From the USA to the Nordic countries
What road would bring an American researcher to Europe and keep her there? Juleen R. Zierath, Professor of Physiology at the Karolinska Institutet tells us her story, and that of her research to prevent diabetes.
Understanding thinness to fight off obesity
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight in 2016. Of these, over 650 million were obese and therefore at a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders…
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight in 2016. Of these, over 650 million were obese and therefore at a higher risk of…
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight in 2016. Of these, over 650 million were obese and…
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight in 2016. Of these, over 650 million were obese and therefore at a higher risk…
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight in 2016. Of these, over 650…
ERC offers opportunities to Australian researchers
The European Union and Australia have concluded a new agreement that enables first-class talent from Australia to join research teams funded by the European Research Council (ERC) across Europe. The joint initiative with the Australian Research…
The European Union and Australia have concluded a new agreement that enables first-class talent from Australia to join research teams funded by the European Research Council (ERC)…
The European Union and Australia have concluded a new agreement that enables first-class talent from Australia to join research teams funded by the…
The European Union and Australia have concluded a new agreement that enables first-class talent from Australia to join research teams funded by the European Research Council …
The European Union and Australia have concluded a new agreement that enables first-class talent from Australia to join…
Applications for ERC Consolidator Grants 2019: Facts and figures
The call for ERC Consolidator Grants 2019 closed for applications on 7 February 2019. These are the preliminary data on the submitted proposals: The ERC received 2,452 proposals for Consolidator Grants, an increase of 2.6% compared to the 2018 call…
The call for ERC Consolidator Grants 2019 closed for applications on 7 February 2019. These are the preliminary data on the submitted proposals: The ERC received 2,452 proposals for…
The call for ERC Consolidator Grants 2019 closed for applications on 7 February 2019. These are the preliminary data on the submitted proposals: The…
The call for ERC Consolidator Grants 2019 closed for applications on 7 February 2019. These are the preliminary data on the submitted proposals: The ERC received 2,452…
The call for ERC Consolidator Grants 2019 closed for applications on 7 February 2019. These are the preliminary data on the…
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Spotting the killjoy cell
A microchip device to detect tumour cells in the blood, at a glanceThere are trillions of cells in the human body of different sizes and shapes. In such a densely populated environment, the chances of detecting a single tumour cell circulating in…
A microchip device to detect tumour cells in the blood, at a glanceThere are trillions of cells in the human body of different sizes and shapes. In such a densely populated environment…
A microchip device to detect tumour cells in the blood, at a glanceThere are trillions of cells in the human body of different sizes and shapes. In…
A microchip device to detect tumour cells in the blood, at a glanceThere are trillions of cells in the human body of different sizes and shapes. In such a densely populated…
A microchip device to detect tumour cells in the blood, at a glanceThere are trillions of cells in the human body of…
Women in science - Gender balancing at the ERC
In order to achieve equal access and participation in science, the United Nations declared 11/2 the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We took this opportunity to speak with Isabelle Vernos, a member of the ERC’s Scientific Council…
Neutrinos: a salt mine of information
Alina Badescu is a young researcher, with her head in the sky and her thoughts firmly buried under layers of rock – in some of her native Romania’s most stunning salt mines. Her work focuses on neutrinos, small subatomic particles that can tell us a…
Alina Badescu is a young researcher, with her head in the sky and her thoughts firmly buried under layers of rock – in some of her native Romania’s most stunning salt mines. Her work…
Alina Badescu is a young researcher, with her head in the sky and her thoughts firmly buried under layers of rock – in some of her native Romania’s…
Alina Badescu is a young researcher, with her head in the sky and her thoughts firmly buried under layers of rock – in some of her native Romania’s most stunning salt mines…
Alina Badescu is a young researcher, with her head in the sky and her thoughts firmly buried under layers of rock – in some…
Research centres - UPB Romania's funding successes
Romania has recently started its 6 month presidency of the Council of the EU. We take this opportunity to interview Mihnea Costoiu, Rector of the University Politehnica of Bucharest (UBP).
Unconscious bias – avoidable or inevitable?
All decisions we make as humans are subject to implicit bias - simply a distortion in our thinking process, a cognitive shortcut we take to come to a decision. It comes in many forms, but all have the consequence of error prone decisions.It can be…
Finanțarea centrelor de cercetare – noul succes al Universității Politehnica din București (UPB)
România a preluat de curând președinția rotativă a Consiliului Uniunii Europene. În acest context am profitat de această ocazie și am avut un interviu cu rectorul Universității Politehnica din București, domnul Mihnea Costoiu.
