Kristina Stakyte
EDUCATION
College / University
The University of Edinburgh
Highest Degree
Bachelor of Science (Honors)
Major Subjects
Biochemical Techniques, Structural Biology, Structures and Functions of Proteins, Membrane Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics, Gene Expression
Country
Lithunia
Lab Experience
Basic biochemical, molecular and cell biology techniques, including protein expression, purification and biophysical characterization, cloning, PCR, SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, cell fractionation, cell culture etc.
Projects / Research
- 05/2015 – 08/2015: Expression and purification of Rax1 and Rax2 proteins for antibody production (The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology)
- 01/2015 – 05/2015: Regulation of homodimerization in the microtubule nucleation protein Mto2 by cell cycle-dependent phosphorylation (The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology)
- 05/2014 – 08/2015: Towards a novel anti-cancer therapy – nuclear-specific Hsp90 inhibition (Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology and Epigenetics)
- 06/2013 – 08/2013: The methylation status of genes during differentiation process in blood cancer cells (Vilnius University Institute of Biochemistry)
- 05/2013 – 06/2013: Reptin purification and drug induced oligomerization (Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre)
- 11/2012 – 01/2013: Is there any unlabelled genetically modified food in our shops? (The Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Edinburgh)
Scholarships / Awards
| 2015 – 2016: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School |
| 2015: | Scholarship by The University of Edinburgh (School of Biological Sciences) |
| 2014: | DAAD Research Internships in Science and Engineering scholarship |
| 2013: | Scholarship by the Research Council of Lithuania |