European Research Council (ERC @ERC_Research@respublicae.eu

“We don’t know what society and the economy will need next year or in 10 years,” ERC President @mLeptin argues for giving researchers the freedom and resources to dig into fundamental questions that may have no immediate utilitarian output.

@IrishTimes https://www.irishtimes.com/science/2022/12/22/on-bolstering-blue-sky-research-now-to-solve-future-problems/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1605907730832711680

@tanjaslotte & team @Stockholms_univ have solved the long-standing riddle of the supergene that causes efficient #crosspollination in 🌺.

Read more about sequence length variation at the #DNA level 👉 https://bit.ly/3FUzZ0l

#genetics @CORDIS_EU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1605871951582760962

Can a virus can be blocked from entering a human cell, to prevent global health emergencies such as #covid19?

David Alsteens @nBIO_lab uses #nanotechnology to decipher how a virus and a cell interact.

👉 https://bit.ly/3PGU39N

#EUHealthResearch @UCLouvain_be @EU_Health @WHO

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1605518948992430080

At our #CitizenScience event in early December, several ERC funded researchers presented their work.

To find out what they discovered, read the slides or watch the recording 🎥.

👉 http://erc.europa.eu/news-events/events/citizen-science-and-frontier-research-erc-annual-event-2022

@mhaklay @ucl @jacobsherson @Aarhus_BSS @CSIC @ispex_eu @UniLeidenNews

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1605492275714592769

"An essential prerequisite and at the same time an essential element of (this) solidarity is a common memory, a common understanding of the entangled world history."

On #SolidarityDay we look at research exploring this field.
👉 https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/stories/what-makes-us-europeans https://youtu.be/8Q8ExNIpuc8

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1605110761692737536

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

Dorte Riemenschneider, @EuCitSci Director, & Silke Voigt-Heucke, head of Citizen Science @mfnberlin, explain its transformatory power.

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

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604852461386227713

Some 80 ERC projects contributed evidence to @IPBES latest reports providing robust scientific basis for today’s #COP15 deal on #biodiversity protection.
Read more about ERC-funded research in the area 👉https://erc.europa.eu/tags?f%5B0%5D=tag%3A488.
RT @vonderleyen: I welcome the historic outcome of #COP15.
The world has agreed on unprecedented and measurable nature protection and restoration goals and on a Global Biodiversity Fund.

And investing into nature als…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604833885816332291

During its December plenary meeting the ERC's Scientific Council decided on changes to the ERC’s application forms and evaluation procedures. These changes will apply to the 2024 calls for proposals for funding.

Read the statement ➡️ https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-scientific-council-decides-changes-evaluation-forms-and-processes-2024-calls

#ResearchAssessment

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604797630235959296

Do you ever wonder why #Neanderthals disappeared?

It looks like #char from ancient fires and #stalagmites in caves hold important clues. Researchers @Unibo & @ULL use 🆕 techniques for new results.

👉 https://bit.ly/3Yp5WoH

#geochemistry #ethnoarchaeology #paleoanthropology

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604768992404832256

#UrbanRural connections could boost #resilience in the face of change - research from @IanScoones & team @PASTRES_erc @IDS_UK.

👨‍🌾 Read about the benefits of a livestock-raising lifestyle 👉 https://bit.ly/3VUZxjz

#governance #environmentalscience #pastoralism #biodiversity

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604454024321044481

Enlightening discussion between the newest @NobelPrize winners.

On their breakthroughs, on how ideas come about and more.

"Nobel Minds" with @TheZeinabBadawi.

🎥 Watch it back @svt
(click ‘spela’)
https://www.svtplay.se/video/KD95z2R/nobel-2022-snillen-spekulerar
From the UK, watch on the BBC:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001gyp0/nobel-minds

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604420781471055872

#Celldivision is fundamental to life, but still not fully understood.

@SPOREMOHAN & his team @warwickuni take a closer look at the the complex ring of #proteins that guide the process.

Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/3YkSgv3

#microscopy #biochemistry #biomolecules #genetics

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604068922512539648

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

How did it pan out? 👉 http://erc.europa.eu/news-events/magazine-article/bringing-indigenous-and-local-knowledge-climate-change-research

@UABBarcelona @LICCI_ERC @ICTA_UAB 📷 ©Joel Redmano

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603795080279887872

Researcher Peter Jackson @sheffieldgeog cited food waste as an area where people want to be frugal, but (found) other influences combine to create waste: limited opportunities to buy fresh food daily or retail practices based on high-volume purchasing.

👉 http://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/stories/conflicted-consumers-anxiety-and-food-decisions
RT @EU_Commission: Let's stop food waste together.

This weekend, around 150 citizens will meet in Brussels to discuss…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603730135710339072

RT @EACrone: Three days of hard work during the @ERC_Research plenary meeting in Brussels. During a wonderful dinner we said goodbye to my fellow vice-presidents Andrzej Jajszczyk and Nektarios Tavernarakis; I will miss working with them, thanks for these inspiring 2 years

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603721389768429569

Want to know why Thomas Pesquet is interested in
#citizenscience? Catch up with the rest of the event👉http://bit.ly/ERC22eventCS

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603708981167390720

"From Space 🚀, it’s clear that our planet 🌍 is fragile. You can see the consequences of human activity and climate change with a naked eye"

@Thom_astro, @ESA astronaut 👨‍🚀 at our recent #citizenscience talk.

📺 Watch his full message 👇
http://youtube.com/watch?v=s2LM9mQPR4I

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603707384454533120

Did you miss the info session on ERC grant applications for researchers based in the 🇨🇿Czech Republic ?

Catch up 👇 on useful tips from National Contact Points and host institutions.

Programme 👉 https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/events/national-information-day-erc-grants-2022

@UniKarlova @Akademie_ved_CR https://youtu.be/QzcnEuTu91k

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603389812278693888

Scientists @uc3m are working to understand novel fundamental properties of #sound, to improve #acoustic technologies.

Find out more about their ERC-funded research 👉 https://bit.ly/3WCr4X1

@ServInvestUC3M @PhonoMeta #metamaterials #phononics

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603348948806434817

#DYK that #cancer is the 2nd leading cause of mortality in 🇪🇺 countries?

For early diagnosis, @kjaer_andreas developed a 🆕 scanning technique to locate & identify the #tumours which present the greatest risks.

Read 👉 https://bit.ly/3FqkLyG

#ResearchImpactEU #MissionCancer

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603048591253438465