Dr. Kristina Jaškūnė (Jonavičienė)

ORCiD iD: 0000-0003-1443-534X
E-mail: kristina.jaskune@lammc.lt
Stoties St. 2, Akademija, LT-58343 Kėdainiai distr., 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 degrees and pedagogical titles

2011 Doctor in Agronomy Science, Agronomy. Thesis “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

Professional experience

Since 2022 Chief Researcher, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2016–2021 Senior Researcher, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2016–2020 Head of the Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2015 Researcher, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2014–2015 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

2012–2014 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2004–2012 Researcher, Lirhuanian Institute of Agriculture, Lithuania.

2003–2004 Administrator, Joint Stock Company “Valentis”, Lithuania.

2002–2003 Biomechanical Engineer, private company “Ortopedijos centras”, Lithuania.

Memberships and affiliations with professional organizations

• Since 2016 Member of the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA).
• Since 2015 Reviewer for the scientific journals: Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, Biologia Plantarum, Crops Science, Zemdirbyste-Agriculture.

Other activities

• 2017 Member of the local and scientific organizing 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 organizing committee of the International conference on Plant Breeding for Agricultural Development.

In-service training

• June–Semptember, 2016 Scientific visit at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
• November, 2012 Short-term scientific visit at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Denmark.
• August–October, 2012 Scientific visit at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Denmark.
• September–December, 2009 Scientific visit at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Denmark.

Involvement in programmes and projects

• 2017–2020 GrowGene – Genome-wide functional analysis of perennial ryegrass for improved growth under water limiting conditions; Research Council of Lithuania, leader.
• 2017 Evaluation of proteins of pollen extracted from honey and collected by hand and plant preference by bees; National Paying Agency, leader.
• 2016–2018 Qualification and quantification of pollen, extracted from honey and their correlation with the flight distance of the honey bee; Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, leader.
• 2014–2015 PhenoDrought – Phenotyping dynamic leaf growth under drought, Sciex-NMSch (Scientific Exchange Programme between Switzerland and the New Member States of the European Union), implementer.
• 2012–2014 Identification of functional markers for drought and freezing tolerance in perennial grasses; Research Council of Lithuania and EU Structural Funds, implementer.
• 2013 Promotion of Students’ Scientific Activities, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania and EU Social Fund, implementer.
• 2012–2013 UniGeb – Consolidation of capability to impart academic intelligence and technologies; Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania and EU Structural Funds, implementer.
• 2008–2010 BIOMASS for BIOGAS – Plant biomass energy value enhancement by biotechnology methods; Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation, implementer.
• 2009 Identification and analysis of ISSR markers in genome of forage grasses, Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation, implementer.

Awards and fellowships

• 2015 Lithuanian Academy of Science Award for Young Scientists, Lithuania
• 2014 Postdoctoral Fellowship of Sciex-NMSch, Switzerland
• 2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship of Lithuanian Council of Science, Lithuania
• 2009 CIRIUS Scholarship of the Danish Centre for International Cooperation and Mobility in Education and Training, Denmark

MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Articles in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database

1. Cesevičienė J., Gorash A., Liatukas Ž., Armonienė R., Ruzgas V., Statkevičiūtė G., Jaškūnė K., Brazauskas G. 2022. Grain yield performance and quality characteristics of waxy and non-waxy winter wheat cultivars under high and low-input farming systems. Plants, 11 (7): 882. IF – 4,658

2. Jaškūnė K., Kemešytė V., Aleliūnas A., Statkevičiūtė G. 2022. Genome-wide markers forseed yield and disease resistance in perennial ryegrass. The Crop Journal, 10 (2): 508–514. IF – 4,647

3. Jaškūnė K., Armonienė R., Liatukas Ž., Statkevičiūtė G., Cesevičienė J., Brazauskas G. 2022. Relationship between freezing tolerance and leaf growth during acclimation in winter wheat. Agronomy, 12 (4): 859. IF – 3,949
4. Statkevičiūtė G., Liatukas Ž., Cesevičienė J., Jaškūnė K., Armonienė R., Kuktaite R., Brazauskas G. 2022. Impact of combined drought and heat stress and nitrogen on winter wheat productivity and end-use quality. Agronomy, 12 (6): 1452. IF – 3,949
5. Čeksterytė V., Kaupinis A., Jaškūnė K., Treigytė G., Navakauskienė R. 2022. Characteristics of honey bee physiological proteins extracted from faba bean (Vicia faba L.) honey. Journal of Apicultural Research, 19 May 2022. IF – 2,407
6. Čeksterytė V., Treigytė G., Matuzevičius D., Jaškūnė K., Navakauskas D., Kurtinaitienė B., Navakauskienė R. 2022. Comparative proteomic profile in bee- and manually-collected Taraxacum officinalepollen. Journal of Apicultural Research, 61 (4): 543–556. IF – 2,407
7. Akinroluyo O. K., Kemešytė V., Jaškūnė K., Statkevičiūtė G. 2021. Candidate-gene expression patterns in diploid and tetraploid Lolium multiflorum spp. multiflorum cultivars under water deficit. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 108 (4): 363–370. IF – 1,281
8. Liatukas Ž., Ruzgas V., Gorash A., Cecevičienė J., Armonienė R., Statkevičiūtė G., Jaškūnė K., Brazauskas G. 2021. Development of the new waxy winter wheat cultivars Eldija and Sarta. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 57: 149−157. IF – 1,304
9. Kemešytė V., Jaškūnė K., Statkevičiūtė G. 2020. Festulolium field performance under fluctuating growing conditions in Lithuania. Biologia Plantarum, 64: 821–827. IF – 1,747
10. Jaškūnė K., Aleliūnas A., Statkevičiūtė G., Kemešytė V., Studer B., Yates S. A. 2020. Genome-wide association study to identify candidate loci for biomass formation under water deficit in perennial ryegrass. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11: 570204. IF – 5,753
11. Čeksterytė V., Kurtinaitienė B., Jaškūnė K., Kretavičius J. 2020. The influence of storage conditions on invertase, glucose oxidase activity and free acidity of bee bread and bee-collected pollen mixed with honey and vegetable oils. Journal of Apicultural Research, 59 (5): 862–875. IF – 2,584
12. Akinroluyo O. K., Jaškūnė K., Kemešytė V., Statkevičiūtė G. 2020. Drought stress response of Westerwolds ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum spp. multiflorum) cultivars differing in their ploidy level. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 107 (2): 161–170. IF – 1,083
13. Aleliūnas A., Jaškūnė K., Statkevičiūtė G., Vaitkevičiūtė G., Brazauskas G., Armonienė R. 2020. Transcriptome changes triggered by a short-term low temperature stress in winter wheat. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 107 (4): 329–336. IF – 1,083
14. Akinroluyo O. K., Urbanavičiūtė I., Jaškūnė K., Kemešytė V., Statkevičiūtė G. 2019. Differences in salt tolerance between diploid and autotetraploid lines of Lolium multiflorumat the germination and vegetative stages. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 106 (4): 329–336. IF –  0,833
15. Yates S., Jaškūnė K., Liebisch F., Nagelmüller S., Kirchgessner N., Kölliker R., Walter A., Brazauskas G., Studer B. 2019. Phenotyping a dynamic trait: leaf growth of perennial ryegrass under water limiting conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 344. IF – 4,402
17. Statkevičiūtė G., Kemešytė V., Aleliūnas A., Jonavičienė K., Brazauskas G. 2018. LpBRI1polymorphism association with flag leaf architecture in perennial ryegrass. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 105 (1): 33–38. IF – 1,020
18. Abeynayake S. W., Byrne S., Nagy I., Jonavičienė K., Etzerodt T. P., Boelt B., Asp T. 2015. Changes in Lolium perenne transcriptome during cold acclimation in two genotypes adapted to different climatic conditions. BMC Plant Biology, 15: 250. IF – 3,631
19. Abeynayake S.W., Etzerodt T.P., Jonavičienė K., Byrne S., Asp T., Boelt B. 2015 Fructan metabolism and changes in fructan composition during cold acclimation in perennial ryegrass. Frontiers in Plant Science 6: 329. IF – 3,948
20. Aleliūnas A., Jonavičienė K., Statkevičiūtė G., Vaitiekūnaitė D., Kemešytė V., Lübberstedt T., Brazauskas G. 2015. Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in LpIRI1 gene with freezing tolerance traits in perennial ryegrass. Euphytica 204: 523–534. IF – 1,618
21. Jonavičienė K., Statkevičiūtė G., Kemešytė V., Brazauskas G. 2014 Genetic and phenotypic diversity for drought tolerance in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne). Zemdirbyste-Agriculture 101 (4): 411−418. IF – 0,420
22. Armonienė R., Jonavičienė K., Ruzgas V., Brazauskas G. 2013. Isolation of differentially expressed genes in wheat caryopses with contrasting starch granule size. Central European Journal of Biology 8 (3): 297–305. IF – 0,818
23. Statkevičiūtė G., Jonavičienė K., Semaškienė R., Leistrumaitė A., Dabkevičius Z., Brazauskas G. 2012. Population structure of the barley pathogen Pyrenophora teres f. teres Lithuania. Journal of Plant Pathology 94 (3): 601–608. IF – 0,756
24. Jonavičienė K., Studer B., Asp T., Jensen L. B., Paplauskienė V., Lazauskas S., Brazauskas G. 2012. Identification of genes involved in a 6-days water deprivation response in timothy and mapping of orthologous loci in perennial ryegrass. Biologia Plantarum 56: 473–483. IF – 1,692

Other peer-reviewed publications

1. Statkevičiūtė G., Kemešytė V., Aleliūnas A., Jaškūnė K. 2021. A tool to select the best parental genotypes by combining lab and field tests. Grassland Science in Europe, 26: 83–85.
2. Jonavičienė K., Paplauskienė V., Brazauskas G. 2013. Comparison of P. phleoides versus P. pratense species for forage potential. Grassland Science in Europe 17: 355–357.
3. Jonavičienė K., Paplauskienė V., Brazauskas G. 2009: Isozymes and ISSR markers as a tool for the assesssment of genetic diversity in Phleum spp. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 96: 47–57.
4. Jonavičienė K., Paplauskienė V., Lemežienė N., Butkutė B. 2008. Quality of timothy (Phleum pratense L.) and causality of its variation. Grassland Science in Europe 13: 471–473.
5. Jonavičienė K. 2008. Determination of variations of some isozymes in timothy (Phleum pratense L.). The Vital Nature Sign 2, 14–17.

Other publications

1. Jonavičienė K., Yates S., Nagelmüller S., Liebisch F., Kirchgessner N., Walter A., Brazauskas G., Studer B. 2016. Modelling the growth of perennial ryegrass under water limiting conditions. 20^th General Congress of EUCARPIA, Zurich, Switzerland, 2016 August 29–September 1, p. 75
2. Jonavičienė K., Yates S., Nagelmüller S., Liebisch F., Kirchgessner N., Walter A., Studer B. 2015. Modelling growth under water stress in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Annual meeting of the Swiss Society of Agronomy
3. Jonavičienė K., Asp T., Brazauskas G. 2012. Identification of functional markers for drought and cold tolerance in perennial ryegrass. 5^th Baltic Congress of Genetics, Kaunas, Lithuania, 2012 October 19–22, p. 38
4. Jonavičienė K., Paplauskienė V. 2009. ISSR markers as a tool for the assessment of genetic polymorphism in Phleum spp. XVIIIth Meeting of the Eucarpia on improvement of fodder crops and amenity grasses, La Rochelle, France, 2009 May 10–14, p. 105.
5. Jonavičienė K., Brazauskas G., Paplauskienė V., Lazauskas S. 2009. Differential response of Phleum pratense, P. bertolonii and P. phleoides to drought stress. 2nd INPAS meeting: Plant Abiotic Stress – from Signaling to Development, Tartu, Estonia, 2009 May 14–17, p. 71.
6. Jonavičienė K. 2008. Pašarinių motiejukų (Phleum pratense L.) polimorfiškumo įvertinimas ISSR metodu. Biochemija ir sistemų biologija: X suvažiavimas konferencija, Tolieja (Molėtų raj.), Lietuva, 2008 July 22–24, p. 34 (in Lithuanian).

Monographs, books, textbooks and their sections published by international publishers

1. Kemešytė V., Jaškūnė K., Statkevičiūtė G. 2020. Festulolium field performance under fluctuating growing conditions in Lithuania. Kopecký D., Kosmala A. (eds.): Festulolium from the Nature to Modern Breeding. Palacký University, p. 77–88.
2. Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics / Eds. Gintaras Brazauskas, Gražina Statkevičiūtė, Kristina Jonavičienė. Springer, 2018,  267 p. ISBN 978-3-319-89577-2
3. Jonavičienė K., Statkevičiūtė G., Aleliūnas A. 2018. Genome-Wide and Functional Gene Analysis of Perennial Ryegrass for Improved Growth Under Water Limiting Conditions (GrowGene). G. Brazauskas et al. (eds.): Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics. Springer, 254–258.
4. Jonavičienė K., Yates S., Nagelmüller S., Liebisch F., Kirchgessner N., Walter A., Brazauskas G., Studer B. 2016. Real time growth analysis of perennial ryegrass. In: Breeding in a world of scarcity. Eds. Roldan-Ruiz I., Springer Dordrecht p. 105–110.
5. Aleliūnas A., Statkevičiūtė G., Jonavičienė K., Kemešytė V., Brazauskas G. 2015. Evaluation of perennial ryegrass association mapping population for freezing tolerance traits. In: Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf. Eds. Budak H., Spangenberg G., Springer Dordrecht, p. 9–18
6. Jonavičienė K., Abeynayake S., Brazauskas G., Asp T. 2014. Validation of candidate genes expression profiles during cold acclimation freezing in perennial ryegrass. In: Quantitative Traits Breeding for Multifunctional Grasslands and Turf. Ed. Sokolovic D., Huyghe C., Radovic J., Springer Dordrecht, p. 273–278

Monographs, books, textbooks and their sections published by national publishers

1. Jonavičienė K., Statkevičiūtė G., Brazauskas G. 2013. Diferenciškai ekspresuojamų genų identifikavimas. In: Mokslinės metodikos inovatyviems žemės ir miškų mokslų tyrimams. Lututė, p. 372–382
2. Statkevičiūtė G., Jonavičienė K., Brazauskas G. 2013. Dvigubų haploidų indukcija kviečiuose ir miežiuose. In: Mokslinės metodikos inovatyviems žemės ir miškų mokslų tyrimams. Lututė, p. 382–395

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