Migration matters in Vietnam and China
As part of a series of interviews with researchers who have moved from other continents and countries to work in Europe, we spoke to Minh Nguyen from Vietnam Minh Nguyen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the Sociology Faculty of Bielefeld…
Frontier research at the service of the coronavirus epidemic response
How can frontier science help fight the current COVID-19 outbreak? To find out, we talked to a range of ERC grantees who are working in the fields of molecular biology, virology, immunology, epidemiology, and network science. As it turns out, much…
Slovenia - Research Proposal Reading Days
Since 2018, potential ERC applicants in Slovenia have a unique opportunity to learn from researchers with first hand ERC experience, by obtaining access to and discussing their successful proposals. We talked to the person who introduced the popular…
A research journey from Latin America
As part of a series of interviews with researchers who have moved from other continents and countries to work in Europe, we spoke to Alejandro Raul Burga Ramos. Alejandro Burga completed his Ph.D in Systems Biology at the Centre for Genomic…
Out of Africa: global collaboration benefits all
As part of a series of interviews with researchers who have moved from other continents and countries to work in Europe, we spoke to South African Eloise Marais. Dr Eloise Marais is an Associate Professor in Physical Geography, in the Department…
From the USA to the Centre for the Unknown
As part of a series of interviews with researchers who have moved from other continents and countries to work in Europe, EURAXESS’s North American representatives Jackson Howard and Dr. Derya Buyuktanir Karacan interview US neuroscientist Megan…
Facing challenges at a critical time: Jean-Pierre Bourguignon back at the ERC
As Germany has just taken over the Presidency of the EU, let me take you back to the ERC’s launch ceremony in Berlin in 2007, during the previous German EU Presidency. Then, Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that “The ERC could become a Champions’…
Moving around Africa – paths for people and products
African countries, like all others, have been taking measures to restrict the spread of COVID-19. Their success partly depends on how the population and their goods move through the continent. As part of our series on the ERC’s Scientific Officers…
Plant Health: why research is so important
Science is fundamental to protect plants. As an introduction to a new series of articles on plant health, plant genomics expert Pere Puigdomènech tells us why. 40% of world crops could be lost every year due to different pests and diseases (FAO)…
