Rytis Stakaitis

About

Researcher interested in genetic and epigenetic causes of human diseases

Employment

• Umeå University Postdoc
  2025 - Present
• Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Researcher
  2023 - 2025
• Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Junior Researcher
  2018 - 2023

Education

• Oregon Health & Science University Basics of Single-cell sequencing
  2021 - 2022
• Rigshospitalet Small RNA expression in biofluids
  2020 - 2020
• Rigshospitalet NGS data analysis
  2019 - 2020
• Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Master in laboratory medicine
  2016 - 2018
• Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Bachelor in genetics
  2012 - 2016

Projects & Funding

• Basics of Single-cell sequencing Baltic-American Freedom Foundation
  2021 - 2022
• Micro RNA expression patterns in glioblastoma tissue and matched patients' extracellular vesicles Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Research foundation
  2020 - 2020
• Small RNA expression in biofluids Erasmus+
  2020 - 2020
• Changes in long non-coding RNAs expression in post-surgical glioma tissueand association with micro RNAs Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Research foundation
  2019 - 2019
• Small RNA sequencing Erasmus+
  2019 - 2019
• Next Generation Sequencing data analysis Education Exchanges Support Foundation
  2019 - 2020
• Incentive prize of for academic achievements during PhD studies (2019) Research Council of Lithuania
• Incentive prize for academic achievements during PhD studies (2020) Research Council of Lithuania
• Incentive prize for academic achievements during PhD studies (2022) Research Council of Lithuania

Publications (15)

• Inherited defects of piRNA biogenesis cause transposon de-repression, impaired spermatogenesis, and human male infertility
  Birgit Stallmeyer, Clara Bühlmann, Rytis Stakaitis +28 more
  Nature Communications 2024 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50930-9
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• Identification and comparison of m6A modifications in glioblastoma non-coding RNAs with MeRIP-seq and Nanopore dRNA-seq
  Epigenetics 2023 DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2022.2163365
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• Antisense lncRNA CHROMR is linked to glioma patient survival
  Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1101953
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• Circulating levels and the bioactivity of miR-30b increase during pubertal progression in boys
  Frontiers in Endocrinology 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1120115
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• Diverse monogenic subforms of human spermatogenic failure
  Liina Nagirnaja, Alexandra Manuel Lopes, Wu‐Lin Charng +46 more
  Nature Communications 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35661-z
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• The piRNA-pathway factor FKBP6 is essential for spermatogenesis but dispensable for control of meiotic LINE-1 expression in humans
  Margot Julia Wyrwoll, Channah M Gaasbeek, Ieva Golubickaitė +24 more
  The American Journal of Human Genetics 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.09.002
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• Transcriptome-wide analysis of glioma stem cell specific m6A modifications in long-non-coding RNAs
  Scientific Reports 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08616-z
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• Variant PNLDC1 , Defective piRNA Processing, and Azoospermia
  New England Journal of Medicine 2021 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2028973
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• Small RNAs in Seminal Plasma as Novel Biomarkers for Germ Cell Tumors
  Cancers 2021 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13102346
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• Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Tissue miR-146b, -21, -221, -222, -181b Expression in Relation with Clinicopathological Features
  Diagnostics 2021 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11030418
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• The Role of CASC2 and miR-21 Interplay in Glioma Malignancy and Patient Outcome
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21217962
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• Unique Interplay Between Molecular miR-181b/d Biomarkers and Health Related Quality of Life Score in the Predictive Glioma Models
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21207450
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• Plasma-Derived miRNA-222 as a Candidate Marker for Papillary Thyroid Cancer
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21176445
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• Association of miR-34a Expression with Quality of Life of Glioblastoma Patients: A Prospective Study.
  Cancers 2019 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11030300
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• High CHI3L1 expression is associated with glioma patient survival.
  Diagnostic pathology 2016 DOI: 10.1186/s13000-016-0492-4
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