Best Papers Awards 2025
The Best Papers Awards celebrate distinguished publications by researchers at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IIMCB). Discover the award-winning publications.
1st prize
Re-adenylation by TENT5A enhances efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines
Nature
Paweł S. Krawczyk, Michał Mazur, Wiktoria Orzeł, Olga Gewartowska, Sebastian Jeleń, Wiktor Antczak, Karolina Kasztelan, Aleksandra Brouze, Katarzyna Matylla-Kulińska, Natalia Gumińska, Bartosz Tarkowski, Ewelina P. Owczarek, Kamila Affek, Paweł Turowski, Agnieszka Tudek, Małgorzata Sroka, Tomasz Śpiewla, Monika Kusio-Kobiałka, Aleksandra Wesołowska, Dominika Nowis, Jakub Golab, Joanna Kowalska, Jacek Jemielity, Andrzej Dziembowski*, Seweryn Mroczek*
Laboratory of RNA Biology – ERA Chairs Group
2nd prize
Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells constitute a major route for hemoglobin clearance
EMBO Reports
Gabriela Zurawska, Zuzanna Sas, Aneta Jończy, Raghunandan Mahadeva, Patryk Slusarczyk, Marta Chwałek, Daniel Seehofer, Georg Damm, Rafał Mazgaj, Marcin Skórzyński, Maria Kulecka, Izabela Rumieńczyk, Morgane Moulin, Kamil Jastrzębski, Kevin Waldron, Michal Mikula, Anders Etzerodt, Remigiusz Serwa, Marta Miączyńska, Tomasz P Rygiel*, Katarzyna Mleczko-Sanecka*
Laboratory of Iron Homeostasis
3rd prize (ex aequo)
Activity and structure of human (d)CTP deaminase CDADC1
PNAS
Anton Slyvka*, Ishan Rathore, Renbin Yang, Olga Gewartowska, Tapan Kanai, George T. Lountos, Krzysztof Skowronek, Mariusz Czarnocki-Cieciura, Alexander Wlodawer*, Matthias Bochtler*
Laboratory of Structural Biology
3rd prize (ex aequo)
Structural snapshots of the mechanism of ATP-dependent DNA damage recognition by UvrA
Nature Communications
Shivlee Nirwal, Mariusz Czarnocki-Cieciura, Weronika Zajko, Krzysztof Skowronek, Roman H. Szczepanowski, Marcin Nowotny*
Laboratory of Protein Structure
About the competition:
The IIMCB annually honors research excellence with its Best Papers Awards, focusing on the significance and content of research, rather than relying on bibliometric indicators. All authors from the IIMCB can submit their scientific experimental work. Laboratory Leaders review the nominated papers, refraining from voting for their own lab's work. The selection concludes in a meeting where the most impactful submissions are chosen, underscoring IIMCB's dedication to scienfitc excellence.
Authors marked in bold are affiliated with IIMCB.