Initiation of cooperation between Paediatric Surgery Departments of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and University Hospital Frankfurt on Main

Duration of the project

01.06.2023. - 15.06.2023.

Countries and institutions involved in the project

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Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
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Goethe-Universität Frankfurt on Main

Project manager

Prof. Dalius Malcius

Short description of the achieved project aim(s)

New methods for studying the impact of the chromatin remodeling protein SMARCAD1 on HERV (Human Endogenous Retrovirus) expression were acquired. A seminar was held at LSMU on October 14, 2024, to discuss the methods acquired in Germany.

Main activities of the project

Exchange of visits: faculty members, researchers or PhD students from both institutions will have the opportunity to visit each other’s institutions, participate in clinical rounds, and attend lectures and seminars.

Physicians, residents of researchers from German partner will participate in the Conference of Baltic Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAOPS) in Kaunas in September 2023 and present their research findings and clinical innovations..

Public events in the frame of the project

16th Conference of the Baltic Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Kaunas, Lithuania on September 14-16, 2023. Venue: „Victoria Hotel Kaunas“. One of the speakers in the conference is Udo Rolle, Frankfurt (Germany). The conference is dedicated for the paediatric surgeons and paediatric orthopedic surgeons, also for paediatricians, neonatologists, general surgeons. It is not closed event, but specialised event, targeted for the specialists.

Direct and indirect target group of the project

Direct: 22
Indirect: 45