Dr. Danas Baniulis

ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2693-2020
Tel. +370 37 55 52 53
E-mail: danas.baniulis@lammc.lt 
Kaunas St. 30, Babtai, LT-54333 Kaunas distr, Lithuania.

Education           

1994–1996 Masters degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University.

1990–1994 Bachelor of Science in Biology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University.

Academic degrees and pedagogical titles

2004 PhD in Microbiology, dissertation topic “NOX protein expression, purification and structure analysis”.

Research fields

• Biology
• Agronomy

Professional experience

Since 2012 Chief Researcher, Institute of Horticulture, LAMMC.

Since 2012 Lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University.

2007–2012 Senior Researcher, Institute of Horticulture, LAMMC.

2006–2007 Posdoctoral Researcher Fellow at the Department of Biology, Purdue University.  

2005–2006 Researcher, Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture.

2004–2005 Researcher, Lithuanian Forest Research Institute.

Involvement in programmes and projects

• 2022–2025 Project of researcher teams funded by the Lithuanian Research Council “Cellular redox balance and protein expression based phenotyping of plant-endophyte interactions for development of plant biostimulant consortia”, leader.
• 2019–2023 COST action CA18111 “Genome editing in plants - a technology with transformative potential (PlantEd)“, management committee member.
• 2017–2022 Project funded by the Lithuanian Research Council implemented by world-class researcher groups “Closed plant cultivation system for production of raw materials for peptide nanoengineering applications”, leader. 
• 2017–present Researcher teams‘ project programme of the Lithuanian Research Council. “Involvement of oxidative stress in molecular mechanism of seed response to cold plasma treatment”, leader.
• 2015–present COST Action FA1306. “The quest for tolerant varieties - Phenotyping at plant and cellular level”, management committee member substitute.
• 2013–2015 Researcher teams‘ project programme of the Lithuanian Research Council. “Regulation of in vitro plant stress induced production of reactive oxygen species by endophytes, executor.
• 2011–2015 Global grant programme of the Lithuanian Research Council. “Identification of genes involved in regulation of pathogen induced hypersensitive response in Malus plants”. Project leader.
• 2010–2011 Researcher teams‘ project programme of the Lithuanian Research Council. “Molecular markers of Cecidophyopsis ribis resistance genes in plants of Ribes”, executor.
• 2009 COST Action 864 “Combining traditional and advanced strategies for plant protection in pome fruit growing”, management committee member substitute and leader of project funded by the International science and technology development programme.
• 2008–2010 National science programme of the Lithuanian Research Council. “Analysis of populations of economicaly important insects, mites and fungi in Baltic region”.
• 2008–2009 Indutrial biotechnology programme of the Lithuanian Research Council. “Improvement of plant cold hardiness using biotechnology”, executor.
• 2008–2009 Ministry of Environmental Protection. “Assesment of risk of impact of GMO on human health and environment”, executor.
• 2005 Programme of priority research and development iniciatives of the Lithuanian Science and Education Foundation. “Complex effect of climate and environment changes to forest and agricultural ecosystems”, executor.

Supervision and co-supervision of PhD projects

• Elena Andriūnaitė, “Application of endophytic bacteria to improve growth and adaptation of antibiotic-treated tobacco shoots in vitro”, supervisor.

• Inga Tamošiūnė, “Structure of endophytic bacteria population of domestic apple and its interaction with apple shoots and cells in vitro”“, supervisor, completed.

• Sidona Sikorskaitė, “Genetic characteristics of diversity of apple resistance to apple scab”, supervisor, completed.
• Birutė Frercks, “Genetic variation of brown rot blossom blight pathogens and their hosts sweet and sour cherry”, co-supervisor, completed.
• Vanda Lukoševičiūtė, “Characterization of cold acclimation and cold hardiness of strawberry in vitro and in vivo”, co-supervisor, completed.
• Inga Stepulaitienė, “Development of sour cherry generative organs and formation of spring frost resistance”, co-supervisor, completed.
• Vidmantas Bendokas, “Inheritance and genetic control of apple canopy architecture”, co-supervisor, completed.

MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Articles in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database

1. Kolytaitė A., Vaitiekūnaitė D., Antanynienė R., Baniulis D., Frercks B. 2022. Monilinia fructigena suppressing and plant growth promoting endophytic Pseudomonas spp. bacteria isolated from plum. Microorganisms, 10 (12): 2402. IF – 4,926
2. Mildaziene V., Ivankov A., Sera B., Baniulis D. 2022. Biochemical and physiological plant processes affected by seed treatment with non-thermal plasma. Plants, 11 (7): 856. IF – 4,658
3. Andriūnaitė E., Rugienius R., Tamošiūnė I., Haimi P., Vinskienė J., Baniulis­ D. 2022. Enhanced carbonylation of photosynthetic and glycolytic proteins in antibiotic timentin-treated tobacco in vitro shoot culture. Plants, 11 (12): 1572. IF – 4,658
4. Tamošiūnė I., Andriūnaitė E., Vinskienė J., Stanys V., Rugienius R., Baniulis D. 2022. Enduring effect of antibiotic timentin treatment on tobacco in vitro shoot growth and microbiome viversity. Plants, 11 (6): 832. IF – 4,658
5. Gavutis M., Stankevičienė G., Mazėtytė-Godienė A., Jelinskas T., Vinskienė J., Haimi P., Baniulis D., Valiokas 2022. Biochip surfaces containing recombinant cell-binding domains of fibronectin. Coatings, 12 (7): 880. IF – 3,236
6. Andriūnaitė E., Tamošiūnė I., Gelvonauskienė D., Vinskienė J., Stanys V., Baniulis D., Rugienius R. 2022. Effect of endophytic bacteria isolates on growth and oxidative stress injury of transgenic tobacco shoots in vitro. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 109 (2): 165–170. IF – 1,281
7. Andriūnaitė E., Tamošiūnė I., Aleksandravičiūtė M., Gelvonauskienė D., Vinskienė J., Rugienius R., Baniulis D. 2021. Stimulation of Nicotiana tabacum L. in vitro shoot growth by endophytic Bacillus cereus group bacteria. Microorganisms, 9 (9): 1893. IF – 4,926
8. Tamošiūnė I., Gelvonauskienė D., Haimi P., Mildažienė V., Koga K., Shiratani M., Baniulis D. 2020. Cold plasma treatment of sunflower seeds modulates plant-associated microbiome and stimulates root and lateral organ growth. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11: 568924. IF – 5,753
9. Tamošiūnė I., Gelvonauskienė D., Ragauskaitė L., Koga K., Shiratani M., Baniulis D. 2020. Cold plasma treatment of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) seeds modulates plant-associated microbiome composition. Applied Physics Express, 13 (7): 076001. IF – 2,895
10. Patocchi A., Wehrli A., Dubuis P. H., Auwerkerken A., Leida C., Cipriani G., Passey T., Staples M., Didelot F., Philion V., Peil A., Laszakovits H., Ruehmer T., Boeck K., Baniulis D., Strasset K., Vávra R., Guerra W., Masny S., Ruess F., Le Berre F., Nybom H., Tartarini S., Spornberger A., Pikunova A., Bus V.. 2020. Ten years of VINQUEST: First insight for breeding new apple cultivars with durable apple scab resistance. Plant Disease, 104 (8): 2074–2081. IF – 4,438
11. Balciunaite G., Haimi P. J.,  Mikniene Z., Savickas G., Ragazinskiene O., Juodziukyniene N., Baniulis D., Pangonyte D. 2020. Identification of Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench root LysM lectin with nephrotoxic properties. Toxins, 12 (2): 88. IF – 4,546
12. Baniulis D., Sirgėdienė M., Haimi P., Tamošiūnė I., Danusevičius D. 2020. Constitutive and cold acclimation-regulated protein expression profiles of Scots pine seedlings reveal potential for adaptive capacity of geographically distant populations. Forests, 11 (1): 89. IF – 2,633
13. Mildažienė V., Aleknavičiūtė V., Žūkienė R., Paužaitė G., Naučienė Z., Filatova I, Lyushkevich V., Haimi P., Tamošiūnė I., Baniulis D. 2019. Treatment of common sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) seeds with radio-frequency electromagnetic field and cold plasma induces changes in seed phytohormone balance, seedling development and leaf protein expression. Scientific Reports, 9: 6437. IF – 3,998
14. Mažeikienė I., Šikšnianienė J. B., Baniulis D., Gelvonauskienė D., Frercks B., Starkus A., Žebrauskienė A., Stanys  V. 2019. SSR analysis based on molecular characterisation of apple germplasm in Lithuania. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 106 (2): 159–166. IF – 0,833
15. Tamošiūnė I., Stanienė G., Haimi P., Stanys V., Rugienius R., Baniulis D. 2018. Endophytic bacillus and Pseudomonas spp. modulate apple shoot growth, cellular redox balance, and protein expression under in vitro conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9: 8898. IF – 3,677
16. Balciunaite G., Dam S., Pesliakas H., Zvirblis G., Mistiniene E., Ragazinskiene O., Pampariene I., Zymantiene J., Baniulis D., Savickiene N. 2017. Extraction and fractionation of Echinacea purpurea root proteins with hemagglutining activity. Nat. Prod. Commun, 12: 1–4. IF – 0,884
17. Mazeikiene I., Bendokas V., Baniulis D., Staniene G., Juskyte D. A., Sasnauskas A., Stanys V., Siksnianas T. 2017. Genetic background of resistance to gall mite in Ribes species. Food Science, 26 (2): 110–116. IF – 0,86
18. Haimi P., Vinskienė J., Stepulaitienė I., Baniulis D., Stanienė G., Šikšnianienė J. B., Rugienius R. 2017. Patterns of low temperature induced accumulation of dehydrins in Rosaceae crops – Evidence for post-translational modification in apple. J. Plant Physiol, 218: 175–181. IF – 3,121
19. Cepauskas D., Miliute I.,  Staniene G., Gelvonauskiene D., Stanys V., Jesaitis A. J., Baniulis D. 2016. Characterization of apple NADPH oxidase genes and their expression associated with oxidative stress in shoot culture in vitro. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organc Culture, 124 (3): 621–633. IF – 2,390
20. Miliute I., Buzaite O., Gelvonauskiene D., Sasnauskas A., Stanys V., Baniulis D. 2016. Plant growth promoting and antagonistic properties of endophytic bacteria isolated from domestic apple. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 103 (1): 77–82. IF – 0,644
21. Rugienus R., Šnipaitienė L., Stanienė G., Šikšnianienė J. B., Haimi P. Baniulis D., Frercks B., Pranckietis V., Lukoševičiūtė V., Stanys V. 2016. Cold acclimation efficiency of different Prunus and Fragaria species and cultivars in vitro. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 103 (2): 207–214. IF – 0,644
22. Miliute I., Buzaite O., Baniulis D., Stanys V.  2015. Bacterial endophytes in agricultural crops and their role in stress tolerance: a review. Agriculture-Zemdirbyste, 102 (4): 465–478. IF – 0,579
23. Haimi P., Sikorskaite-Gudziuniene S., Baniulis D. 2015. Application of multiplexed cysteine- labelled complex protein sample for 2D electrophoretic gel alignment. Proteomics, 15 (11): 1777–1780. IF – 4,079
24. Baniulis D., Hasan S. S., Stofleth J. T., Cramer W. A. 2013. Mechanism of enhanced superoxide production in the cytochrome b6f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis. Biochemistry, 52 (50): 8975–8983. IF – 3,194
25. Hasan S.S., Yamashita E., Baniulis D., Cramer W. A. 2013. Quinone-dependent proton transfer pathways in the photosynthetic cytochrome b6f complex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A, 110 (11): 4297–4302. IF – 9,809
26. Sikorskaite S., Rajamäki M. L., Baniulis D., Stanys V., Valkonen J. P. T. 2013. Protocol: Optimised methodology for isolation of nuclei from leaves of species in the Solanaceae and Rosaceae families. Plant Methods, 9: 31. IF – 2,586
27. Rugienius R.,  Blažytė A., Lukoševičiūtė V.,  Šikšnianienė J. B., Gelvonauskienė D.,  Gelvonauskis B., Sasnauskas A., Baniulis D., Stanys V. 2013. Genetic polymorphism of wild pear accessions collected in Lithuania. Baltic Forestry, 19 (1): 13–21. IF – 0,304
28. Buchovska J., Danusevičius D., Baniulis D., Stanys V., Šikšnianienė J. B., Kavaliauskas D. 2013 The location of the Northern glacial refugium of Scots pine based on mitochondrial DNA markers. Baltic Forestry, 19 (1): 2–12. IF – 0,304
29. Baniulis D., Stepulaitiene I., Lukoseviciute V., Blazyte A., Stanys V., Rugienius R. 2012. Accumulation of dehydrin-like proteins in pear micro-shoots during cold acclimation in vitro. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 99 (3): 293–298. IF – 0,567
30. Stanys V., Baniulis D., Morkunaite-Haimi S., Siksnianiene J. B., Frercks B., Gelvonauskiene D., Stepulaitiene I., Staniene G., Siksnianas T. 2012. Characterising the genetic diversity of Lithuanian sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cultivars using SSR markers. Scientia Horticulturae (Amsterdam), 142: 136–142. IF – 1,396
31. Sikorskaite S., Gelvonauskiene D., Stanys V., Baniulis D. 2012. Characterization of microsatellite loci in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) cultivars. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture 99 (2): 131–138. IF – 0,567
32. Antonius K., Karhu S., Kaldma H., Lacis G., Rugenius R., Baniulis D., Sasnauskas A., Schulte E., Kuras A., Korbin M., Gunnarsson A., Werlemark G., Ryliskis D., Todam-Andersen T., Kokk L., Jarve K. 2012. Development of the Northern European Ribes core collection based on a microsatellite (SSR) marker diversity analysis. Plant. Genet. Res. Characterization Util., 10 (1): 70–73. IF – 0,728
33. Cramer W. A., Zakharov S. D., Saif Hasan S., Zhang H., Baniulis D., Zhalnina M. V., Soriano G.M., Sharma O., Rochet J. C., Ryan C., Whitelegge J., Kurisu G., Yamashita E. 2011. Membrane proteins in four acts: Function precedes structure determination. Methods, 55 (4): 415–420. IF – 4,527
34. Ryan C. M., Souda P., Bassilian S., Ujwal R., Zhang J., Abramson J., Ping, P., Vondriska T., Durazo, A., Bowie J., Hasan S., Baniulis D., Cramer W. A., Faull K. F. Whitelegge J. P. 2010. Post-translational modifications of integral membrane proteins resolved by top-down Fourier-transform mass spectrometry with collisionally activated dissociation. Mol. Cell. Proteomics, 9 (5): 791–803. IF – 8,354
35. Valiuškaitė A., Survilienė E., Baniulis D. 2010. Genetic diversity and pathogenicity traits of Botrytis spp. isolated from horticultural hosts. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture,  97 (4):85–90. IF – 0,232
36. Twigg A. I., Baniulis D., Cramer W. A., Hendrich M. P. 2009. EPR detection of an O-2 surrogate bound to heme c(n) of the cytochrome b(6)f complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131 (35): 12536–12537. IF – 9,023
37. Baniulis D., Yamashita E., Whitelegge J. P., Zatsman A. I., Hendrich M. P., Hasan S. S., Ryan C. M., Cramer W. A. 2009. Structure-function, stability, and chemical modification of the cyanobacterial cytochrome B6F complex from Nostoc sp. PCC 7120. J. Biol. Chem., 284: 9861–9869. IF – 5,498
38. Yan J.S., Dashdorj N., Baniulis D., Yamashita E., Savikhin S., Cramer W. A. 2008. On the structural role of the aromatic residue environment of the chlorophyll a in the cytochrome b(6)f complex. Biochemistry, 47: 3654–3661. IF – 3,226
39. Baniulis D., Yamashita E., Zhang H., Hasan S. S., Cramer W. A. 2008. Structure–function of the cytochrome b6f complex. Photochem. Photobiol, 84: 1349–1358. IF – 2,679
40. Cramer W., Yamashita E., Zhang H., Baniulis D. 2007. Structure of the cytochrome b(6)f complex: Quinone analogue inhibitors as ligands of heme. Photosynth. Res., 91: 188. IF – 2,410
41. Taylor R. M., Baniulis D., Burritt J. B., Gripentrog J. M., Lord C. I., Riesselman M. H., Maaty W., Bothner B. P., Angel T. E., Dratz E. A., Linton G .F., Malech H. L., Jesaitis A. J. 2006. Analysis of human phagocyte flavocytochrome B by mass spectrometry. J. Biol. Chem., 281 (48): 37045–3756. IF – 5,498
42. Baniulis D., Nakano Y., Nauseef W.M., Banfi B., Cheng G., Lambeth D. J., Burritt J. B., Taylor R. M., Jesaitis A. J. 2005. Evaluation of two anti-gp91(phox) antibodies as immunoprobes for Nox family proteins: mAb 54.1 recognizes recombinant full-length Nox2, Nox3 and the C-terminal domains of Nox1-4 and cross-reacts with GRP 58. Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Prot. Proteomics, 1752 (2): 186–196. IF – 2,773
43. Baniulis D., Burritt J. B., Taylor R. M., Dinauer M. C., Heyworth P. G., Parkos C. A., Magnusson K. -E., Jesaitis A. J. 2005. Monoclonal antibody CL5 recognizes the amino terminal domain of human phagocyte flavocytochrome b558 large subunit, gp91-phox. Eur. J. Haematol., 74 (4): 337–347. IF – 2,785
44. Baniulis D., Nauseef W. M., Burritt J. B., Taylor R. M., Heyworth P. G., Dinauer M. C., Bumelis V. A., Magnusson K. -E., Jesaitis A. J. 2005. Unusual polyclonal anti-gp91-phox peptide antibody interactions with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease-derived human neutrophils are not from compensatory expression of Nox proteins 1, 3, or 4. Eur J Haematol., 74: 241–249. IF – 2,785
45. Taylor R. M., Burritt J. B., Baniulis D., Foubert T. R., Lord C. I., Dinauer M. C., Parkos C. A., Jesaitis A. J. 2004. Site-specific inhibitors of NADPH oxidase activity and structural probes of flavocytochrome b: characterization of six monoclonal antibodies to the p22-phox subunit. J Immunol., 173 (12): 7349–7357. IF – 5,745
46. Taylor R. M., Foubert T. R., Burritt J. B., Baniulis D., McPhail L. C., Jesaitis A. J. 2004. Anionic amphiphile and phospholipid-induced conformational changes in human neutrophil flavocytochrome b observed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Biomembranes, 1663 (1-2): 201–213. IF – 4,647
47. Burritt J. B., Foubert T. R., Baniulis D., McDonald C.L., Taylor R., Mills J. S., Roos D., Parkos C. A., Jesaitis A. J. 2003. Functional epitope on human neutrophil flavocytochrome b558. J Immunol., 170 (12): 6082–6089. IF – 5,745
48. Taylor R. M., Burritt J. B., Foubert T. R., Snodgrass M. A., Stone K. C., Baniulis D., Gripentrog J. M., Lord C., Jesaitis A. J. 2003. Single-step immunoaffinity purification and characterization of dodecylmaltoside-solubilized human neutrophil flavocytochrome b. Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Biomembranes, 1612 (1): 65–75. IF – 4,647
49. Foubert T. R., Bleazard J. B., Burritt J. B., Gripentrog J. M., Baniulis D., Taylor R. M., Jesaitis A. J. 2001. Identification of a spectrally stable proteolytic fragment of human neutrophil flavocytochrome b composed of the NH2-terminal regions of gp91(phox) and p22(phox). J Biol Chem., 276 (42): 38852–3861. IF – 5,498

Other peer-reviewed publications

1. Tamošiūnė I., Andriūnaitė E., Vinskienė J., Stanys V., Rugienius R., Baniulis D. 2021. Antibiotic treatment impaired growth of tobacco in vitro shoots is associated with oxidative injury and reduced microbiome diversity. Research Square, Posted December 1st, p. 1–22.
2. Sasnauskas A., Bendokas V., Karklelienė R., Juškevičienė D., Šikšnianas T., Gelvonauskienė D., Rugienius R., Baniulis D., Sikorskaitė-Gudžiūnienė S., Mažeikienė I., Radzevičius A., Maročkienė N., Dambrauskas E., Stanys V. 2017. Breeding trends of fruit and vegetable crops for organic production in Lithuania. Horticulturae, 3 (1): 1.
3. Rugienius R., Frercks J. B., Siksnianienė B., Stepulaitienė I., Stanienė G., Baniulis D., Stanys V. 2015. Characterization of genetic diversity of the lithuanian sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) genetic resources using microsatellite markers. Acta Hort., 1100: 105–108.
4. Sasnauskas A., Gelvonauskienė D., Baniulis D., Viškelis P., Sakalauskaitė J., Gelvonauskis B., Sikorskaitė S., Bobinas Č. 2015. Study of new apple selections in Lithuania. Acta Hort., 1099: 719–725.
5. Gelvonauskiene D., Balciunas T., Gelvonauskis B., Sasnauskas A., Stepulaitiene I., Miliute I., Stanys V., Baniulis D. 2015. Online Database of Apple (Malus sp.) Genetic Resources at the Institute of Horticulture, LRCAF. Sodininkyste ir darzininkyste, 34 (1-2): 3–13.
6. Sasnauskas A., Bendokas V., Karklelienė R., Juškevičienė D., Šikšnianas T., Gelvonauskienė D., Rugienius R., Baniulis D., Sikorskaitė-Gudžiūnienė S., Mažeikienė I., Radzevičius A., Maroškienė N., Dambrauskas E., Stanys V. 2015. Breeding trends for organic production in horticultural plants. Horticulture, 1, Proc. QMOH2015 - First Int. Symp. Qual. Mngmt. Organic Hortic. Prod.: 43–50.
7. Gelvonauskienė D., Stanienė G., Sikorskaitė-Gudžiūnienė S., Stepulaitienė I., Haimi P., Sasnauskas A., Stanys V., Baniulis D. 2014. Naminės obels (Malus x damestica Borkh.) Vm atsparumo obeliniam rauplėgrybiui (Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) Wint.) požymių in vitro sąlygomis tyrimas. Sodininkystė ir daržininkystė, 33 (1-2): 3–18.
8. Gelvonauskienė D., Sikorskaitė-Gudžiūnienė S., Grencevičiūtė R., Stepulaitienė I., Miliūtė I., Stanys V., Baniulis D. 2014. Naminės obels ‘Paprastasis antaninis’ × Nr. SR0523 hibridų Rvi10 geno paveldėjimas ir superjautrumo atsako požymiai. Sodininkystė ir daržininkystė, 33 (3-4): 11–27.
9. Lukoševičiūtė V., Gelvonauskienė D., Baniulis D., Frercks B. Sasnauskas A., Stanys V.., Rugienius R. 2013. Characterization of microsatellite marker loci in Lithuanian pear (Pyrus communis) cultivars. Acta Hort., 976: 257–264.
10. Sikorskaite S., Gelvonauskiene D., Bendokas V., Stanys V., Baniulis D. 2013. Malus sp. – V. inaequalis interaction characteristics among accessions of apple genetic resources. Acta Hort., 976: 567–572.
11. Bendokas V., Mazeikiene I., Baniulis D., Stanys V., Siksnianas T. 2013. Application of P gene donors in breeding of black currant resistant to gall mite. Acta Hort., 976: 523–527.
12. Baniulis D., Gelvonauskienė D., Rugienius R., Sasnauskas A., Stanienė G., Stepulaitienė I., Frercks B., Sikorskaitė S., Lukoševičiūtė V., Mažeikienė I., Šikšnianienė J. B., Morkūnaite-Haimi Š., Haimi P., Bendokas V., Gelvonauskis B., Šikšnianas T., Stanys V. 2013. Orchard plant breeding, genetics, and biotechnology research at the Institute of Horticulture, LRCAF. Sodininkystė ir daržininkystė, 32 (3-4): 21–48.
13. Savickiene N., Baniulis D., Bendokas V., Balciunaite G., Draksiene G., Peciura R., Serniene L. 2012. Research update: Lectin enriched fractions of herb and dry extract of Urtica dioica J. Med. Plants Res., 6 (5):888–892.
14. Lukoševičiūtė V., Rugienius R., Baniulis D. 2012. Skirtingų egzogeninių cukrų ir prolino įtaka braškių mikroūglių būklei in vitro. Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Botanikos sodo raštai. 16: 41–49.
15. Baniulis D., Sikorskaitė S., Bendokas V., Stanienė G., Gelvonauskienė D., Stanys V. 2011. Genetiškai modifikuotų augalų alergeniškumo rizikos vertinimas baltymo atsparumo proteolizei metodu. Sodininkystė ir daržininkystė, 30 (1): 3–13.
16. Baniulis D., Liobikas J., Agarwal S. M., Frercks B., Vaitiekaitis G., Stanys V. 2010. Phylogeny of structural domains of plant serine β-lactamase family proteins. Biologija, 56 (1-4): 62–69.
17. Lukoševičiūtė V., Rugienius R., Stanienė G., Stanys V., Baniulis D. 2009. Grūdinimo įtaka termostabilių baltymų kiekiui trešnės ir paprastosios vyšnios mikroūgliuose in vitrosąlygose. Sodininkystė ir daržininkystė, 28 (4): 35–43.
18. Liobikas J., Trumbeckaite S., Bendokas V., Baniulis D., Majiene D,. Kopustinskiene D. M., Siksnianas T., Anisimoviene N. 2009. Pro-apoptotic effect of black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) berry extracts on rat heart mitochondria. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 96 (3): 149–157.
19. Baniulis D., Gelvonauskienė D., Gelvonauskis B., Rugienius R., Bendokas V., Stanys V. 2008. Atsparumo rauplėms genų tyrimas ir molekulinių metodų taikymas obelų selekcijoje.Sodininkystė ir daržininkystė, 27: 61–75.
20. Baniulis D., Liobikas J., Gelvonauskienė D., Sasnauskas A., Vaitiekaitis G., Stanys V. 2008. Computational analysis of thaumatin-II allergenicity and prediction of antigenic elements of thaumatin-like family proteins. Biologija, 54: 202–207.
21. Sasnauskas A., Gelvonauskienė D., Bendokas V., Stanys V., Rugienius R., Bobinas C., Baniulis D. 2007. Characterization of scab resistant Lithuanian apple cultivars. Acta Hort., 760: 507–511.
22. Sasnauskas A., Staniene G., Gelvonauskiene D., Siksnianas T., Stanys V., Bobinas C., Rugienius R., Baniulis D. 2007. Morphological traits in Ribes nigrum polyploids. Acta Hort., 760: 405–408.
23. Liobikas J., Baniulis D., Stanys V., Toleikis A., Eriksson O. 2006. Identification and analysis of a novel serine beta-lactamase-like plant protein using a bioinformatic approach. Biologija, 3: 126–129.
24. Sasnauskas A., Gelvonauskiene D., Gelvonauskis B., Bendokas V., Baniulis D. 2006. Resistance to fungal diseases of apple cultivars and hybrids in Lithuania. Agron. Res., 4: 349–352.

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

1. Rugienius R., Frercks B., Mažeikienė I., Rasiukevičiūtė N., Baniulis D., Stanys V. 2020. Development of Climate-Resilient Varieties in Rosaceous Berries. Chittaranjan Kole (ed.): Genomic Designing of Climate-Smart Fruit Crops. Springer, p. 333–384.
2. Cramer W., Bhaduri S., Zakharov S.D., Zhang H., Baniulis D., Yamashita E. 2019. Cytochrome b6f Complex. In: Roberts G., Watts A., European Biophysical Societies (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Biophysics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 1–9.
3. Tamošiūnė I., Andriūnaitė E., Stanys V., Baniulis D. 2019. Exploring Diversity of Bacterial Endophyte Communities Using Advanced Sequencing Technology. Microbiome in Plant Health and Disease. Springer, p. 447–481.
4. Tamosiune I., Baniulis D., Stanys V. 2017. Role of endophytic bacteria in stress tolerance of agricultural plants: Diversity of microorganisms and molecular mechanisms. In: (Eds.) Kumar V., Kumar M., Sharma S., Prasad R. Probiotics in Agroecosystem. Springer, Singapore, p. 1–29.
5. Baniulis D., Saif Hasan S., Miliute I., Cramer W. A. 2016. Mechanisms of superoxide generation and signaling in cytochrome bc complexes. In: Cytochrome Complexes: Evolution, Structures, Energy Transduction, and Signaling. Volume 41 of the series Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration (eds. Cramer W.A., Kallas T.). Springer, Dordrecht, p. 397–471.
6. Cramer W. A., Yamashita E., Baniulis D., Whitelegge J., Hasan S. S. 2013. Structure–function of the cytochrome b6f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis. In: Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry (2nd edition), (eds. Lennarz W. J., Lane M. D.). Academic Press, p. 329–334.
7. Cramer W., Yamashita E., Hasan S., Baniulis D. 2013. Cytochrome b6f complex. In: Encyclopedia of Biophysics, vol. 1, (ed. Roberts G.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 417–422.
8. Cramer W. A., Yamashita E., Baniulis D., Hasan S. S. 2011. The cytochrome b6f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis. In: Handbook of Metalloproteins, vol. 4, (ed. Messerschmidt A.). John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, p. 16–28
9. Baniulis D., Zhang H., Zakharova T., Cramer W. A. 2011. Purification and crystallization of the cyanobacterial cytochrome b6f complex. In: Methods in Molecular Biology, Photosynthesis Research Protocols, vol. 684, (ed. Carpentier R.). Humana Press Inc, Totowa, NJ, p. 65–77.
10. Cramer W. A., Baniulis D., Yamashita E., Zhang H., Zatsman A. I., Hendrich M. P. 2008. Cytochrome b6f complex, structure, spectroscopy, and function of heme cn: n-side electron and proton transfer reactions. In: Photosynthetic Protein Complexes: A Structural Approach, (ed. Fromme P.). Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, p. 155–179.