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Dr Ino Agrafioti
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European Research Council (ERC) Coordinator of Panel LS1 (Molecules of Life: #StructBiol,#MolBiol,#Biochem,#ChemBiol&Mol #Biophysics). Opinions my own!
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Once more,LS1 people did amazingly in #ERCSyG: check out projects CHAPEROME, DegrAbility, GeneMotors, MitoContact, RGNcestry, snoOPERA and XSBuilder_1! CONGRATULATIONS! 🥳I observed their interviews and can confirm they are truly amazing! BTW they are >10% of this year's projects!
erc.europa.eu European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 20d
📣 Meet the new ERC Synergy Grant awardees!

Sixty-six research teams have been selected for funding, bringing together 239 scientists. Congratulations to all!

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#EUfunded #HorizonEurope #ERCSyG
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
inoagrafioti.bsky.social
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day (in this case 10 years 🤪) in your life. Thank you @erc.europa.eu !
October 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
inoagrafioti.bsky.social
New #CORDIS article on work by Claudine Kraft
@kraftlabfr.bsky.social l "Autophagy: the cell’s waste disposal system" - work was result of @erc.europa.eu LS1 project "AutoClean" #H2020 #EUfunded cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...
Autophagy: the cell’s waste disposal system
Research into how cells initiate and regulate autophagy opens the door to new ways of preventing a range of diseases.,,,European Commission
cordis.europa.eu
October 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
inoagrafioti.bsky.social
New article on work by María García-Parajo @icfo.eu , who I had the pleasure of working with in the context of the LS1 Advanced panels! "A closer look at how cells respond to mechanical forces" #H2020 #EUfunded cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...
A closer look at how cells respond to mechanical forces
Researchers develop innovative new tools and methods that allow them to take a closer look at the processes happening within a cell’s...
cordis.europa.eu
September 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
inoagrafioti.bsky.social
Did you wonder why the @erc.europa.eu Scientific council has changed the proposal format? (And no, it’s not to make you do extra work 😀) Or why it changed the eligibility windows? This document explains things 🤪
erc.europa.eu European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 15
Based on feedback from applicants, reviewers and broader research community, the ERC Scientific Council decided to make changes in the 2026–27 calls for proposal for research funding.

More details from the ERC President 👉 europa.eu/!hP3WWF

What’s your take on this? Tell us! 👇
September 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
inoagrafioti.bsky.social
WARM congratulations to: Tom DENDOOVEN, @martinpacesa.bsky.social, @mschuhmacher.bsky.social , @lfmilles.bsky.social, @preinerin.bsky.social,Markus Hopfler, @charleneboumendil.bsky.social, Gergo Gogl, @shifralansky.bsky.social, @alexanderbelyy.bsky.social,Erik Benson, @dbojar.bsky.social! 🤩 #ERCStG
erc.europa.eu European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 4
📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out!

Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!

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#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope
September 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
inoagrafioti.bsky.social
COURAGE to those preparing to submit their @erc.europa.eu advanced proposals. 💪💪Deadline is tomorrow 🫣😱but better submit a version today just to be sure (you can keep resubmitting until tomorrow but at least you know one version is safe!). From our side we are ready to take care of them!👷‍♀️#ERCAdG
August 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
inoagrafioti.bsky.social
New CORDIS article on the work of @polosophie.bsky.social "Investigating epigenome maintenance after UV damage" @erc.europa.eu Project REMIND #H2020 #EUfunded cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...
Investigating epigenome maintenance after UV damage
Researchers have uncovered some of the molecular changes that accompany DNA repair.,,,European Commission
cordis.europa.eu
August 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
inoagrafioti.bsky.social
Hello future #Ercstg applicants! Check out the new templates: they are quite different so read the text in the Word files carefully! And please don’t wait till 2027 because of the change in the eligibility windows! Life sciences people I am talking to you 🤪
erc.europa.eu European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Jul 9
📣 Ever considered applying for a ERC Starting Grant? The 2026 Call for proposals is now open!

Application portal 👉 lnkd.in/dcsPAwqJ
Information for Applicants 👉 lnkd.in/dsE6B8eE

Deadline to apply for #ERCStG is 14 October 2025.
July 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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mpibp.bsky.social
Congratulations to our director Ana García-Sáez for receiving an ERC Advanced Grant! 📣 Her work on mitochondrial membranes continues to push the frontiers of biophysics and cell biology 🧬 #ERCAdG @erc.europa.eu @office-garcia.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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mrc-mbu.bsky.social
www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/news/judy-hi...
Judy Hirst awarded European Research Council Advanced Grant | MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Congratulations to Professor Judy Hirst, who has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Judy's grant is for the energy-converting mechanism of a modular biomachine: U...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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maxperutzlabs.ac.at
👏 Alwin Köhler, group leader and scientific director, has received an @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grant! His project will explore how nuclear pore complexes remodel nuclear membranes to form functional channels ➡️ tinyurl.com/3wcvexc9

#ERCAdG
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@meduniwien.ac.at
June 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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CONGRATS LS1grantees:A.Köhler @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social ,C.Joazeiro @labjoazeiro.bsky.social ,D.Drew
@scilifelab.se,C.Spahn Charité,J.Hirst @mrc-mbu.bsky.social,Torben Heick @heick.bsky.social,I.SzabÒ
@unipd.bsky.social, B.Van Den Berg @newcastleuni.bsky.social &A.García-Sáez
@mpibp.bsky.social
erc.europa.eu European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Jun 17
📣 Good news: 281 top researchers have just won ERC Advanced Grants!

The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme.

Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD

#ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu
June 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Cracking the code of DNA folding machines - new article on the LS1 @erc.europa.eu CHROCODYLE project by Stephan Gruber @gruberlab.bsky.social from @unil.bsky.social #EUfunded cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...
Cracking the code of DNA folding machines
New research has helped to explain how DNA is shaped into loops, a process critical for ensuring chromosomes are properly distributed...
cordis.europa.eu
June 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Cellular gateways shaped by membranes and metabolism - an article on the results of LS1 @erc.europa.eu project NPC-BUILD by Prof. Alwin Köhler @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social #H2020 #EUfunded cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...
Cellular gateways shaped by membranes and metabolism
An exploration of how nuclear pores sense lipids could lead to new insights into cellular metabolism and gene regulation.,,,European...
cordis.europa.eu
June 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
inoagrafioti.bsky.social
On my way to and from my @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant panel meeting this week, I listened to an interview of one of the best panel members I ever had in LS1: @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social !
Greatly recommended!

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Humanity in Science: Dr. Karolin Luger
From where does it STEM? · Episode
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June 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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MAAAAASSIVE NEWS!!!! Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes are announced! The proposal structure is changing in 2026 and... drumroll... eligibility windows are extended from 2027!!! erc.europa.eu/news-events/... @erc.europa.eu
Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes
With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...
erc.europa.eu
June 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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pablopereza.bsky.social
8 December 1955 | The Council of Europe adopts the blue flag with 12 gold stars as its emblem.

30 years later, EU Institutions made it the official European Union flag.

A story of symbolism, religious connotations, suggestions refused and Sandra Kim... 🧵
a blue background with a circle of yellow stars
ALT: a blue background with a circle of yellow stars
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December 8, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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Congratulations! At the same time as grantee he was also panel member in the LS1 Advanced Grant panel for one year. It was an honour to work with him!
May 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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erc.europa.eu
🎉 Congratulations to Wolfgang Baumeister @maxplanck.de, awarded the 2025 #ShawPrize in Life Science & Medicine for pioneering work in cryo-ET!

Learn more 👉 europa.eu/!JBXDBG
#FrontierResearch #ERCSyG #CryoET #StructuralBiology #shawprize2025
ERC grantee wins the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine
2025 Shaw Prize honours ERC-funded research in molecular imaging
europa.eu
May 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
inoagrafioti.bsky.social
I am sure you have started working on your proposal already, so this is just a reminder that you still have 3 months to go. Make sure you put some timeline and risk assessment, even in Part B1. Best of luck to everyone!!!
erc.europa.eu European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · May 22
📢 Now open for applications! The 2025 ERC Advanced Grant call for proposals. 📢

Are you an established Principal Investigator who needs long-term funding to pursue ground-breaking research?

The ERC Advanced Grant could be for you!

Apply by 28 August 2025 👉 buff.ly/f6FEXHk

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May 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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🚀 We are proud to launch the new "Ambassadors for the ERC" initiative, together with @ercgrantees.bsky.social !

We aim to empower researchers across Europe to advocate for frontier research. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/44bQzp7

🌟 Excited to see what can be achieved!

#Amb4ERC
April 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
inoagrafioti.bsky.social
Have you applied for an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator grant in 2025? The list of panel members is published: erc.europa.eu/sites/defaul.... An opportunity to practice your detective skills since 1)not all panel members have agreed for their name to be there & 2)they are not sorted by panel. Good luck!
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April 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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By taking a closer look at how proteins are managed by the body, the #EUFunded @erc.europa.eu #Nedd8Activate project by Brenda Schulman hopes to pave the way for new ways to treat #disease.

Read the article here 👉 europa.eu/!Cy3W3t

#ResearchImpactEU
A first-ever inside look at how the human body manages proteins
Proteins are building blocks in the human body, carrying out essential services in our cells, such as replicating DNA, catalysing biochemical reactions, building bone and muscle tissue, transmitting s...
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April 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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erc.europa.eu
🦠 Most #bacteria form #biofilms, protective communities that resist #antibiotics.

Petya Krasteva's research explores the structure & behaviour of these biofilms, hoping to develop new #antimicrobial strategies.

Read more 👉 buff.ly/YajqauG

@krastevalab.bsky.social @iecb.bsky.social @CNRS.fr
Deciphering the formation of cooperative multicellular biofilms
Bacterial films are a hazard throughout the healthcare system, and as antibiotic resistance increases there is an even greater imperative...
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April 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM