About Us

Founded in 2009, Nomads began as a plant biotechnology company. In 2016, the company shifted its focus to the research of antibacterial proteins. Since then, Nomads has built extensive expertise in the research and biotechnology of precision microbiome modulators.

Large porfolio of patent applications and publications in the field of precision antibacterial proteins.

Publications:

  1. Karaliute I, Tilinde D, Ramonaite R, Lukosevicius R, Nikitina D, Bernatoniene J, Kuliaviene I, Valantiene I, Petrauskas D, Zigmantaite V, Misiunas A, Denkovskiene E, Razanskiene A, Gleba Y, Kupcinskas J, Skieceviciene J. Bacteriocin KvarM versus conventional antibiotics: comparative effectiveness in treating Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in murine intestinal models. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2025 Mar 20;15:1559865. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1559865. PMID: 40182774; PMCID: PMC11965673.
  2. Karaliute I, Ramonaite R, Bernatoniene J, Petrikaite V, Misiunas A, Denkovskiene E, Razanskiene A, Gleba Y, Kupcinskas J, Skieceviciene J. Reduction of gastrointestinal tract colonization by Klebsiella quasipneumoniae using antimicrobial protein KvarIa. Gut Pathog. 2022 Apr 26;14(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s13099-022-00492-2. PMID: 35473598; PMCID: PMC9040220.
  3. Paškevičius Š, Dapkutė V, Misiūnas A, Balzaris M, Thommes P, Sattar A, Gleba Y, Ražanskienė A. Chimeric bacteriocin S5-PmnH engineered by domain swapping efficiently controls Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in murine keratitis and lung models. Sci Rep. 2022 Apr 19;12(1):5865. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09865-8. PMID: 35440606; PMCID: PMC9018753.
  4. Paškevičius Š, Gleba Y, Ražanskienė A. Stenocins: Novel modular bacteriocins from opportunistic pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. J Biotechnol. 2022 Jun 10;351:9-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2022.04.006.
  5. Denkovskienė E, Paškevičius Š, Stankevičiūtė J, Gleba Y, Ražanskienė A. Control of T-DNA Transfer from Agrobacterium tumefaciens to Plants Based on an Inducible Bacterial Toxin-Antitoxin System. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2020 Sep;33(9):1142-1149. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-03-20-0067-R. 
  6. Denkovskienė E, Paškevičius Š, Misiūnas A, Stočkūnaitė B, Starkevič U, Vitkauskienė A, Hahn-Löbmann S, Schulz S, Giritch A, Gleba Y, Ražanskienė A. Broad and efficient control of Klebsiella pathogens by peptidoglycan-degrading and pore-forming bacteriocins. Sci Rep. 2019 Oct 28;9(1):15422. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51969-1.
  7. Kazanavičiūtė V, Misiūnas A, Gleba Y, Giritch A, Ražanskienė A. Plant-expressed bacteriophage lysins control pathogenic strains of Clostridium perfringens. Sci Rep. 2018 Jul 12;8(1):10589
  8. Paškevičius Š, Starkevič U, Misiūnas A, Vitkauskienė A, Gleba Y, Ražanskienė A. Plant-expressed pyocins for control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS One, 2017 Oct 3;12(10).
  9. Denkovskienė E, Paškevičius Š, Werner S, Gleba Y, Ražanskienė A. Inducible Expression of Agrobacterium Virulence Gene VirE2 for Stringent Regulation of T-DNA Transfer in Plant Transient Expression Systems. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2015 Nov;28(11):1247-55.
  10. Starkevič U, Bortesi L, Virgailis M, Ružauskas M, Giritch A, Ražanskienė A. High-yield production of a functional bacteriophage lysin with antipneumococcal activity using a plant virus-based expression system. J Biotechnol. 2015 Apr 20;200:10-6.

Patents:

WO 2018/162570. V. Kazanavičiūtė, A. Misiūnas, A. Ražanskienė. Method for reducing contamination of an object with Clostridium.

EP19178676.3. E. Denkovskienė, A. Misiūnas, A. Ražanskienė. Klebicins for the control of Klebsiella.

EP 22163290.4. Š. Paškevičius, A. Misiūnas, A. Ražanskienė. Chimeric bacteriocins and method for control of Pseudomonas.

EP24167062.9 V. Kazanavičiūtė, A. Misiūnas, A. Ražanskienė. Antibacterial protein for control of Cutibacterium acnes.

Our Team

Our team comprises experts in microbial and plant molecular biology and genetics, protein biochemistry and chromatography, as well as bioinformatics.

Aušra Ražanskienė,
Chief Executive Officer
Vaiva Kazanavičiūtė,
Chief Research officer
Audrius Misiūnas,
Chief Technology officer
Raimundas Ražanskas,
Chief data officer

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