Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators

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 the scientific journal Nature.

 

Prize money: 20,000 EUR

Applications for the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators 2024 will be accepted from October 1, 2023, until January 15, 2024.

Application deadline has expired.

Meet the Awardees 2023 (7:10 min)

Learn more about winner and finalists and their researches.

Meet two Jury Members (3:30 min)

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Winner 2023 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators

Congratulations to Dr. Maurice Michel on winning the 2023 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators for his research on artificial functions of DNA repair enzymes for the treatment of disease. Dr. Michel 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. These ground-breaking discoveries may have far-reaching applications in the treatment of cancer or age-related degeneration.

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