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We have been working on mtDNA editing to cure and study mitochondrial disease – a part of this work has been spun out to Pretzel.
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Michal obtained a Master’s degree in Biotechnology (1999) and PhD in Biological Sciences (2003) from the University of Warsaw, Poland, carrying out research in the Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology. From 2004–2007 he was an FEBS Postdoctoral Fellow in the group of Aaron Klug at Medical Research Council (MRC), Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. Michal joined the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit as an Investigator Scientist (2007) and in 2009 he became a MRC Investigator. Throughout his career Michal has received numerous awards and personal fellowships, including the Prime Minister Prize for his PhD thesis, Award of the Foundation for Polish Science, EMBO and FEBS Fellowships, served as an editor of several journals and books and organised a number of scientific conferences. More recently, Michal has co-founded Pretzel Therapeutics, a start-up biotechnology company that focuses on the development of therapies to treat unmet needs in diseases driven by mitochondrial dysfunction.