Helleday Laboratory

Maurice Michel, Associate Professor at the Helleday laboratory is the winner of the Nature Eppendorf award for 2023. 

According to the award judges, Maurice Michel has showed that binding of a small molecule to the active site of a DNA repair enzyme not only increases its activity but also prompts it to carry out a reaction not found in the free protein, leading to enhanced DNA repair after oxidative damage. Currently Maurice Michel is focusing on broadening this technology by investigating other enzymes and biomedical reaction pathways, with the hope of finding new strategies for rerouting or reducing oxidative DNA damage according to individual needs.  

The Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators was first established in 1995. It acknowledges outstanding contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on methods of molecular biology, including novel analytical concepts. The Award is presented in partnership with Nature. 

Read more about the Nature Eppendorf award here: https://www.nature.com/nature/awards/eppendorf