Employees usually continue their professional development by attending seminars, reading books and registering for various courses, but does all this really help them to advance in their careers? Dr Vytautas Ašeris, Partnership Professor of Vilnius University’s (VU) Faculty of Mathematics, who has been observing employees for a decade now in his role as manager at one of the divisions of Danske Bank in Lithuania, agrees that theoretical knowledge is very important, but there is no point in investing in it if you are not personally effective.

As the second exam session under lockdown shows, studying during the pandemic did not get easier. On the contrary, more and more students have expressed difficulties to concentrate, anxiety, tiredness and general lack of motivation. Some of the students are preparing for the exams step by step throughout the year while for others the time before exams becomes more tense than ever. How to ease it? Where can the motivation to finish the necessary tasks come from?

The third annual Medical Genetics Awareness Week will be celebrated across the world raising awareness of this field of science. Prof. Vaidutis Kučinskas of Vilnius University is the pioneer of Lithuanian human genetics and a world-renowned scientist. He is a member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, a habilitated doctor of biomedical sciences, and a prominent employee of the country’s healthcare system who continues to be a dedicated gene researcher. On his initiative, Medical Genetics Awareness Week will be celebrated for the first time in Lithuania in the week of March 22-26. The professor talks about his career, accomplishments and medical genetics.

According to experts, electronics engineers are especially desirable in the job market. Talented electronics engineers contribute to faster technological development and innovations, their salary is constantly growing and they have a wealth of career opportunities. However, the demand for electronics engineering professionals exceeds the supply almost five times.

March 16th, 2021, Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) Rector Prof. Inga Žalėnienė agreed to continue cooperation with Sakartvelo Sokhumi State University in the areas of studies and research. Rector Žalėnienė met online via "Zoom" with Sakartvelo Sukhumi State University Rector Zurab Khonelidze.

This year, the Lithuanian cosmo-biologist Eglė Čekanavičiūtė, a researcher from NASA, will speak at the International Conference Open Readings 2021 for young researchers organized by the Faculty of Physics and the Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology of Vilnius University.

Dematic, an intralogistics innovator that designs, builds and supports intelligent, automated solutions has announced plans to hire another 100 specialists in Controls, Mechanical Engineering, Software Development and Solutions Development in 2021, Invest Lithuania reports.

The European Commission launched today, at an online event, the European Innovation Council (EIC) with a budget of over €10 billion (in current prices) for 2021-2027 to develop and expand breakthrough innovations. Building on a successful pilot programme under Horizon 2020, the new EIC is not only a novelty of Horizon Europe, but it is also unique in the world: it combines research on emerging technologies with an accelerator programme and a dedicated equity fund, the European Innovation Council Fund, to scale up innovative start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). Around €3 billion of the EIC's budget will go towards the EIC Fund.

Artificial intelligence (AI), step by step is making its way into the healthcare field. As a disease recognizing tool, AI could help people follow and monitor their health without actually going to medical care centres. It could help improve the time and efficiency of disease recognition. But the question is, how can artificial intelligence find and recognize diseases of the human body?

On 16-19 March, young researchers from the Faculty of Physics and the Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology of Vilnius University will gather for the 64th International Conference for Students of Physics and Natural Sciences Open Readings 2021, which this year will take place on the Zoom platform and be broadcast on YouTube channel. Around 500 participants from over 10 countries have registered for the conference.