Curriculum vitae

Name Surname Agata Mlynska
Education
Institution Qualification, academic degree, academic title Year
Vilnius University MSc in Biochemistry 2012
Vilnius University PhD 2018
Work experience
Employer Occupation Period
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Vilnius Junior researcher 2011-2018
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne Doctoral assistant 2014-2016
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Vilnius Researcher 2018-2019
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Vilnius Senior researcher 2019--
Vilnius Gedimina technical university (VILNIUS TECH), Vilnius Associate professor 2020--
Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne Research assistant 2021-2021
Main publications, monographs, art works, patents
Field of Science Publications Year
Biology Pasukoniene V, Mlynska A, Steponkiene S, Poderys V, Matulionyte M, Karabanovas V, Statkute U, Purviniene R, Krasko JA, Jagminas A, Kurtinaitiene M, Strioga M, Rotomskis R. Accumulation and biological effects of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles in human pancreatic and ovarian cancer cells. Medicina. 2014;50(4):237-44. 2014
Biology Strioga MM, Darinskas A, Pasukoniene V, Mlynska A, Ostapenko V, Schijns V. Xenogeneic therapeutic cancer vaccines as breakers of immune tolerance for clinical application: to use or not to use? Vaccine. 2014;32(32):4015-24. 2014
Biology Liubaviciute A, Krasko JA, Mlynska A, Lagzdina J, Suziedelis K, Pasukoniene V. Evaluation of low-dose proton beam radiation efficiency in MIA PaCa-2 pancreatic cancer cell line vitality and H2AX formation. Medicina. 2015;51(5)302-6. 2015
Biology Mlynska A, Povilaityte E, Zemleckaite I, Zilionyte K, Strioga M, Krasko J, Dobrovolskiene N, Peng MW, Intaite B, Pasukoniene V. Platinum sensitivity of ovarian cancer cells does not influence their ability to induce M2-type macrophage polarization. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 2018;80:e12996. 2018
Biology Dobrovolskiene N, Pasukoniene V, Darinskas A, Krasko JA, Zilionyte K, Mlynska A, Gudleviciene Z, Miseikyte-Kaubriene E, Schijns V, Lubitz W, Kudela P, Strioga M. Tumor lysate-loaded Bacterial Ghosts as a tool for optimized production of therapeutic dendritic cell-based cancer vaccines. Vaccine. 2018;36:4171-4180 2018
Biology Krasko JA, Zilionyte K, Darinskas A, Dobrovolskiene N, Mlynska A, Riabceva S, Zalutsky I, Derevyanko M, Kulchitsky V, Karaman O, Fedosova N, Smychych TV, Didenko G, Chekhun V, Strioga M, Pasukoniene V. Postoperative unadjuvanted therapeutic xenovaccination with chicken whole embryo vaccine suppresses distant micrometastases and prolongs survival in a murine Lewis lung carcinoma model. Oncology Letters. 2018;15:5098-5104. 2018
Biology Mlynska A, Salciuniene G, Zilionyte K, Garberyte S, Strioga M, Intaite B, Barakauskiene A, Lazzari G, Dobrovolskiene N, Krasko JA, Pasukoniene V. Chemokine profiling in ovarian cancer patients serum reveals candidate biomarkers for recurrence and immune infiltration. Oncology Reports. 2019;41:1238-52. 2019
Biology Mlynska A, Vaisnore R, Rafanavicius V, Jocys S, Janeiko J, Petrauskyte M, Bijeikis S, Cimmperman P, Intaite B, Zilionyte A, Barakauskiene A, Meskauskas R, Paberale E, Pasukoniene V. A gene signature for subtyping of immune desert, excluded, and inflamed ovarian tumors. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 2020;84:e13244. 2020
Biology Bosas P, Zaleskis G, Dabkevičiene D, Dobrovolskiene N, Mlynska A, Tikuišis R, Ulys A, Pašukoniene V, Jarmalaitė S, Jankevičius F. Immunophenotype Rearrangement in Response to Tumor Excision May Be Related to the Risk of Biochemical Recurrence in Prostate Cancer Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2021;10(16):3709. 2021
Participation in conferences
Date Title of the conference and speech title
2016-01-01 Mlynska A, Povilaityte E, Zilionyte K, Pasukoniene V. Development and characterization of drug-resistant ovarian cancer cell sublines. Poster presentation, Best poster award. The COINS 2016 conference. Vilnius, Lithuania, Feb 2016.
2016-01-01 Mlynska A, Garberytė S, Žilionytė K, Lukoševičiūtė G, Intaite B, Pašukonienė. Immune related signature for identification of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. Oral presentation. International Congress of Immunology. Melbourne, Australia, Sep 2016.
2017-01-01 Homicsko K, Cuendet M, Mlynska A, Moura B, Horak C, Hanahan D, Michielin O. Exploratory analysis of multiprotein serum predictors at baseline of progression-free survival of ipilimumab or ipilimumab and nivolumab in the Checkmate-069 study. Poster presentation. International ASCO 2017 congress. Chicago, USA, Jun 2017.
2018-01-01 Mlynska A, Salciuniene G, Zilionyte K, Intaite B, Barakauskiene A, Pasukoniene V. Serum chemokine profiling reveals candidate biomarkers for recurrence and immune infiltration in ovarian cancer. Poster presentation. 5th European Congress of Immunology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sep 2018.
2021-01-01 Mlynska A, Zymantaite E, Paberale E, Krasko JA, Pasukoniene V. Modeling of dendritic cell vaccines for ovarian cancer immunotherapy using cell lines of different molecular profiles. Oral presentation. 6th European Congress of Immunology (virtual), Sep 2021.
Foreign languages
A1/2: beginner; B1/2: advanced user; C1/2: proficient user;
Speaking Understanding Writing
English C2 C2 C2
polish C2 C2 C2
russian B2 C1 B1
Teaching subjects
Level of studies Subject title
Master Degree Studies Immunotechnology
Bachelor Degree Studies Fundamentals of Immunology
Improvement of qualification (internships, lasting more than two weeks, trainings, seminars, not less than 8
Institution Country Subject Period
RESAL - Lemanic Animal Facility Network Switzerland Module on animal experimentation - FELASA B category 2015-2015
European Federation of Immunology Societies Austria Advanced flow cytometry 2015-2015
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne Switzerland Combinatorial cancer immunotherapy preclinical trials 2016-2017
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne Switzerland Bioinformatic tools for transcriptomic analyses 2020-2020
Participation in projects
Period Project description
2016-2018 Primary implementer of the “Immunomodulating properties of bacteriophage derived dsRNA” project, funded by the Research Council of Lithuania (LMT Nr. TAP LLT-4/2016), 2016-2018. Estimated value - 52 000 Eur.
2017-2018 Primary implementer of the “Advanced immune-modulating medicinal product for cancer therapy” project, funded by the Lithuanian Business Support Agency (LVPA Nr. J05-LVPA-K-01-0179), 2017-2018. Estimated value - 540 000 Eur
2018-2018 Primary implementer of the “Development of a tool for cancer immunophenotyping and individualized immunotherapy modeling” project, funded by the Agency of Science, Innovation, and Technology (MITA Nr. 01.2.1-MITA-T-851-02-0017), 2018. Estimated value - 30 000 Eur.
2019-2020 Primary implementer of the “Development and clinical testing of autologous dendritic cell vaccines for ovarian cancer therapy” project, funded by the Lithuanian Business Support Agency (LVPA Nr. J05-LVPA-K-03-0076), 2019-2020. Estimated value - 1 090 000 Eur
2019-2021 Primary implementer of the “Immune modeling for infertility diagnostics and treatment” project, funded by the Lithuanian Business Support Agency (LVPA Nr. J05-LVPA-K-04-0016), 2019-2021. Estimated value - 1 200 000 Eur.
2019-2019 Project leader of the "Immunomodulatory properties of colon cancer cell lines" project, funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, 2019. Estimated value - 2000 Eur.
2020-2022 Primary implementer (postdoc researcher) of the "Development of transriptomic and histologic analysis-based tool for immune tumor subtyping and immunotherapy individualization" postdoc project, funded by the Research Council of Lithuania (Nr. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-19-0094), 2020-2022. Estimated value - 85 000 Eur.
2020-2021 Project leader of the "Influence of stemness inhibitors on the immunomodulatory properties of colon cancer cells" project, funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, 2020-2021. Estimated value - 3000 Eur.
2021-2024 Project leader of the "Exploring the molecular mechanisms behind the effects of physical exercise on breast cancer prevention" project, funded by the Research Council of Lithuania (Nr. EEA-RESEARCH-164), 2021-2024. Estimated value - 150 000 Eur.
Membership in international organizations, committees, expert activity, participation in editorial boards
Period Title
2016-- Member of Lithuanian Society of Immunologists