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology - Projektai

An integrative taxonomic approach to studying etiology of helminthoses in wild animals in Bulgaria and LithuaniaProject coordinator in Bulgaria: Assoc. prof. Mariana Panayotova-Pencheva Department of experimental parasitology Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Project coordinator in Lithuania: Dr. Virmantas Stunžėnas
P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Academies of sciences of Lithuania and Bulgaria

Experimental study of avian malaria co-infections in blood-sucking vectorsProject leader: Dr. Rita Žiegytė
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Towards a better understanding of the diversity, phylogeny and life cycles of blood flukes in freshwater fishProject leader: Dr. Olena Kudlai
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. James Omondi Outa
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

Unveiling the hidden threats of widespread blood parasitesProject leader: Habil. Dr. Gediminas Valkiūnas
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Alžbeta Šujanova
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

CA22108 Wildlife Malaria Network (WIMANET)Management Committee member: Dr. Vaidas Palinauskas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: COST

New insights into the biology of haemosporidian parasitesProject leader: Dr. Habil. Gediminas Valkiūnas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

How changes in biodiversity change biodiversity: long-term trends in freshwater invertebrates as vectors of haemosporidian parasitesProject leader: Dr. Vaidas Palinauskas
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Nathan Jay Baker
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

Reviving fish parasitology in Lithuania: assessing the current helminth diversity in fish and the impact of non-native fish in Lithuanian freshwatersProject leader: Dr. Olena Kudlai
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Exoerythrocytic development of little investigated avian hemoproteosisProject leader: Habil. Dr. Gediminas Valkiūnas
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Melanie Adele Tchoumbou
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

Natural anti-α-Gal antibodies and protection against avian malariaProject leader: Dr. Vaidas Palinauskas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Mechanisms of transmission of avian haemoproteosisProject leader: Dr. Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Further insights into pathogenesis of avian malariaProject leader: Dr. Habil. Gediminas Valkiūnas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien (Vetmeduni Vienna)

Insights into pathogenicity of leucocytozoonosesProject 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

Biodiversity assessment of the coastal waters of the Brazilian Atlantic forests: Abundance and genetic diversity of marine parasites and their fish host speciesProject leader: Dr. Olena Kudlai
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Camila Pantoja de Oliveira
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

Determination of vectors transmitting haemoproteid parasites of diurnal raptorsProject leader: Dr. Dovilė Bukauskaitė
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Investigation of factors limiting the spread of avian haemosporidian infectionsProject leader: Dr. Rita Žiegytė
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

CA18239 Conservation of freshwater mussels: a pan-European approachManagement Committee member: Dr. Virmantas Stunžėnas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: COST

Immunity in Ecology and Evolution: ‘Hidden’ costs of disease, immune function and their consequences for Darwinian fitness (subcontracts with Lund University)Project leader: Dr. Habil. Gediminas Valkiūnas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: ERC Advanced Grant, Horizon 2020 funding programme / H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Molecules to aid taxonomy and elucidation of life histories of trematode pathogens of wildlife in Ndumo Game Reserve, northern KwaZulu Natal, South AfricaProject leader: Dr. Olena Kudlai
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology

Molecular characterization of avian haemosporidian parasites and identification of their vectorsProject leader: Dr. Gediminas Valkiūnas
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

Virulence of avian malaria agents: identification of genetic factors influencing the severity of infectionProject leader: Dr. Vaidas Palinauskas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Investigation of the development of mixed blood infections transmitted by blood-sucking insects and their impact on the hostProject leader: Dr. Vaidas Palinauskas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Specificity of parasitic platyhelminthes and their speciation in relation to the host spectrumProject leader: Dr. Virmantas Stunžėnas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Mechanism of virulence of parasitic protozoaProject leader: Dr. Habil. Gediminas Valkiūnas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Molecular and morphological characterization of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasitesProject leader: Habil. Dr. Gediminas Valkiūnas
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Vladimirov Dimitar Dimitrov
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

Molecular and morphological approach to revealing, diversity, taxonomy and life-cycles oflarval flukes parasitizing in water molluscsProject leader: Dr. Romualda Petkevičiūtė
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Olena Kudlai
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

Studies on evolution of life-cycles and phylogeny of flukes based on molecular and karyological dataProject leader: Dr. Romualda Petkevičiūtė
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Species diversity and host specificity of bucephalid flukes: life cycle analysis and phylogeny revealed by morphological, karyological and molecular methodsProject leader: Dr. Virmantas Stunžėnas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Mechanisms of speciation in malaria parasites and related haemosporidiansProject leader: Dr. Habil. Gediminas Valkiūnas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Studies of invasive freshwater mollusks and associated flukes communities using genetic markers (INVAZINIAI MOLIUSKAI)Project leader: Dr. Gražina Stanevičiūtė
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Title of the National Research Programme: Ecosystems in Lithuania: Climate Change and Human Impact
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Molecular identification and life cycles of flukes associated with bivalve mollusks and fishesProject leader: Dr. Virmantas Stunžėnas
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Research Council of Lithuania

Morphology, systematics and biogeography of cestodes of family Hymenolepididae of European small rodents (Rodentia). Formation of the hymenolepidid faunistic complex of the Baltic regionProject leader: Dr. Habil. Vytautas Kontrimavičius
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Arseny Makarikov
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds

Investigation of specificity of avian malaria parasites and other haemosporidia (Sporozoa, Haemosporida)Project leader: Dr. Gediminas Valkiūnas
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Asta Križanauskienės
Division: P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology
Source of funding: Programme of investment actions of European Union funds