Mar 13, 2023
Dresden Excellence Award for Dr. Felix Lansing
Felix Lansing honoured with the Dresden Excellence Award on March 11th, 2023, with Frank Buchholz (l.) and Dirk Hilbert (r.)
Dr. Felix Lansing has won the Science Award of the City of Dresden in the doctoral category and was honoured for his dissertation work “Wie neuartige Gen-Skalpelle die Gen-Therapie revolutionieren - Directed evolution of site-specific recombinases for precise genome editing and rearrangement”.
In his thesis work, Felix Lansing developed a new type of highly precise gene scalpels. These recombinase-based gene scalpels work very efficiently and can thus edit the genome much more accurately than CRISPR/Cas9 technology.
Within his dissertation, Dr. Lansing tested a first possible application in combating a severe form of haemophilia (haemophilia A). He proved that there is a chance of curing the world’s most common blood clotting disorder. Furthermore, Dr. Lansing's work has explored applications for curing other genetic diseases.