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Erasmus+, Marie Skłodowska-Curie, ERC: how EU grants shaped the careers of ERC grantees

"During the Erasmus stay I had my first chance to work in a research laboratory and became truly fascinated with organometallic chemistry. This experience motivated me to enrol a PhD programme in this area in Spain. By the time I finished my PhD…
"During the Erasmus stay I had my first chance to work in a research laboratory and became truly fascinated with organometallic chemistry. This experience motivated me to enrol a PhD…
"During the Erasmus stay I had my first chance to work in a research laboratory and became truly fascinated with organometallic chemistry. This…
"During the Erasmus stay I had my first chance to work in a research laboratory and became truly fascinated with organometallic chemistry. This experience motivated me to…
"During the Erasmus stay I had my first chance to work in a research laboratory and became truly fascinated with…

International migration governance: understanding policy drivers for better responses

While migration’s impact is global in scale, the decisions that regulate it tend to be taken at the national and regional level. Indeed migration policy can be a defining issue for national sovereignty, touching on the very definition of borders and…
While migration’s impact is global in scale, the decisions that regulate it tend to be taken at the national and regional level. Indeed migration policy can be a defining issue for…
While migration’s impact is global in scale, the decisions that regulate it tend to be taken at the national and regional level. Indeed migration…
While migration’s impact is global in scale, the decisions that regulate it tend to be taken at the national and regional level. Indeed migration policy can be a defining…
While migration’s impact is global in scale, the decisions that regulate it tend to be taken at the national and regional…

Learning from Diversity

Could migration lead to more respect for ethnic and cultural diversity not only in receiving communities but also in sending countries? By observing the effects of Polish migration to the UK and Germany, as a result of the country’s entry in the EU…
Could migration lead to more respect for ethnic and cultural diversity not only in receiving communities but also in sending countries? By observing the effects of Polish migration to…
Could migration lead to more respect for ethnic and cultural diversity not only in receiving communities but also in sending countries? By observing…
Could migration lead to more respect for ethnic and cultural diversity not only in receiving communities but also in sending countries? By observing the effects of Polish…
Could migration lead to more respect for ethnic and cultural diversity not only in receiving communities but also in sending…

Jojo, the epidermal cell

Jojo is an epidermal cell - as was his father and his grand-father before him. While the dream of his life is to become a neuron, he faces the hard and fundamental dogma of biology: once a skin cell, always a skin cell…
Jojo is an epidermal cell - as was his father and his grand-father before him. While the dream of his life is to become a neuron, he faces the hard and fundamental dogma of biology:…
Jojo is an epidermal cell - as was his father and his grand-father before him. While the dream of his life is to become a neuron, he faces the hard…
Jojo is an epidermal cell - as was his father and his grand-father before him. While the dream of his life is to become a neuron, he faces the hard and fundamental dogma of…
Jojo is an epidermal cell - as was his father and his grand-father before him. While the dream of his life is to become a…

Frontier science and business that makes a difference

Maria Brandão de Vasconcelos, together with her colleague Filipa Matos Baptista, Henrique Veiga-Fernandes (ERC grantee), Diogo Fonseca Pereira and Sílvia Arroz Madeira, founded StemCell2MAX in 2015. The company is a biotechnology start-up,…
Maria Brandão de Vasconcelos, together with her colleague Filipa Matos Baptista, Henrique Veiga-Fernandes (ERC grantee), Diogo Fonseca Pereira and Sílvia Arroz Madeira, founded…
Maria Brandão de Vasconcelos, together with her colleague Filipa Matos Baptista, Henrique Veiga-Fernandes (ERC grantee), Diogo Fonseca Pereira and…
Maria Brandão de Vasconcelos, together with her colleague Filipa Matos Baptista, Henrique Veiga-Fernandes (ERC grantee), Diogo Fonseca Pereira and Sílvia Arroz Madeira,…
Maria Brandão de Vasconcelos, together with her colleague Filipa Matos Baptista, Henrique Veiga-Fernandes (ERC grantee),…
10 years, 10 portraits

Could personalised neuroprosthetics make paralysed patients walk again?

Prof. Gregoire Courtine believes paralysed patients will be able to walk again.This belief has represented the focus of years of work aimed at regenerating the functions of the spinal cord after injury. Thanks to his ERC funding in both 2010 and…
Prof. Gregoire Courtine believes paralysed patients will be able to walk again.This belief has represented the focus of years of work aimed at regenerating the functions of the spinal…
Prof. Gregoire Courtine believes paralysed patients will be able to walk again.This belief has represented the focus of years of work aimed at…
Prof. Gregoire Courtine believes paralysed patients will be able to walk again.This belief has represented the focus of years of work aimed at regenerating the functions of…
Prof. Gregoire Courtine believes paralysed patients will be able to walk again.This belief has represented the focus of…

Looking for one thing: finding another

Did you know that the Persian fairy tale “The Three Princes of Serendip” provided the inspiration for the first noted use of the word “serendipity” in the English language? In this story, the heroes are always making happy and surprising discoveries…
Did you know that the Persian fairy tale “The Three Princes of Serendip” provided the inspiration for the first noted use of the word “serendipity” in the English language? In this…
Did you know that the Persian fairy tale “The Three Princes of Serendip” provided the inspiration for the first noted use of the word “serendipity”…
Did you know that the Persian fairy tale “The Three Princes of Serendip” provided the inspiration for the first noted use of the word “serendipity” in the English language?…
Did you know that the Persian fairy tale “The Three Princes of Serendip” provided the inspiration for the first noted use of…

What’s under the sea?

Ever since observing a map of a marine landslide as a young geology student, Dr Aaron Micallef was hooked on the beauty of the sea floor. Now, he works on understanding the forces that shape the Earth’s landscapes, both above ground and below the…
Ever since observing a map of a marine landslide as a young geology student, Dr Aaron Micallef was hooked on the beauty of the sea floor. Now, he works on understanding the forces that…
Ever since observing a map of a marine landslide as a young geology student, Dr Aaron Micallef was hooked on the beauty of the sea floor. Now, he…
Ever since observing a map of a marine landslide as a young geology student, Dr Aaron Micallef was hooked on the beauty of the sea floor. Now, he works on understanding the…
Ever since observing a map of a marine landslide as a young geology student, Dr Aaron Micallef was hooked on the beauty of…