Speakers

Darius Balčiūnas
(Assistant Professor, Temple University)

Education: 1986 - 1987, 1989 - 1993 - Master`s Degree (Genetics), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vilnius University.
1994 - 1999 - Ph.D. (Molecular Cell Biology), Uppsala University.

Research Interests: Zebrafish developmental genetics with emphasis on molecular genetic mechanisms controlling development and regeneration of the cardiovascular system. Transcriptional regulation.

Research Training: Postdoctoral fellow at Uppsala University (2000-2001), University of Minnesota (2001-2007).

Academic/Teaching Experience: Supervision of Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. students, service on PhD student committees. Teaching Genetics and Developmental Biology to undergraduate students, Graduate seminar courses on genetic engineering, stem cells and regeneration. 2000-2010 part time professor at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

Affiliations/Memberships: Genetics Society of America, Society for Developmental Biology.

Publications: Co-author of 28 peer-reviewed publications.