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🏅 Peter Hegemann shared the 2026 Medicine Nobel Prize for research that paved the way for optogenetics, which enables controlling the activity of cells with light.
He has won funding from the ERC over 9 years.
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🏅Congratulations to all the new Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine!
The European Research Council has supported Prof. Peter Hegemann with two substantial grants since 2016.
#EUfunded
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🔮 What will shape biotech by 2030?
ERC grantees point to AI-powered data mining in the life sciences as the technology most likely to transform the field. 🧬🤖
What else is on the horizon? 🔗 link.europa.eu/HYdf9m
#EU_funded @EUScienceInnov #Biotechnology
Many families sit down together to a big meal at weekends. Did you know that eating with loved ones is good for you?
@shiratzil investigates a biological theory of social relations, and found that in these circumstances blood glucose lowers afterwards.
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🌍 How can science drive food innovation?
On #WorldFoodDay, hear from Carlos Gonçalo das Neves, Chief Scientist at @EFSA_EU, on how the best science connects the dots to advance #foodinnovation.🌽
There is no single pathway to ERC readiness.
Mentoring, Visiting Fellowships, national and institutional support – see what different approaches look like in practice at our webinar on 23 October.
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"The proposed cuts to the Horizon Europe FP10 budget send the wrong signal.
To be world leaders in science, compete in emerging technologies and strengthen our economic & technological resilience, we must invest in science now.
It’s not too late to change course!"
Maria Leptin
🎥 Watch live from Madrid: discussion on next EU R&I programme FP10.
📅 14 Oct 17:00
Tune in! m.youtube.com/watch?v=FcjpAI…
Speakers include: ERC President M. Leptin, Secretary General at Science Ministry Teresa Riesgo, former ERC Secretary General Andreu Mas-Colell, ERC grantees
We’re about go live - follow the event from Madrid from 17.00 CET!
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🎥 Watch live from Madrid: discussion on next EU R&I programme FP10.
📅 14 Oct 17:00
Tune in! m.youtube.com/watch?v=FcjpAI…
Speakers include: ERC President M. Leptin, Secretary General at Science Ministry Teresa Riesgo, former ERC Secretary General Andreu Mas-Colell, ERC grantees
How does the ear detect and amplify sound?
ERC grantee Francesco Gianoli’s love of the violin sparked his interest in the physics of hearing.
🏳️🌈 As a queer scientist, he advocates for an academic world where everyone can be themselves 🔗 link.europa.eu/hPDHbY @UAM_Madrid
🎥 Watch live from Madrid: discussion on next EU R&I programme FP10.
📅 14 Oct 17:00
Tune in! m.youtube.com/watch?v=FcjpAI…
Speakers include: ERC President M. Leptin, Secretary General at Science Ministry Teresa Riesgo, former ERC Secretary General Andreu Mas-Colell, ERC grantees
🔬 ¿Qué ocurrirá en la reunión del Consejo Científico del @ERC_Research Madrid 14-16/10?
▪️ Reunión del Consejo Científico #ERC
▪️Encuentro con la comunidad investigadora española
Inscríbete aquí 👉 horizonteeuropa.es/ERC-Scien… o streming 🔗 youtube.com/live/FcjpAI-fS5o…
#FP10 #FECYT
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🔬 ¿Qué ocurrirá en la reunión del Consejo Científico del @ERC_Research Madrid 14-16/10?
▪️ Reunión del Consejo Científico #ERC
▪️Encuentro con la comunidad investigadora española
Inscríbete aquí 👉 horizonteeuropa.es/ERC-Scien… o streming 🔗 youtube.com/live/FcjpAI-fS5o…
#FP10 #FECYT
🚨 ERC grantees - Last call for #ScienceIsWonderful 2027!
What if your research could spark someone’s passion for science?
Share your work in a fun and engaging way and get the next generation excited about research!
Submit your application by 15/10 👉 bit.ly/4zq3dNn
Congratulations!
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.”
#NobelPrize
How do songbirds navigate thousands of kilometres? The answer may lie in their eyes.🐦
ERC grantees found evidence supporting the idea that birds use a quantum compass to sense Earth's magnetic field.
Could this inspire new navigation technologies? 🤔
👉 bit.ly/3VoTfgp
Are you attending #AIS26?
Catch up with the ERC's Andre Schirotzek at these 2 sessions in UCD's O'Reilly Hall:
15/10 @ 16:00 Panel discussion
'Keeping Trust in AI Enabled Science - Use of AI in Evaluation and Submission of Proposals'
16/10 @ 10.30 Info session on the ERC
What can science achieve with AI?
At the AI in Science Summit 2026, we’ll put Europe’s discovery engine to work across physics, health, data, policy & more. Different areas, one goal: a new level of ambition in research & innovation! Dublin, 15–16 Oct 👉 ais26.eu
On #ComingOutDay, we celebrate #LGBTQIA+ ERC grantees:
🌱 Fabrice Roux explores plant pathogens. 🔗 link.europa.eu/xNhJkG
♿ Katta Spiel @tu_wien rethinks accessibility & technology. 🔗 link.europa.eu/rhQ6Fc
Stay tuned for more Talking Pride in Frontier Research stories! 🏳️🌈
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The 2026 #NobelPrize laureates in physiology or medicine have laid the foundation of a new era in neuroscience.
Using optogenetics, researchers have been able to reveal neural circuits governing specific memories, feelings, and behaviours relevant for neurological and psychiatric disorders. In clinical medicine, researchers are using the method in attempts to restore sight in people with visual impairment.
Optogenetics has fundamentally altered our understanding of the brain. Every day brings new discoveries, helping to solve one of humanity’s great mysteries: how our incredible brain works.
Vincenzo Cerullo from University of Helsinki developed a wood-based coating that keeps vaccines stable for months at temperatures up to 40°C.
🔗 link.europa.eu/xnpby8
@CORDIS_EU
🧬 Mina Gouti & team @MDC_Berlin developed self-organising human neuromuscular organoids that recreate interactions between motor neurons and muscle cells to help treate diseases like #AMS 💙 & SMA.
Find out more 👉 link.europa.eu/HHQvMf
@Cordis_eu
Could yeast change the future of food colours? Irina Borodina @DTUtweet uses engineered yeast to produce natural colours through fermentation 🔗 link.europa.eu/xVVmfX
A glimpse of how ERC frontier research can unlock new biotech applications 🔗 link.europa.eu/HYdf9m
Congratulations!
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”
What will Europe’s next biotech breakthrough look like? It may already be taking shape in a research lab.
And the research behind it is more diverse than you might think. Discover the breadth of ERC-funded biotech research 🔗 link.europa.eu/HYdf9m
@EU_Health @EUScienceInnov
