Areas of scientific interest
Human population genomics; Sports genetics; Kinesiogenomics; Obesity genomics; Genomics in gerontology and biology of healthy aging; Genetic causes of preterm newborns; Translational genomics; functional genomics; Bioinformatic analysis; Annotation; Artificial intelligence.
Main activity / Fields of research
Human Population Genomics
- Study of genetic differences between populations.
- Genome diversity and evolutionary adaptation studies.
- Studies on the origin and migration of populations.
- Elucidation of natural selection mechanisms and their impact on human populations.
Genetics of physical performance and sports genomics
- Genetic studies of human physical performance.
- Kinesiogenomics and the molecular basis of physical activity.
- Genome and phenome studies of high-performance athletes.
Translational Genomics
- Obesity genetics and genomics – research on genetic factors influencing metabolism and metabolic response to physical exercise. Randomized intervention studies.
- Longevity genomics and biology of healthy aging – genome, epigenome, and phenome studies of gerontological issues.
- In-depth phenotypic and genotypic assessment of preterm and full-term newborns and their mothers.
Bioinformatic Analysis Algorithms
- Research on genome analysis processes and data standardization.
- Improvement of bioinformatic analysis and annotation algorithms using artificial intelligence.
Competencies
- Genome, epigenome, and phenome research.
- Gene network and interactome research.
- Functional molecular biology research.
- Bioinformatic analysis algorithms, annotation.
Scholarly activities carried out by Master's students
- Rare variant analysis of essential tremor-associated genes in general Lithuanian population (Gediminas Gaigalas).
- Analysis of the genetic diversity of the lactase gene and evaluation of the relationship with the phenotype in the Lithuanian population (Monika Kutelytė).
- Leukocyte telomere length study of elderly individuals (Laura Jurkūnaitė).
- Discovery and analysis of genome-wide markers associated with sarcopenia (Kristijona Gutauskaitė).
- The importance of genetic variants in the relative adaptive suitability and survivability (Natalija Ošmianskaja).