Aurimas Kopūstas
Started on December, 2017
Supervision: Dr. Mindaugas Zaremba and Dr. Marijonas Tutkus
About Aurimas
Aurimas joined our team during his bachelor studies, obtained BSc. degree in Biochemistry (VU) and MSc. degree in Biochemistry (VU). Aurimas Kopūstas currently is a 2nd-year Biochemistry PhD student at VU. Since 2017 AK gained vast experience by developing assays for DNA-protein interaction studies and employing SM fluorescence microscopy. Currently he is focusing on in vivo and in vitro SM level studies of different bacteria antiviral defense systems. AK possesses an interdisciplinary and versatile skill set: SM fluorescence microscopy, sample preparation, genetic engineering and biochemical characterization of NA-binding proteins.
Research themes
Publications with our group
| Liquid-liquid phase separation of alpha-synuclein increases the structural variability of fibrils formed during amyloid aggregation Mantas Ziaunys, Darius Sulskis, Dominykas Veiveris, Aurimas Kopūstas, Ruta Snieckute, Kamile Mikalauskaite, Andrius Sakalauskas, Marijonas Tutkus, Vytautas Smirnovas Published in The FEBS Journal, August 2024 (see publication ) |
| smFRET Detection of Cis and Trans DNA Interactions by the BfiI Restriction Endonuclease Šarūnė Ivanovaitė, Justė Paksaitė, Aurimas Kopūstas, Giedrė Karzaitė, Danielis Rutkauskas, Arunas Silanskas, Giedrius Sasnauskas, Mindaugas Zaremba, Stephen K. Jones Jr., and Marijonas Tutkus Published in J. Phys. Chem. B, July 2023 (see publication ) |
| Advancing Understanding of DNA-BfiI Restriction Endonuclease Cis and Trans Interactions through smFRET Technology Šarūnė Ivanovaitė, Justė Paksaitė, Aurimas Kopūstas, Giedrė Karzaitė, Danielis Rutkauskas, Arunas Silanskas, Giedrius Sasnauskas, Mindaugas Zaremba, Stephen K. Jones Jr., Marijonas Tutkus Published in bioRxiv, April 2023 (see publication ) |
| The miEye: Bench-top super-resolution microscope with cost-effective equipment Mohammad Nour Alsamsam, Aurimas Kopūstas, Meda Jurevičiūtė, Marijonas Tutkus Published in HardwareX, October 2022 (see publication ) |
| Disarming of type IF CRISPR-Cas surveillance complex by anti-CRISPR proteins AcrIF6 and AcrIF9 Egle Kupcinskaite, Marijonas Tutkus, Aurimas Kopūstas, Simonas Ašmontas, Marija Jankunec, Mindaugas Zaremba, Giedre Tamulaitiene, Tomas Sinkunas Published in Scientific reports, September 2022 (see publication ) |
| DNA Flow-Stretch Assays for Studies of Protein-DNA Interactions at the Single-Molecule Level Aurimas Kopūstas, Mindaugas Zaremba, Marijonas Tutkus Published in Applied Nano, January 2022 (see publication ) |
| Oriented Soft DNA Curtains for Single-Molecule Imaging Aurimas Kopūstas, Šarūnė Ivanovaitė, Tomas Rakickas, Ernesta Pocevičiūtė, Justė Paksaitė, Tautvydas Karvelis, Mindaugas Zaremba, Elena Manakova, and Marijonas Tutkus Published in Langmuir, March 2021 (see publication ) |