Miglė Šarpilo

Miglė completed her bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology at Vilnius University, Lithuania, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Biotechnology at the University of Copenhagen. During her bachelor’s studies, she participated in several research projects, including the investigation of CRISPR Type I-E using magnetic tweezers and an iGEM project in which she served as a lab lead, focused on the recombinant expression of the complete polysaccharide synthesis and export pathway for the production of Caulobacter crescentus holdfast polysaccharides in E. coli. Her bachelor’s thesis focused on the biochemical characterization of a novel jumbo phage portal protein and terminase, as well as the analysis of their interactions. Her current research centers on phage–host membrane interactions using cryogenic-electron microscopy and tomography approaches.