Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
PhD student
Lithuania
Raminta Antanyniene has bachelor's and master's degrees in Life Sciences, Biology and Genetics, and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology programs, respectively. Currently, she is a PhD student in the Agronomy program at the Department of Orchard Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Institute of Horticulture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC). Topics degrees she aimed to research the main fungal disease of orchard plants - brown rot blossom blight caused by Monilinia spp. pathogens, by analyzing host plants and fungi at molecular and genetic levels. She has molecular biology and genetics expertise, focusing mainly on genotyping species. Moreover, she is interested in the applicability of next-generation sequencing technologies such as Oxford Nanopore Technology's platform. She is active in project preparation and is open to international collaboration.