Dr. Saulius Bagdonas

Dr. Saulius Bagdonas

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Laser Research Center (LRC)

Physics (N 002); Biophysics (N 011)

Senior Researcher, Professor

Photophysics and photochemistry of tetrapyrrolic compounds in model and biological systems, fluorescence diagnostics, photosensitized therapy

1. Pleckaitis M., Habach F., Kontenis L., Steinbach G., Jarockyte G., Kalnaityte A., Domonkos I., Akhtar P., Alizadeh M., Bagdonas S., Karabanovas V., Garab G., Rotomskis R., Barzda V., Structure and principles of self-assembly of giant "sea urchin" type sulfonatophenyl porphine aggregates, NANO RESEARCH, 15 (6), 5527-5537, 2022.
2. Poderys V., Jarockyte G., Bagdonas S., Karabanovas V., Rotomskis R., Protein-stabilized gold nanoclusters for PDT: ROS and singlet oxygen generation JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY, 204, 111802, 2020.
3. Kalnaityte A., Bagdonas S., Light-mediated effects of CdTe-MSA quantum dots on the autofluorescence of freshwater green microalgae: Spectroscopic studies, JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY, 199, 111629, 2019.
4. Polmickaite-Smirnova E., Bagdonas S., Anusevicius Z., Sensitization of Salmonella enterica with 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced endogenous porphyrins: a spectroscopic study, PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 18, 11, 2730-2739, 2019.
5. Kalnaityte A., Bagdonas S., Rotomskis R. The dose-dependent photobleaching of CdTe quantum dots in aqueous media, JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, 201, 434-441, 2018.
6. Damalakiene L., Karabanovas V., Bagdonas S., Rotomskis R. Fluorescence-Lifetime Imaging Microscopy for Visualization of Quantum Dots’ Endocytic Pathway, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 17, 473, 2016.
7. Rudys R., Bagdonas S., Kirdaitė G., Papečkienė J., Rotomskis R. Multidimensional visualization of healthy and sensitized rabbit knee tissues by means of confocal microscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS, 20 (5), 051035, 2015.
8. Damalakiene L., Karabanovas V., Bagdonas S., Pupelis L., Valius M., Rotomskis R. Suppression of a Specific Intracellular Uptake Pathway by a Saturating Accumulation of Quantum Dots, JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY, 11(5), 841-853, 2015.
9. Rudys R., Denkovskij J., Kirdaite G., Bagdonas S., Induction of protoporphyrin IX in patient-derived synoviocytes, cartilage explants and chondrons after application of 5-aminolevulinic acid or its methyl ester, JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY, 141, 228–234, 2014.
10. Rudys, R., Kirdaite G., Bagdonas S., Leonaviciene L., Bradunaite R., Streckyte G., Rotomskis R., Spectroscopic assessment of endogenous porphyrins in a rheumatoid arthritis rabbit model after the application of ALA and ALA-Me, JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY, 119, 15–21, 2013.

“In vitro model of photosensitized therapy for rheumatoid arthritis”, Lithuanian Science Council, 2010-2011, 140400 LT.

“Luminescent nanoparticles for cellular imaging and theranostics” - Photonics North, 2019, Quebec, Canada

Supervised three defended doctoral theses and one postdoctoral research internship.

“Biophysical nanotechnologies”, “Physics of molecules and membranes”,”Introduction into biophysical technologies”, “Biophysics” – 1st cycle studies, “Biophotonics”, “Photobiology” – 2nd cycle studies.

Supervision of Bachelor and Master Student thesis since 2001.

Participation in the national/international governing bodies, commissions, committees, boards etc.

Member of the committee of the Master study program "Nature and Chemical Physics" and the committee of the Biophysics Doctoral studies in Vilnius University.

Since 2018 m - an expert of the Research Council of Lithuania,

Since 2020 m - an expert of the Lithuanian Project Management Association and the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education

Educational sessions for students at the National Science festival “Spaceship Earth", public lectures.