How do mammal minds figure out space, geometry and territory?
This newly awarded ERC Synergy Grant team of Dori Derdikman, Valery Grinevich, David Omer & Angela Sirigu are about to find out!
Read about their project 👉 https://bit.ly/OxytocINspace
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1584858572164575232
"I’m happy to see more pioneering researchers funded to focus on ambitious and complex scientific problems that require innovative ways to advance our knowledge." ERC President Maria Leptin welcomes the latest group of ERC Synergy Grant winners.
➡️ https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-2022-synergy-grants-results
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1584854792941494273
In this 2022 ERC Synergy Grant Call, 29 different research projects were approved for funding.
To give you an idea of the range and breadth of the #FrontierResearch that will be covered, read about five projects & their teams 👉https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-synergy-grants-2022-project-highlights.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1584852337394601985
Would you like to see exactly which projects and researchers have been awarded 2022 ERC Synergy Grants - each worth around €10 million?
Check the list, you might know someone on it! 👉 https://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-10/erc_2022_syg.pdf
@EU_Commission 🇪🇺#FrontierResearch #Funding #ERCSyG #Teamwork
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1584849760951078914
📣 The ERC's 2022 Synergy Grant competition results are out!
29 research groups received #ERCSyG funding, enabling their scientists and scholars to combine complementary skills & address frontier research challenges.
Info 👉 https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-2022-synergy-grants-results
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1584847270872514560
Smoke from wood burning becomes more harmful overnight shows research by @LAPI_epfl, impacting #publichealth and #climatechange
@EPFL_en
Read more here 👉 https://bit.ly/3VPC0kq
#airpollution #aerosols #airquality
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1584573972234240000
RT @HorizonMagEU: Europe’s human-made #heathlands are starting to disappear because of urbanisation, climate change & intensive farming. Lessons from the heathland’s past can help us understand how our ancestors maintained the balance with nature.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1584445339062669312
RT @NobelPrize: The original publication on graphene was published #OTD in 2004.
The discovery of the material - incredibly thin yet strong and able to conduct heat and electricity - led to a Nobel Prize for authors Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1584130914757799937
How effectively can the human brain support artificial body parts? 🦿
ERC-funded Tamar Makin @Cambridge_Uni is exploring such questions, in her attempt to make wearable robotics as user-friendly as possible.
@MDiplomacyWORLD 👉 https://bit.ly/3ySjuhe
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1584107371902930944
RT @mleptin: So good to see clear-sighted politicians at the top emphasizing the vital role of basic research.
Thank you, EC Vice President @vestager for your strong support!
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1583805672482668544
Union can give strength, but sometimes to our detriment.
ERC funded researcher @knutdrescher @biozentrum illustrates how a dangerous cocktail of bacteria and fungi is the reason behind a severe form of childhood tooth decay 🦷
To know more 👉https://bit.ly/3TAZNCO
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1583790296525307905
What are the origins of the early dairy industry? 🥛
ERC grantee Richard Evershed @BristolUni has shown that farmers used #milk from Central Europe in the early Neolithic era around 7,400 years ago
➡️ @physorg_com: https://bit.ly/3VI66Gj
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1583737454355677186
Fascinating new insights into Neanderthal family life.
This news comes right after Svante Pääbo was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work, funded for a decade by the ERC.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221019-first-concrete-picture-of-neanderthal-family-revealed-by-dna
RT @NobelPrize: Our 2022 medicine laureate Svante Pääbo and a worldwide team of researchers have discovered the first known Neanderthal family. Check out…
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1583508653398638592
🧣 Feeling the autumn chill? Wood-burning appliances may not be the green answer this winter says Athanasios Nenes @EPFL_en
Read more here 👉 https://bit.ly/3VPC0kq
#airpollution #aerosols #airquality #health #climatechange @EPFL_en @cstacc @FORTH_ITE @EUClimateAction
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1583427987864973312
An ode to the virtues of frontier science driven by curiosity, with strong testimonials from industry leaders, policymakers and scientists - from young talent to Nobel laureates, including ERC grantees.
Inspiring 100th anniversary of the Solvay chemistry conference.
RT @SolvayGroup: #DYK that it's already a century from one of the most influential science events of the past?📅
Our founder, Ernest Solvay, gathered the great #scien…
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1583386059920277505
RT @HorizonMagEU: The Beautiful Game Theory - using mathematics to resolve human conflicts.
Discover more ➡️ http://bit.ly/3q1Moqp
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1583374796657565696
Indeed!
Here’s more on former Commissioner Philippe Busquin’s role in sowing the seeds of what was to become the ERC.
https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/magazine/fledgling-idea-european-success-story
RT @mleptin: Honour to (re)-meet former EU Commissioner Ph. Busquin, instrumental in getting the @ERC_Research oof the ground. He deserves deep gratitude of the scientific community!
Here at the Chemistry Solvay Conference 100th anni…
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1583136692101255168
RT @CORDIS_EU: 👀 #Eyes have evolved over millions of years to adapt to different habitats & contexts.
🐟@NeuroFishh sheds light on how our early ancestors used to see the world.
Click here to find out more ⤵️
https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/442188?pk_campaign=RIB&pk_source=CORDIS&pk_medium=TW
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1583068190082748416
Science is global!
ERC President Maria Leptin stressed this idea when meeting science counsellors from the EU Delegations around the world today.
Thanks for their work on promoting Europe as a scientific hub.🌎
More info for global talent here!👇
https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/non-european-researchers
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1583063407934443520
RT @HorizonMagEU: Lots of molecular changes take place when we expose our skin to sunlight - tanning and sun burns are just the tip of the iceberg.
Researchers studying our skin’s protection system and “internal clock” have made some intriguing discoveries. ➡️ https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/next-generation-sunscreen-better-prevent-harmful-effects-uv-solar-radiation?pk_campaign=health&pk_source=twi…
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1583033550571393026
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