European Research Council (ERC @ERC_Research@respublicae.eu

ERC-funded projects in the spotlight! Some of the latest developments:

🦴 Investigating the multiscale mechanics of bone fragility in Type-2 diabetes -@VaughanTed

🍻 An interdisciplinary study to understand early modern beer - @flavin_susan

More info:

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1626250174057295877

A message from our new Scientific Council member Luke O'Neill, who speaks about why he is excited to be part of the ERC's governing body.

@laoNeill111
RT @ERC_Research: The Scientific Council is having its first meeting of the year - this time in Brussels.

Very happy to welcome our new members of the governing body that sets the ERC’s strategy!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1626216312166047744

Happy Day of the Restoration of the State, #Lithuania!

@GiedreMotuzaite, based in 🇱🇹, recently won a #ERCCoG to use innovative modelling techniques to track millet agriculture in the EU. This could help secure #foodsecurity & #biodiversity

👉 https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/consolidator-grants-2022-examples-projects#Milways

@VU_LT

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1626174597925318657

🧠When the brain meets the spine: @DominiciNad at @amsterdamumc researches the neural origin of toddler’s first steps, with an important potential for #rehabilitation before the age of two.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3HLp1tA

#neurobiology #physiotherapy
@CORDIS_EU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1626129320694681602

The Scientific Council is having its first meeting of the year - this time in Brussels.

Very happy to welcome our new members of the governing body that sets the ERC’s strategy!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1625803162367021057

More children than ever survive #cancer, but treatments can cause serious health problems. Using DNA sequencing, the ERC-funded research project @BoxtelLab @prinsesmaximac aims to diminish the detrimental effects.
👉https://europa.eu/!cTYhwM
#MissionCancer
#EUCancerPlan
#ICCD2023

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1625782016116654082

💕 Everyone is getting ready to look beautiful for #ValentinesDay and so are brightly coloured #guppies!
Population geneticist Deborah Charlesworth @EdinburghUni looks closer into colouration mutations accumulating on the Y #chromosome in 🐟
👉 https://bit.ly/3YhhlGO
@CORDIS_EU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1625532916058165250

#Droughts pose a significant challenge, yet our understanding of them remains limited. Prof. Diego Miralles @ugent developed 🆕 frameworks to explain how they start & evolve, as well as for #accurate #forecasts
👉 https://bit.ly/3jIIQty
#climate
@CORDIS_EU @HCEL_Ghent @FbwUGent

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1625506083761721344

ERC President Maria Leptin was pleased to convey a message to the audience at the 20th Czech Days for European Research #CZEDER where ERC grantees shared their stories for inspiration.
Important event.

More info and livestream 🎥
https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/events/erc-czech-days-european-research-czeder
@TC_Praha
RT @TC_Prague: In the second part of the conference program, we focus on ERC grants. ERC President @mleptin sent her regards and started this sect…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1625488324390699009

Happy Valentine's Day to all the science enthusiasts out there! Just like love, research is full of wonder and discovery. ❤️🧪📖🔭 #ValentinesDay #ScienceLove

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1625415539945357313

RT @harrietbulkeley: Full on first day with @ERC_Research Science Council - in awe of the annual budget (2bn) we oversee and the precious goal of supporting & enabling bottom-up, frontier research we protect and nurture. Looking forward to Day 2!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1625235585613852681

RT @esascience: 💍 Several pieces had to come together to discover a ring around dwarf planet Quaoar:
🛰️ @ESA_CHEOPS space-based observations
📈predictions from @ERC_Research project Lucky Star
💫 @ESAGaia precise measurements of stars
🔭pro-am ground-based observations
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cheops/ESA_s_Cheops_finds_an_unexpected_ring_around_dwarf_planet_Quaoar

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1624849742122389505

Missed one of the most watched sessions at #WEF?

ERC grantees @JRockstrom & Joyeeta Gupta shared latest findings on “Leading the Charge through Earth’s New Normal” with @AlGore etc.

A first that science took centre stage in #Davos plenary.

🎥 Watch here
https://www.weforum.org/event_player/a0P68000000ZvnvEAC/sessions/leading-the-charge-through-earths-new-normal

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1624805188518268933

🎉This weekend we marked #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience!🎉

Let's celebrate amazing role models inspiring many to pursue scientific careers & engaging new generation to take on the 🌍's greatest research challenges!
@gonzalezlab_bcn
@LCATMon
@EuropeanYouthEU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1624741579218120705

Are you looking for a #research job?
We have collected for you tweets about #vacancies at ERC-funded teams.

Take a look! 👉 https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/timelines/1399385761724649480

#careers #jobsearch #EUfunded #PhDposition #postdocjobs

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1624738036461473792

@lecho Félicitations à @CedricBlanpain!

Il reçoit le Momentum Award 2023; la première fois que ce prix est décerné à un chercheur travaillant en Europe.

Spécialiste de la recherche autour des cellules souches, il a été financé par l’Union européen via @ERC_Research. 🇪🇺

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1624025856560574464

Félicitations à @CedricBlanpain!🏆

Il reçoit le Momentum Award 2023; la première fois que ce prix est décerné à un chercheur travaillant en Europe.

Spécialiste de la recherche autour des cellules souches @ULBruxelles, il a été financé par l’Union européen via @ERC_Research. 🇪🇺
RT @RTBFinfo: Le chercheur belge Cédric Blanpain reçoit un nouveau prix prestigieux pour ses recherches sur les cellules souches https://www.rtbf.be/article/le-chercheur-belge-cedric-blanpain-recoit-un-nouveau-prix-prestigieux-pour-ses-recherches-sur-les-cellules-souches-11149596

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1624023572367790082

ERC grantee Bruno Sicardy @LesiaAstro and an international team of astronomers discover unexpected new ring system in our own solar system.
RT @CNRS: #Communiqué 🗞️ Une équipe internationale, impliquant des scientifiques français du @CNRS, de l’@Obs_Paris, de @Sorbonne_Univ_, a découvert, autour de l'objet transneptunien Quaoar, un anneau... qui ne devrait pas exister. 🪐

➡️ https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/decouverte-improbable-dun-anneau-autour-de-lobjet-transneptunien-quaoar

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1623719422899650561