{"id":32480,"date":"2020-10-05T12:37:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T10:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/?p=32480"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:11:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T14:11:43","slug":"new-partnership-in-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/new-partnership-in-lithuania\/","title":{"rendered":"New partnership in Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmc.vu.lt\/en\">Life Sciences Center at Vilnius University<\/a> (VU LSC) hosts Institutes of Biochemistry, Biosciences, and Biotechnology. VU LSC was conceived to strengthen research studies and technological advances in the fields of biochemistry, biotechnology, molecular biology, and related areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon after Lithuania became an EMBL prospect member state in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/lab-matters\/1509-lithuania\/\">September 2015<\/a>, a memorandum of understanding was signed between EMBL and VU LSC&nbsp;to foster collaboration as Lithuania progressed towards full membership. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/sveika-lietuva\">June 2019<\/a>, Lithuania became EMBL\u2019s 27th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/aboutus\/general_information\/organisation\/member_states\/?_ga=2.247337479.2056336898.1557127499-1068807389.1547201954\">member state<\/a>. To intensify institutional synergies, a framework agreement for&nbsp;the establishment of&nbsp;the&nbsp;VU LSC<em>\u2013<\/em>EMBL Partnership for Genome Editing Technologies&nbsp;was signed on 8 September 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The partnership builds on complementary scientific and technological strengths in the field of targeted genome modification. It will include the establishment within the LSC of a partner unit based on the EMBL model, which will employ six high-level groups of international researchers and will pursue a collaborative programme in genome editing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scientific focus will be the development and application of novel genome editing tools and technologies to improve our understanding of fundamental biological processes and disease mechanisms. 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