ORCiD iD: 0000-0003-1443-534X
E-mail: kristina.jaskune@lammc.lt
Stoties St. 2, Akademija, LT-58343 Kėdainiai dist., Lithuania
Education
2004 M.Sc. in Biomechanical Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania.
2004 B.Sc. in Chemistry, Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania.
2002 B.Sc. in Biomechanical Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania.
Academic degree
2011 Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (Agronomy), dissertation “Genetic diversity of Phleum spp. and identification of genes involved in water stress response”.
Research fields
- Implementation and development of high resolution plant phenotyping tools
- Plant adaptation to abiotic stress, gene identification and expression analysis
- DNA marker development and application in perennial grass breeding
Position
Since 2022 Chief Researcher, Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC
Memberships and affiliations with professional organisations
- Since 2016 Member of the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA).
- 2017 Member of the local and scientific organising committee of the joint meeting of Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section and Protein Crops Working Group of EUCARPIA-Oil and Protein Crops Section.
- 2017 Member of the local and scientific organising committee of the international conference on Plant Breeding for Agricultural Development.
Involvement in programmes and projects
- 2021–2024 Baltic Research Programme project “Improving adaptability and resilience of perennial ryegrass for safe and sustainable food systems through CRISPR-Cas9 technology” (EditGrass4Food), coodinator at the Institute of Agriculture.
- 2020–2024 COST action CA19125 “EPIgenetic mechanisms of crop adaptation to climate change” (EPI-CATCH), coordinator at the Institute of Agriculture.
- 2017–2020 Research Council of Lithuania project “GrowGene – Genome-wide functional analysis of perennial ryegrass for improved growth under water limiting conditions”, leader.
- 2017 National Paying Agency project “Evaluation of proteins of pollen extracted from honey and collected by hand and plant preference by bees”, leader.
- 2016–2018 Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania project “Qualification and quantification of pollen, extracted from honey and their correlation with the flight distance of the honey bee”, leader.
- 2014–2015 Sciex-NMSch (Scientific Exchange Programme between Switzerland and the New Member States of the European Union) project “PhenoDrought – Phenotyping dynamic leaf growth under drought”, implementer.
- 2013 Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania and EU Social Fund project “Promotion of students’ scientific activities”, implementer.
- 2012–2014 Research Council of Lithuania and EU Structural Funds project “Identification of functional markers for drought and freezing tolerance in perennial grasses”, implementer.
- 2012–2013 Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania and EU Structural Funds project “UniGeb – Consolidation of capability to impart academic intelligence and technologies”, implementer.
- 2009 Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation project “Identification and analysis of ISSR markers in genome of forage grasses”, implementer.
- 2008–2010 Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation project “BIOMASS for BIOGAS – Plant biomass energy value enhancement by biotechnology methods”, implementer.
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