University of Geneva is successfully participating to the prestigious ERC (European Research Council) grant scheme. 13 researchers from UNIGE have received ERC grants, including 9 Advanced Grants and 4 Starting Grants in scientific domains ranging from life sciences, quantum physics to psychology. The financial support for each project ranges from 1 to 2.5 millions euros.

	Prof. Stylianos Antonarakis Genetics and Development, Faculty of medicine ERC Advance Grant HUCNC Conserved Non-Coding Sequences; function, variability and phenotypic consequences 2010-2015
	Prof. Denis Duboule Zoology and animal biology, Faculty of science ERC Advanced Grant (2009-2014) SYSTEMSHOX.CH A system approach to hox genes regulation in vertebrates
	Prof. Nicolas Gisin Applied physics, Faculty of science ERC Advanced Grant (2009-2013) QORE Quantum correlations
	Prof. Stanislas Smirnov Mathematics, Faculty of science ERC Advanced Grant (2009-2013) CONFRA Conformal fractals in analysis, dynamics, physics
	Prof. Klaus Scherer Faculty of psychology and educational science ERC Advanced Grant (2009-2014) PROPEREMO Production and perception of emotion: An affective sciences approach
	Prof. Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan Biochemistry, Faculty of science ERC Advanced Grant (2009-2014) SARA Endosomal trafficking during morphogenetic signaling and asymmetric cell division
	Prof. Stefan Matile Organic chemistry, Faculty of science ERC Advanced Grant (2011-2015) FUBSSY Functional Biosupramolecular Systems: Photosystems and Sensors
	Prof. Grigory Mikhalkin Mathematics, Faculty of science ERC Advanced Grant (2010-2014) TROPGEO Tropical geometry
	Prof. Ulrich Schibler Molecular biology, Faculty of science ERC Advanced Grant (2010-2015) TIMESIGNAL Signalling within the mammalian circadian timing system
	Prof. Alan Carleton Fundamental neurosciences, Faculty of medecine ERC Starting Grant (2009-2014) NEUROCHEMS From neurons to behavior: Analysis of the mechanisms underlying sensory coding and plasticity in chemical senses
	Prof. Robbie Joseph Loewith Molecular biology, Faculty of science ERC Starting Grant (2008-2013) TOR SIGNALLING Growth control by the TOR signalling network
	Prof. Emmanouil Dermitzakis Genetics and Development, Faculty of medicine ERC Starting Grant (2011-2016) Population transcriptional genomics in humans using high throughput sequencing
	Dr Denis Martinvalet Cellular physiology and metobolism, Faculty of medecine ERC Starting Grant (2011-2016) Reactive Oxygen Species in CTL mediated Cell Death: from Mechanism to Applications