Super visit to the IIT with demos of their robotics with @erc.europa.eu funded projects by Antonio Bicchi, @awykowska.bsky.social and others. Maria Fossati’s artificial ‘soft hand’ is much better than my neuro-impaired natural one! @ercgrantees.bsky.social @axc.bsky.social @giorgiometta.bsky.social

Estonian scientists are talented and ambitious. So inspiring to see that they strive for even greater success!
Estonia hosts 20 ERC grantees.

In Tallinn, we had great meetings with Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Ministers Kristina Kallas and Erkki Keldo, and the scientific community.

Pleasure to visit Vilnius!

Good discussions with Prime Minister Paluckas and Vice Foreign Minister Mitkus, and uplifting to meet the scientific community including all 6 ERC grantees and the Research Council.

Good progress in science in Lithuania over the last years!

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Real pleasure to get together with leading figures from industry, science & politics for some deep thinking on how Europe can do better in research and innovation.

Here a wrap-up of the outcomes plus inspiring speech by Nobel laureate Ben Feringa.

@erc.europa.eu:

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The beauty of today in Dublin was above all the wealth of Irish research.

Impressive session with @erc.europa.eu grantees - from ageing in bats and uneven wealth distribution undermining democracy, to using AI for analysing 17c population documents and and the evolutionary origin of feathers.

Back in Dublin - and what a warm welcome!

Valuable in-depth conversation with @micheal-martin.bsky.social. Thanks Taoiseach for your support!

Also much enjoyed meeting minister @LawlessJ. Glad to see we have shared priorities.

And huge thanks to Luke O’Neill!

hi all, long time no post, but now I'm finally on Bluesky! some random pix from the lats weeks (solar power station Sevilla, lemons from the garden, panel in Davos, great take-off in Zürich).