“My work feels like solving a giant jigsaw puzzle. Each research result is a small piece of the puzzle. It is fascinating to see that the pieces together produce a complete picture of a biological process”, says Dr Joyce Lebbink, Assistant Professor of Genetics at Erasmus University Medical Centre in the Netherlands.

Our body cells divide continuously. DNA is copied when cells divide and mistakes can be made in this process. A DNA mismatch is a specific type of mistake. DNA mismatch repair proteins can recognise and repair these mistakes. The principal aim of Mismatch2model is to reveal how, where and when these proteins perform their job.