He was honoured for his contribution to the education and training of molecular biologists in Europe, as well as for the description of a key cellular switch instructing the cell how to respond to DNA damage -- for example by ultraviolet rays from the sun.
Dikić ja nagrađen za svoj doprinos obrazovanju i obuci molekularnih biologa u Evropi, kao i za opis ključnog ćelijskog prekidača koji daje uputstvo ćelijama kako da reaguju na oštećenja DNK -- na primer od ultraljubičastih zraka sunca.