Virginijus Šikšnys

Virginijus Šikšnys
Virginijus Šikšnys
Born	26 January 1956
Alma mater	Vilnius University (BSc); Lomonosov Moscow State University (PhD)
Known for	CRISPR; Restriction endonucleases;
Awards	Lithuanian Science Prize (2001); St. Christopher award for the merits in science from the Vilnius City Council (2015); Novozymes Prize (2017); Kavli Prize in Nanoscience (2018); Baltic Assembly Prize for Science (2021);
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	Vilnius University Institute of Biotechnology; Lithuanian Academy of Sciences

Virginijus Šikšnys (born 26 January 1956) is a Lithuanian biochemist and a professor at Vilnius University. He is a chief scientist at the Vilnius University Institute of Biotechnology.