We are pleased to announce that the Committee on Molecular Cell Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences has awarded the work of a team of scientists from the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS in the Prof. Włodzimierz Krzyżosiak Competition for the best experimental study in the field of nucleic acid research conducted in a Polish laboratory.

The award was granted for the article titled The 8-17 DNAzyme can operate in a single active structure regardless of metal ion cofactor, published in the journal Nature Communications.

The authors of the publication are:

• Julia Wieruszewska, 
• Aleksandra Pawłowicz-Perczak, MA
• Ewa Połomska, MA
• Karol Pasternak, PhD
• Prof. Zofia Gdaniec
• Witold Andrałojć, PhD

The diploma was presented to the corresponding author, Dr. Witold Andrałojć, on October 16 during a meeting of the Scientific Committee held at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.

Congratulations to the entire team!

The article is available at: https://rdcu.be/eLdsP