ERC grants at UNIGE
University of Geneva is successfully participating in the prestigious ERC (European Research Council) grants scheme which encourages high-level, creative, fundamental research in all scientific domains.
In total 62 ERC contracts have been signed at University of Geneva and 6 SNSF equivalent grants.
- 29 ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants
- 1 ERC Proof of Concept Grant
- 6 SNSF Starting and Consolidator Grants
Les 10 ans de l'ERC à L'Université de Genève (2007-2017)
ERC - Starting and Consolidator Grants |
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Prof. Dmitry Abanin TANQ (2020 - 2025) |
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Prof. Felix Baumberger Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Science LASER-ARPES (2008-2013) Laser based photoemission: revolutionizing the spectroscopy of correlated electrons |
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Prof. Camilla Bellone SocialNAc (2020-2025) |
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Prof. Luca Caricchi |
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Prof. Alan Carleton Fundamental neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine NEUROCHEMS (2009-2014) From neurons to behavior: analysis of the mechanisms underlying sensory coding and plasticity in chemical senses |
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Prof. Roberto Coppari Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine LifeWithoutInsulin (2014-2019) Metabolic actions of brain leptin receptors signaling in insulin deficiency |
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Prof. Emmanouil Dermitzakis Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine POPRNASEQ (2011-2016) Population transcriptional genomics in humans using high throughput sequencing |
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Prof. Xavier Dumusque |
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Prof. David Ehrenreich
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Dr. Anne-Lise Giraud-Mamessier Fundamental neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine COMPUSLANG (2011-2016) Neural and computational determinants of left cerebral dominance in speech and language |
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Dr. Paul Guichard Cellular Biology, Faculty of Science ACCENT (2017-2021) Unravelling the architecture and the cartography of the centriole |
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Prof. Michael Hothorn Identity and functions of polyphosphate polymerases in eukaryotes |
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Prof. Michael Hothorn InsPire (2019-2024) |
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Prof. Daniel Huber Fundamental neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine OPTOMOT (2014-2019) Optical Dissection of Cortical Motor Circuits |
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Prof. Stéphanie Hugues Pathology Immunology, Faculty of Medicine pROsPeCT (2012-2016) Role of Professional and Non-professional Antigen Presenting Cells In Autoimmunity and Cancer |
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Prof. Jed Oliver Kaplan Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science COEVOLVE (2013-2018) From Forest to Farmland and Meadow to Metropolis. What Role for Humans in Explaining the Enigma of Holocene CO2 and Methane Concentrations? |
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Prof. Antti Knowles Mathematics, Faculty of Science RandMat (2017-2021) Spectral Statistics of Stuctured Random Matrices |
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Prof. Robbie Joseph Loewith Molecular biology, Faculty of Science TOR signalling (2008-2013) Growth control by the TOR signalling network |
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Prof. Robbie Joseph Loewith Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science TORCH (2014-2019) TOR and Cellular Homeostasis |
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Prof. Denis Martinvalet Cellular Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine CTLandROS (2011-2016) Reactive Oxygen Species in CTL-mediated Cell Death: from Mechanism to Applications |
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Prof. Emi Nagoshi Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Science 2StepParkin (2013-2018) A novel two-step model for neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease |
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Prof. Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska OPTIM (2016-2020) |
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Prof. Aurélien Roux Biochemistry, Faculty of Science MEMFIS (2013-2017) Mechanical understanding of membrane fission in endocytosis and cytokinesis |
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Prof. Mirko Trajkovski Cellular Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medecine MIRBATWAT (2014-2019) Role of miRNAs in brown and white adipose tissue differentiation and function |
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Prof. Mirko Trajkovski Cellular Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medecine HEALTHYBIOTA (2019-2024) |
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Prof. Roman Ulm Botany and Plant biology, Faculty of Science UV-B Perception (2012-2017) UV-B perception and signalling by the UVR8 photoreceptor |
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Prof. Luca Scorrano Cellular & Metabolic Physiology, Faculty of Medicine ERMITO (2012-2016) Molecular Anatomy and Pathophysiology of the Endoplasmic Reticulum-Mitochondria Interface |
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Prof. Andrii Tykhonov Particule physics department (DPNC), Faculty of Science PeVSPACE Direct Detection of TeV-PeV Cosmic Rays in Space |
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Prof. Anne Verhamme Astronomy, Faculty of Science TRIPLE (2018-2023) Three Indirect Probes of Lyman continuum LEakage from galaxies |
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ERC - Advanced Grants |
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Prof. Anton Alekseev Mathematics, Faculty of Science MODFLAT (2014-2019) Moduli of flat connections, planar networks and associators |
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Prof. Stylianos Antonarakis Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine HuCNC (2010-2015) Conserved Non-Coding Sequences; function, variability and phenotypic consequences |
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Prof. Denis Duboule Zoology and Animal Biology, Faculty of Science, Laboratory of Development Genomics, EPFL SYSTEMSHOX.CH (2009-2014) (Grant holder: EPFL) A system approach to hox genes regulation in vertebrates |
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Prof. Jean-Pierre Eckmann Theoretical Physics, Faculty of science BRIDGES (2012-2017) Bridging Non-Equilibrium Problems: From the Fourier Law to Gene Expression |
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Prof. Nicolas Gisin Applied Physics, Faculty of Science QORE (2009-2013) Quantum correlations |
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Prof. Nicolas Gisin Applied Physics, Faculty of Science MEC (2014-2019) Macroscopic Entanglement in Crystals |
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Prof. Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan Biochemistry, Faculty of Science SARA (2009-2014) Endosomal trafficking during morphogenetic signaling and asymmetric cell division |
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Prof. Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan Biochemistry, Faculty of Science Morphogen (2014-2019) Morphogenetic growth control by time derivatives of signaling |
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Prof. Thanos Halazonetis Molecular biology, Faculty of Science ONIDDAC (2012-2018) Oncogene-Induced DNA Damage in Cancer |
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Prof. Thanos Halazonetis Molecular biology, Faculty of Science REPLISTRESS (2018-2023) DNA Replication: From Physiology to Replication Stress in Human Cancer |
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Prof. Pedro Herrera
Merlin (2020-2024) |
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Prof. Denis Jabaudon
NATURE_NURTURE(2020-2024) |
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Prof. Robbie Joseph Loewith
TENDO (2019-2024) |
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Prof. Christian Lüscher Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine MeSSI (2013-2019) Mesocorticolimbic System: functional anatomy, drug-evoked synaptic plasticity and behavioral correlates of Synaptic Inhibition |
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Prof. Christian Lüscher F-Addict (2020-2025) |
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Prof. StefanMatile Organic chemistry, Faculty of Science FUBSSY (2011-2015) Functional Biosupramolecular Systems: Photosystems and Sensors |
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Prof. Geroges Meynet STAREX (2020-2024)
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Prof. Grigory Mikhalkin Mathematics, Faculty of Science TROPGEO (2010-2014) Tropical geometry ProjectMonth-ERCadg-Mathematics
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Prof. Michel Milinkovitch EVOMORPHYS (2019-2024) |
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Prof. Harry Jonas Pontusson Social Sciences, Political Sciences and International Relations UneqDems (2017-2022) Unequal Democracies |
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Prof. Luigi Rizzi Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities SynCart (2014-2019) From maps to principles: Syntactic cartography and locality in adult grammars and language acquisition |
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Prof. Klaus Scherer Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science PROPEREMO (2009-2015) Production and perception of emotion: An affective sciences approach |
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Prof. Ulrich Schibler Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science Time Signal (2010-2015) Signalling within the mammalian circadian timing system |
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Prof. Dominique Soldati-Favre |
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Prof. Stanislas Smirnov Mathematics, Faculty of Science COMPASP (2014-2018) Complex analysis and statistical physics |
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Prof. Stanislas Smirnov Mathematics, Faculty of Science CONFRA - (2009-2013) Conformal fractals in analysis, dynamics, physics |
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Prof. Jean-Pierre Wolf Physics, Faculty of Science FilAtmo (2012-2017) Laser Filamentation for Probing and Controlling Atmospheric Processes |
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ERC - Synergy Grants |
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Prof. Daphné Bavelier
Brain Play project (2019-2025) |
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Prof. Alan Carleton
CLAUSTROFUNCT (2020-2025) |
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Prof. Ivan Rodiguez
CLAUSTROFUNCT (2020-2025) |
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Prof. Marcos Marino Beiras
ReNewQuantum (2019-2025) |
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Prof. Jean-Marc Triscone Physics, Faculty of Science Q-MAC (2013-2019) Frontiers in Quantum Materials Control |
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ERC - Proof of Concept Grants |
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Prof. Jean-Pierre Wolf Physics, Faculty of Science LIPBA (2014-2015) Laser Identification of Pollens and Bacteria in Air |
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SNSF - Starting and Consolidator Grants
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PlasmoSig (2015-2020) |
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Prof. Nicolas Brunner DIAQ (2015-2020) |
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Prof. Denis Jabaudon-Gandet SELFORG (2015-2020) |
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LETRINT (2015-2020) |
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Citizen Science (2015-2020) |
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GermMethylation (2016-2021) |
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University of Geneva is successfully participating in the prestigious ERC (European Research Council) grants scheme which encourages high-level, creative, fundamental research in all scientific domains.
In total 62 ERC contracts have been signed at University of Geneva and 6 SNSF equivalent grants.
- 29 ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants
- 1 ERC Proof of Concept Grant
- 6 SNSF Starting and Consolidator Grants
Les 10 ans de l'ERC à L'Université de Genève (2007-2017)
ERC - Starting and Consolidator Grants |
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Prof. Dmitry Abanin TANQ (2020 - 2025) |
||
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Prof. Felix Baumberger Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Science LASER-ARPES (2008-2013) Laser based photoemission: revolutionizing the spectroscopy of correlated electrons |
|
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Prof. Camilla Bellone SocialNAc (2020-2025) |
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Prof. Luca Caricchi |
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Prof. Alan Carleton Fundamental neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine NEUROCHEMS (2009-2014) From neurons to behavior: analysis of the mechanisms underlying sensory coding and plasticity in chemical senses |
|
|
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Prof. Roberto Coppari Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine LifeWithoutInsulin (2014-2019) Metabolic actions of brain leptin receptors signaling in insulin deficiency |
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Prof. Emmanouil Dermitzakis Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine POPRNASEQ (2011-2016) Population transcriptional genomics in humans using high throughput sequencing |
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Prof. Xavier Dumusque |
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Prof. David Ehrenreich
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Dr. Anne-Lise Giraud-Mamessier Fundamental neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine COMPUSLANG (2011-2016) Neural and computational determinants of left cerebral dominance in speech and language |
|
|
|
Dr. Paul Guichard Cellular Biology, Faculty of Science ACCENT (2017-2021) Unravelling the architecture and the cartography of the centriole |
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Prof. Michael Hothorn Identity and functions of polyphosphate polymerases in eukaryotes |
|
|
|
Prof. Michael Hothorn InsPire (2019-2024) |
|
|
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Prof. Daniel Huber Fundamental neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine OPTOMOT (2014-2019) Optical Dissection of Cortical Motor Circuits |
|
|
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Prof. Stéphanie Hugues Pathology Immunology, Faculty of Medicine pROsPeCT (2012-2016) Role of Professional and Non-professional Antigen Presenting Cells In Autoimmunity and Cancer |
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|
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Prof. Jed Oliver Kaplan Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science COEVOLVE (2013-2018) From Forest to Farmland and Meadow to Metropolis. What Role for Humans in Explaining the Enigma of Holocene CO2 and Methane Concentrations? |
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Prof. Antti Knowles Mathematics, Faculty of Science RandMat (2017-2021) Spectral Statistics of Stuctured Random Matrices |
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Prof. Robbie Joseph Loewith Molecular biology, Faculty of Science TOR signalling (2008-2013) Growth control by the TOR signalling network |
|
|
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Prof. Robbie Joseph Loewith Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science TORCH (2014-2019) TOR and Cellular Homeostasis |
|
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Prof. Denis Martinvalet Cellular Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine CTLandROS (2011-2016) Reactive Oxygen Species in CTL-mediated Cell Death: from Mechanism to Applications |
|
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Prof. Emi Nagoshi Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Science 2StepParkin (2013-2018) A novel two-step model for neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease |
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Prof. Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska OPTIM (2016-2020) |
|
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Prof. Aurélien Roux Biochemistry, Faculty of Science MEMFIS (2013-2017) Mechanical understanding of membrane fission in endocytosis and cytokinesis |
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Prof. Mirko Trajkovski Cellular Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medecine MIRBATWAT (2014-2019) Role of miRNAs in brown and white adipose tissue differentiation and function |
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Prof. Mirko Trajkovski Cellular Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medecine HEALTHYBIOTA (2019-2024) |
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Prof. Roman Ulm Botany and Plant biology, Faculty of Science UV-B Perception (2012-2017) UV-B perception and signalling by the UVR8 photoreceptor |
|
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Prof. Luca Scorrano Cellular & Metabolic Physiology, Faculty of Medicine ERMITO (2012-2016) Molecular Anatomy and Pathophysiology of the Endoplasmic Reticulum-Mitochondria Interface |
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Prof. Andrii Tykhonov Particule physics department (DPNC), Faculty of Science PeVSPACE Direct Detection of TeV-PeV Cosmic Rays in Space |
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Prof. Anne Verhamme Astronomy, Faculty of Science TRIPLE (2018-2023) Three Indirect Probes of Lyman continuum LEakage from galaxies |
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ERC - Advanced Grants |
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Prof. Anton Alekseev Mathematics, Faculty of Science MODFLAT (2014-2019) Moduli of flat connections, planar networks and associators |
|
|
|
Prof. Stylianos Antonarakis Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine HuCNC (2010-2015) Conserved Non-Coding Sequences; function, variability and phenotypic consequences |
|
|
|
Prof. Denis Duboule Zoology and Animal Biology, Faculty of Science, Laboratory of Development Genomics, EPFL SYSTEMSHOX.CH (2009-2014) (Grant holder: EPFL) A system approach to hox genes regulation in vertebrates |
|
|
|
Prof. Jean-Pierre Eckmann Theoretical Physics, Faculty of science BRIDGES (2012-2017) Bridging Non-Equilibrium Problems: From the Fourier Law to Gene Expression |
|
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Prof. Nicolas Gisin Applied Physics, Faculty of Science QORE (2009-2013) Quantum correlations |
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Prof. Nicolas Gisin Applied Physics, Faculty of Science MEC (2014-2019) Macroscopic Entanglement in Crystals |
|
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Prof. Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan Biochemistry, Faculty of Science SARA (2009-2014) Endosomal trafficking during morphogenetic signaling and asymmetric cell division |
|
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Prof. Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan Biochemistry, Faculty of Science Morphogen (2014-2019) Morphogenetic growth control by time derivatives of signaling |
|
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Prof. Thanos Halazonetis Molecular biology, Faculty of Science ONIDDAC (2012-2018) Oncogene-Induced DNA Damage in Cancer |
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Prof. Thanos Halazonetis Molecular biology, Faculty of Science REPLISTRESS (2018-2023) DNA Replication: From Physiology to Replication Stress in Human Cancer |
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Prof. Pedro Herrera
Merlin (2020-2024) |
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Prof. Denis Jabaudon
NATURE_NURTURE(2020-2024) |
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Prof. Robbie Joseph Loewith
TENDO (2019-2024) |
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Prof. Christian Lüscher Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine MeSSI (2013-2019) Mesocorticolimbic System: functional anatomy, drug-evoked synaptic plasticity and behavioral correlates of Synaptic Inhibition |
|
|
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Prof. Christian Lüscher F-Addict (2020-2025) |
|
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Prof. StefanMatile Organic chemistry, Faculty of Science FUBSSY (2011-2015) Functional Biosupramolecular Systems: Photosystems and Sensors |
|
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Prof. Geroges Meynet STAREX (2020-2024)
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Prof. Grigory Mikhalkin Mathematics, Faculty of Science TROPGEO (2010-2014) Tropical geometry ProjectMonth-ERCadg-Mathematics
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Prof. Michel Milinkovitch EVOMORPHYS (2019-2024) |
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Prof. Harry Jonas Pontusson Social Sciences, Political Sciences and International Relations UneqDems (2017-2022) Unequal Democracies |
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Prof. Luigi Rizzi Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities SynCart (2014-2019) From maps to principles: Syntactic cartography and locality in adult grammars and language acquisition |
|
|
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Prof. Klaus Scherer Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science PROPEREMO (2009-2015) Production and perception of emotion: An affective sciences approach |
|
|
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Prof. Ulrich Schibler Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science Time Signal (2010-2015) Signalling within the mammalian circadian timing system |
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Prof. Dominique Soldati-Favre |
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Prof. Stanislas Smirnov Mathematics, Faculty of Science COMPASP (2014-2018) Complex analysis and statistical physics |
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Prof. Stanislas Smirnov Mathematics, Faculty of Science CONFRA - (2009-2013) Conformal fractals in analysis, dynamics, physics |
|
|
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Prof. Jean-Pierre Wolf Physics, Faculty of Science FilAtmo (2012-2017) Laser Filamentation for Probing and Controlling Atmospheric Processes |
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ERC - Synergy Grants |
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Prof. Daphné Bavelier
Brain Play project (2019-2025) |
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Prof. Alan Carleton
CLAUSTROFUNCT (2020-2025) |
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Prof. Ivan Rodiguez
CLAUSTROFUNCT (2020-2025) |
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|
Prof. Marcos Marino Beiras
ReNewQuantum (2019-2025) |
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Prof. Jean-Marc Triscone Physics, Faculty of Science Q-MAC (2013-2019) Frontiers in Quantum Materials Control |
|
|
ERC - Proof of Concept Grants |
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Prof. Jean-Pierre Wolf Physics, Faculty of Science LIPBA (2014-2015) Laser Identification of Pollens and Bacteria in Air |
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SNSF - Starting and Consolidator Grants
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PlasmoSig (2015-2020) |
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Prof. Nicolas Brunner DIAQ (2015-2020) |
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Prof. Denis Jabaudon-Gandet SELFORG (2015-2020) |
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LETRINT (2015-2020) |
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Citizen Science (2015-2020) |
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GermMethylation (2016-2021) |
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