Lead laboratory automation for molecular tool development, translating assays into scalable liquid-handling workflows. Responsibilities span automation strategy, requirements, instrument integration, validation and delivery in partnership with scientific teams.
In Biotechnology and Bacteriology
Seminar · Genetic Engineering
From CRISPR-Cas Immunity to Targeted Genome Editing and Beyond
Virginijus Šikšnys · Professor, Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius
Fri, Mar 21, 2025 · 16:30 UTC
Virginijus Šikšnys traces genome-editing tools to bacterial antiviral defence. Programmable CRISPR-Cas nucleases offer powerful ways to alter DNA, but delivery, unintended effects, immune interactions and insertion efficiency remain challenges. The lecture discusses compact TnpB nucleases and how further study of defence systems may reveal useful enzymatic functions.