Monika Glemžaite
Vilnius University, Lithuania
Biography
Monika Glemžaitė is a second year PhD student in Biochemistry at Vilnius University. Her research is focused on epigenetic mechanisms distinguishing amniotic fluid-derived stem cells functioning. She is a co-author in the international patent application related to CRISPR/Cas9 and has been awarded a Young Inventor Medal by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for CRISPR/Cas research. She has two publications as a first author and has presented her work in six international scientific conferences. She is also actively spreading science among students and public in Lithuania.