European Research Council (ERC @ERC_Research@respublicae.eu

Have you ever had a science experiment gone wrong?

It even happens to Nobel laureates! Read about Reinhard Genzel’s anecdotes from his youth and more.

Our former ERC member won a 2020 #NobelPrize for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy. 🏅
RT @NobelPrize: “One day, I was playing with the spectrometer and boy, did I get the full 15 kilovolts!”

Even 2020 physics laureate Reinhard Genzel had some unsuccessful forays in science…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1649683010365583360

RT @europainitalia: .@ERC_Research
@MLeptin ha tenuto una lezione a @EUI_EU; incontri a Roma con premio Nobel @GiorgioParisi, Accademia dei Lincei e ministro @BerniniAM

I fondi ERC aiutano 🇮🇹 ad attrarre talenti: il 20% dei borsisti ERC si è trasferito qui con borsa di studio🇪🇺

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1649395428754956289

Innovative @ERC_Research funded #technology 💻 developed by Adrien Bousseau @inria_sophiais is set to change the way designers ✍️ create & test their #designs, making it easier than ever to bring their visions to life.

Full story 👉 https://europa.eu/!MCMCgk
#WCID

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1649352338807857154

Fruitful visit to Italy: 🇮🇹
@MLeptin gave a lecture at @EUI_EU; then meetings in Rome with #Nobel laureate @GiorgioParisi, Accademia dei Lincei and minister @BerniniAM.

ERC funding helps Italy attract talent: 20% of ERC grantees there moved to Italy with their grant. 🇪🇺
RT @EUI_EU: "...funding cannot be short-sighted. To maintain a healthy research system, it is right to invest in long-term, curiosity-driven research."

🤝 @ERC_Research President @mleptin at the…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1649288059840524288

#CitizenScience has the potential to strengthen our sustainable development and make research more democratic.

Director of @EuCitSci & the head of Citizen Science @mfnberlin explain its transformatory power.

👉 https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/magazine-article/transformative-potential-citizen-science

📷 ©Ben Kriemann #CitSciMonth

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1649005058405855234

A new harvest of ERC-funded research results!

This week's highlights include:

🌍 Ecosystemic politics @ElanaWilsonRowe

🪸 Coral reef heat tolerence @jr_guest

🚶‍♂️#Neanderthals and humans in Iberia @AlcarazCastano

More findings 👉

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1648966849751814145

RT @sup_recherche: 🇫🇷🇫🇷
"Ce que l'expérience nous montre c'est que ce qui est recherche exploratoire aujourd'hui a toutes les chances de faire les applications de demain."

Le prix #Nobel Alain Aspect était présent lors de la célébration des 1500 boursiers @ERC_Research.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1648772849526530055

RT @mleptin: Preceding the great event marking 1500 ERC grantees based in France last week, I met Minister @sRetailleau and found we share a vision for innovative and independent research.
On a side note: all 6 attendees were female; physicists, lawyers, political scientists (#6 taking pic).

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1648743138750496796

RT @EUI_EU: "...funding cannot be short-sighted. To maintain a healthy research system, it is right to invest in long-term, curiosity-driven research."

🤝 @ERC_Research President @mleptin at the EUI today - an excellent opportunity to meet with the Institute's many successful ERC grantees.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1648645780951932929

@CompetitionProf @MariaLeptin @EUI_TechCluster Thanks for inviting @mLeptin to the EUI and for the interesting discussion that followed.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1648645468497256448

@l_teixeiracosta The link directs you to a Twitter "Collection", which is a group of Tweets from PIs and research insitrutions advertising some open positions. We try to include as many Tweets as possible from those who tag our account and mention that the job is "ERC-funded".

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1648630782653612033

Did you know that April is #CitSciMonth?

To enable Indigenous Peoples to record and show how #climatechange affects their #environment, researcher Victoria Reyes-García & her team worked to create a #CitizenScience platform.

Learn more👉http://erc.europa.eu/news-events/magazine-article/bringing-indigenous-and-local-knowledge-climate-change-research

📷 ©Joel Redmano

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1648628145661018113

💼 Are you looking for a PhD position or a Post-Doc job?

📚 Browse through vacancies in ERC-funded research teams 👉
https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/timelines/1399385761724649480

#careers #jobsearch #research #EUfunded #PhDposition #postdocjobs

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1648597360153620480

"The experience show us that what's exploratory science today has every chance to become the innovations of tomorrow."

We had an on the fly conversation with #Nobel laureate Alain Aspect at the celebration of 1500 ERC grantees in France - he's one of them! 🇪🇺
RT @UEfrance: 👩‍🔬 Avec @sup_recherche, nous célébrons aujourd'hui 𝟏 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞́𝐚𝐭𝐬 du Conseil européen de la recherche en France 🇫🇷

Créé en 2007, l'@ERC_Research soutient l'excellence scientifique à travers…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1648564345989677059

Today the new European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency opened its doors!

Its goal is to open the #blackbox of algorithms.

All info 👇

[Those interested in this field might also like to hear of some ERC-funded research about #algorithms 👉https://erc.europa.eu/search?keys=algorithm]
RT @EU_Commission: Like the design of the Las Setas building in Seville, algorithms are complex structures that shape our online experience.

This is what we are working on at th…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1648286946626510848

Breakthroughs in archaeology are inspiring a re-appraisal of the relationship between humans & tropical forests.

Damian Evans uses a new generation of #lidar tech to detect traces of human activity in SE Asia. 👉🏼 http://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/866454

#WorldHeritageDay @EFEO_Paris @CORDIS_EU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1648219865654910976

Whilst in Paris to celebrate 1500 researchers awarded ERC grants in France, we also had an engaging discussion with many grantees at a workshop organised by @PCN_ERC_France.
https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/events/celebration-1500-erc-grantees-france

The next such gathering for grantees is taking place in Copenhagen on 8 June.
🇪🇺

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1648043945325219864

RT @sretailleau: En célébrant son 1 500e lauréat du conseil européen de la recherche (ERC), la recherche française confirme son excellence et l'importance de ses coopérations européennes.

Vive la recherche, vive l’Europe ! 🔬🇪🇺🇫🇷

👉 https://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/fr/la-france-au-coeur-de-la-recherche-d-excellence-1500-laureats-du-conseil-europeen-de-la-recherche-90470

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1647999277891723277

Have you been experimenting with #AI image generation tools like @midjourney_ai or DALL-E?

According to ERC grant holder @jilltxt at @UiB visual technologies are fundamentally changing the way we see our world. 👇

Full story in 🎧 #podcast 👉 http://on.soundcloud.com/m3RL2

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1647938524002545667

Why do some countries face problems obtaining ERC grants? Why is there such a disparity in performance? What is the ERC doing to help now? What is it considering for the future?

Read our Q&A session with Alice Valkárová, ERC Scientific Council Member. 👉 http://bit.ly/ScCviewWidening

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1647857494293884930