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Gabija Vaitkevičiūtė

ORCiD iD: 0000-0003-4318-1887
Tel. +370 630 78 833 
E-mail: gabija.vaitkeviciute@lammc.lt
Stoties St. 2, Akademija, 58343 Kėdainiai dist., Lithuania

Education                 

Since 2020 Agricultural Sciences, PhD studies in Agronomy, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry

2018–2020 Master's degree in Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University

2015–2018 Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences (Genetics), School of Biological Sciences, University of Leicester, UK.

Research fields

  • Identification of metabolites, associated with freezing tolerance in winter wheat
  • Identification and expression analysis of genes, associated with abiotic stress adaptation in plants
  • Development of DNA markers and their application in wheat breeding programmes

Position

Since 2021 Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

Memberships and affiliations with professional organisations

  • From 2018 Member of Academic Scout Movement
  • 2017–2018 Coordinator of volunteers at National Science Festival “Spaceship Earth”

Involvement in programmes and projects

  • 2022 Baltic Research Programme “NOBALwheat – breeding toolbox for sustainable food system of the NOrdic BALtic region”, technical worker.
  • 2021 EPPN2020//Transnational Access project “Metabolite profiling in winter wheat during cold acclimation, deacclimation and reacclimation”, coordinator.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (click the link here)

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