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A research journey from Latin America
18-11-2020 | © picture
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.
The dancing particles
15-09-2020 | © Heïdi Marier
ERC grantee Konstantinos Nikolopoulos at the University of Birmingham recently won the first ERC Public Engagement with Research Award in the category of public outreach. His ExclusiveHiggs project looks at the origin of mass by exploring the interactions of the elementary matter particles with the Higgs boson. In this interview, he describes his efforts to make the public understand this field of physics through art and dance.
Supporting emotional wellbeing of mums boosts health of newborns
11-09-2020 | © Getty Images | Yesim Sahin
The tails of our DNA – telomeres – are the focus of many aging studies, as their length affects our health and longevity. A new study by ERC grantee Sonja Entringer shows that supporting the psychological wellbeing of mothers during pregnancy could have a positive effect on our telomeres at birth, boosting our long-term health. We spoke with her on the occasion of the publication of a paper in the American Journal of Psychiatry based on a collaboration between her team at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and partners in Finland and the USA.  
The online world of food sharing
10-09-2020 | © Getty Images | Yesim Sahin
How can researchers successfully engage with citizens to improve their scientific outputs? To find out, we talked to ERC grantee, Anna Davies of Trinity College Dublin, the winner of the first ERC Public Engagement Award in the online and social media category. Her project set out to map urban food-sharing practices and discovered early on that they would need the help of citizen scientists. 
Out of Africa: global collaboration benefits all
09-09-2020 | © picture
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.  
Busting the myths about ocean plastic
01-09-2020 | @ Aike Vonk
There is much more to marine plastic pollution than meets the eye. In his quest to set the record straight about this litter, Erik van Sebille, an oceanographer at Utrecht University, is garnering international interest from the public, media, schoolchildren and policymakers alike. His passion for public outreach has led him to become one of the first laureates of the ERC Public Engagement with Research Award. We interviewed him to find out more about his winning media relations strategy and the benefits public engagement has brought to his research. 
From the USA to the Centre for the Unknown
06-08-2020 | © Sankalp Meshram
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 Carey.  
The jazz of physics
18-06-2020 | @ ICFO/ICREA
Three-time ERC grantee and four-time panel member in the ERC evaluations (the last three as panel chair), Maciej Lewenstein is not only one of the key physicists of the 21st century, but also a jazz expert. In this interview, he talks about his passion for free-improvised music and explains the intrinsic connections between quantum physics and jazz.
Research Perspective from Down Under
08-06-2020 | © picture
Researchers from anywhere in the world can apply for European Research Council grants, provided the research they undertake will be carried out in an EU Member State or Associated Country. But how and why would researchers from far flung countries hope to win ERC grants? Two Australian ERC Grant recipients share their experiences and motivation.