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ERC Starting Grants 2011 Results
Last Name
List of selected Principal Investigators
(by host institution's country)
All domains
First Name
Host
Acronym
country
AT
CyFi
AT
Graph Games
AT
HIPECMEM
Host Institution
BALTUSKA
CHATTERJEE
CSICSVARI
Andrius
Krishnendu
Jozsef
Technische Universitaet Wien
Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Institute of Science and Technology Austria
HENNRICH
HORN
Markus Thomas
Matthias
Universitaet Innsbruck
Universitaet Wien
AT
AT
QuaSIRIO
EVOCHLAMY
KÖHLER
Alwin
Medizinische Universitaet Wien
AT
NPC GENEXPRESS
NÄGERL
SIXT
Hanns-Christoph
Michael
University of Innsbruck
Institute of Science and Technology Austria
AT
AT
MicroQuant
LeukocyteForces
SOBOTKA
Tomas
Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
AT
EURREP
STRAW
Andrew
Forschungsinstitut fuer Molekulare Pathologie Ges.m.b.H
AT
WESTER
Roland
Universitaet Innsbruck
ZAGROVIC
Bojan
ZIMMER
Project Title
Panel
Cycle-Sculpted Strong Field Optics
A theory of quantitative graph games
Memory-Related Information Processing in Neuronal Circuits
of the Hippocampus and Entorhinal Cortex
Quantum simulations with trapped Rydberg ions
The Evolution of the Chlamydiae - an Experimental Approach
PE2
PE6
LS5
LS1
FlyVisualCircuits
The nuclear pore connection: adaptor complexes bridging
genome regulation and nuclear transport
Microscopy of Tunable Many-Body Quantum Systems
Cytoskeletal force generation and force transduction of
migrating leukocytes
Fertility, reproduction and population change in 21st Century
Europe
Linking neural circuits to visual guidance in flying flies
AT
MoNTeS
Molecular Networks with precision Terahertz Spectroscopy
PE2
Universitaet Wien
AT
PROTINT
Towards a quantitative framework for understanding proteinprotein interactions: from specific effects to protein ecology
PE4
Manuel
Forschungsinstitut fuer Molekulare Pathologie Ges.m.b.H
AT
elegansNeurocircuits
LS5
BONIFAZI
Davide
Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix de Namur
BE
COLORLANDS
BOSTOEN
Koen
Universiteit Gent
BE
KONGOKING
CAPRACE
Pierre-Emmanuel
Universite Catholique de Louvain
BE
SIMPLELCGPS
CAUCHETEUR
Christophe
Universite de Mons
BE
PROSPER
COLLET
Jean-Francois
Universite Catholique de Louvain
BE
SULFENIC
DE BOER
Bart
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BE
ABACUS
Neuromodulation of Oxygen Chemosensory Circuits in
Caenorhabditis elegans
COLOR Ordering Templated by Hierarchized Supramolecular
Porous FlatLANDS
Political centralization, economic integration and language
evolution in Central Africa: An interdisciplinary approach to the
early history of the Kongo kingdom.
Simple locally compact groups: exploring the boundaries of
the linear world
Design of polymer optical fibre gratings for endoscopic
biosensing purposes
Unraveling the cellular sulfenome: a search for new redoxregulated pathways
Advancing Behavioral and Cognitive Understanding of Speech
DEDEURWAERDERE Tom
Universite Catholique de Louvain
BE
GENCOMMONS
D'HOOGE
Jan
Katholieke Universiteit leuven
BE
heartMAPAS
FRIML
GERIS
Jiří
Liesbet
VIB
Universite de Liege
BE
BE
PSDP
BRIDGE
HOLT
Matthew Guy
VIB
BE
AstroFunc
JACOBS
Dirk
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
BE
EQUOP
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Institutionalizing global genetic-resource commons. Global
Strategies for accessing and using essential public knowledge
assets in the life sciences.
Single Heart beat MApping of myocardial Performance,
Activation, and Scar by ultrasound
Polarity and subcellular dynamics in plants
Biomimetic process design for tissue regeneration:
from bench to bedside via in silico modelling
Molecular Studies of Astrocyte Function in Health and Disease
Equal opportunities for migrant youth in educational systems
with high levels of social and ethnic segregation: assessing
the impact of school team resources
PE2
LS8
PE3
LS3
SH3
LS5
PE5
SH6
PE1
PE8
LS1
SH4
SH2
LS7
LS3
PE8
LS5
SH2
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All domains
First Name
Host
Acronym
country
BE
SigNLRact
Host Institution
Project Title
Panel
LAMKANFI
Mohamed
VIB
MAES
Christa
Katholieke Universiteit leuven
BE
OsteoMotion
OP DE BEECK
RASKIN
Hans
Jean-Francois
Katholieke Universiteit leuven
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
BE
BE
ModularExperience
inVEST
How the modularization of the mind unfolds in the brain
SH4
inVEST: Foundations for a Shift from Verification to Synthesis PE6
ROSSION
Bruno
Universite Catholique de Louvain
BE
facessvep
STANDAERT
UJI-I
VAN DEN ABBEELE
François-Xavier
Hiroshi
Jan
Universite Catholique de Louvain
Katholieke Universiteit leuven
Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BE
BE
BE
CRASH
PLASMHACAT
NANOSYM
VERBEECK
BENENSON
Johan
Yaakov
Universiteit Antwerpen
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
BE
CH
VORTEX
CellControl
BÜHLER
CANDEA
Marc
George
Novartis forschungsstiftung
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de lausanne
CH
CH
RNAiGenReg
NOBUGS
CANNIZZO
Andrea
Universitaet Bern
CH
FunctionalDyna
CEVHER
Volkan
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de lausanne
CH
Future Proof
GALLAIRE
Francois
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de lausanne
CH
SIMCOMICS
Understanding the nature of face perception: new insights
from steady-state visual evoked potentials
CRyptographic Algorithms and Secure Hardware
Plasmonics-based Energy Harvesting for Catalysis
Symbiotic bacteria as a delivery system for Nanobodies that
target the insect-parasite interplay
Exploring electron vortex beams
Synthetic regulatory circuits for programmable control of cell
physiology
RNAi-mediated genome regulation
Toward Zero-Defect Software Through Automatic Cooperative
Self-Improvement
Investigating Functional Dynamics in Proteins by Novel
Multidimensional Optical Spectroscopies in the Ultraviolet
Theoretical and Algorithmic Foundations for Future Proof
Information and Inference Systems
Simulation of droplets in complex microchannels
GERLICH
Daniel Wolfram
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
CH
DIVIMAGE
HAPFELMEIER
Siegfried
Universitaet Bern
CH
ReversibleInfection
HILLER
Sebastian
Universitaet Basel
CH
MOMP
HUGUES
Stéphanie
Universite de Geneve
CH
pROsPeCT
KAHMEN
Ansgar
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
CH
COSIWAX
KOCH
Christoph
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de lausanne
CH
ALGILE
KUBLER
MARTINON
Felix
Fabio
Universitaet Zuerich
Universite de lausanne
CH
CH
Dynamic Models
ERinflammation
MCCOY
Kathy
Universitaet Bern
CH
HygieneandImmunity
SCHIESTL
Florian Paul
Universitaet Zuerich
CH
FLORSIGNALS
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Signaling and activation pathways of the NOD-like receptors
Ipaf, Nlrp1b and Nlrp12
OsteoMotion: Analyzing the mechanisms and role of
osteogenic cell movement in bone development and disease
LS6
LS4
SH4
PE6
PE5
LS9
PE3
LS9
LS2
PE6
PE4
PE7
PE8
Bridging spatial and temporal resolution gaps in the study of
LS3
cell division
Pathogen and commensal immunity compared in a reversible LS6
infection model that uncouples immunity from pathogen
immune evasion
Structural Biology of Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Proteins LS1
Role of Professional and Non-professional Antigen Presenting LS6
Cells In Autoimmunity and Cancer
Compound Specific Hydrogen Isotope Analyses of Leaf Wax PE10
n-Alkanes as a Novel Tool to Assess Plant and Ecosystem
Water Relations Across new Spatial and Temporal Scales
PE6
Foundations of Algebraic and Dynamic Data Management
Systems
Solving dynamic models: Theory and Applications
SH1
Inflammatory signals emerging from the endoplasmic reticulum LS6
Mechanisms of hygiene-mediated immune dysregulation and
impact on the susceptibility to allergic and autoimmune
diseases
Evolution and consequences of floral signaling in plants
LS6
LS8
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All domains
First Name
Host
country
CH
ERMITO
Host Institution
Acronym
SCORRANO
Luca
Universite de Geneve
SEEGER
Matthias
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de lausanne
CH
SCALABIM
SÜDMEYER
TSYBIN
Thomas
Yury
Universitaet Bern
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de lausanne
CH
CH
MEGA-XUV
SRMS4HESUS
VANDEVONDELE
Joost
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
CH
DIAMOND
WERNER
SZABÓ
Philipp
Péter
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Botanicky Ustav Avcr, V.V.I.
CH
CZ
DYNCORSYS
Longwood
ADAM
Klaus
Universität Mannheim
DE
Boom & Bust Cycles
ALCARAZO
Manuel
Max Planck Institut fur Kohlenforschung
DE
Frustrated Hydrogen
ARTAL
Marta
Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
DE
MitoSigAge
AZIZ BEKHIT
Emad Flear
DE
PORPHDYN
BAUSCH
Andreas
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin fur Materialien und Energie
GmbH
Technische Universitaet Muenchen
DE
CompNet
BAYER
Christian
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn
DE
BEHRENDS
Christian
Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet Frankfurt am Main
BINDER
Elisabeth B.
BROX
CARVALHO FREIRE
Thomas
Paulo César
CHARVATI
Project Title
Panel
Molecular Anatomy and Pathophysiology of the endoplasmic LS3
reticulum-mitochondria interface
Scalable Bayesian Methods for Machine Learning and Imaging PE6
Efficient megahertz coherent XUV light source
Super-resolution mass spectrometry for health and
sustainability
Discovery and Insight with Advanced Models Of Nanoscale
Dimensions
Real-time dynamics of correlated many-body systems
Long-term woodland dynamics in Central Europe: from
estimations to a realistic model
Boom and Bust Cycles in Asset Prices: Real Implications and
Monetary Policy Options
Activation of Hydrogen by Organic Frustrated Lewis Pairs.
Applications in catalysis
Mitochondrial crosstalk signalling in the regulation of ageing
PE3
PE4
PE4
PE3
PE10
SH1
PE5
LS4
HUMP
Structure and dynamics of porphyrin-based materials in
solution vs. interfaces
Dynamics and Self-organisation in Complex Cytoskeletal
Networks.
Heterogeneity, Uncertainty and Macroeconomic Performance
SH1
DE
XABA
Xenophagy and bacterial avoidance
LS3
DE
GxE-molmech
LS5
DE
DE
VIDEOLEARN
Beacon
Gene x environment interactions in affective disorders elucidating molecular mechanisms
Video and 3D Analysis for Visual Learning
Beacons in the Dark
Aikaterini
Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der
Wissenschaften e.V.
Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der
Wissenschaften e.V.
Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen
DE
PaGE
CHAVAKIS
Triantafyllos
Technische Universitaet Dresden
DE
ENDHOMRET
DAGAN
Tal
Philipps Universitaet Marburg
DE
EVOLATERAL
FISCHER
Peer
DE
ChiralMicrobots
FRISCHKNECHT
GOTTHARDT
Friedrich
Michael
Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der
Wissenschaften e.V.
Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg
Max Delbrueck Centrum fuer Molekulare Medizin
DE
DE
ParaMotSig
CardioSplice
GRETEN
Florian
DE
ROSCAN
GRILL
Stephan Wolfgang
Klinikum Rechts der Isar der Technischen Universitat
Munchen
Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der
Wissenschaften e.V.
DE
ACTMECH
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PE4
PE3
PE6
PE9
Paleoanthropology at the Gates of Europe: Human Evolution
in the Southern Balkans
Endothelial homeostasis and dysfunction in metabolicvascular retina disease: The role of endothelial cell-intrinsic
and endothelial cell extrinsic inflammatory pathways
SH6
The mechanisms for lateral gene transfer in nature as
reflected in prokaryote genomes
Chiral Nanostructured Surfaces and Colloidal Microbots
LS8
Receptor signalling mediating malaria parasite motility
A systems and targeted approach to alternative splicing in the
developing and diseased heart: Translating basic cell biology
to improved cardiac function
The role of ROS/RNS during inflammation-associated and
sporadic carcinogenesis
Emergent Active Mechanical Behaviour of the Actomyosin
Cell Cortex
LS6
LS4
LS4
PE4
LS4
LS3
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All domains
First Name
Host
Acronym
country
DE
NEWNANOSPEC
Host Institution
HARTSCHUH
Achim
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen
HEISSMEYER
Vigo
Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen deutsches
forschungszentrum fuer Gesundheit und Umwelt GmbH
DE
JENKO
Frank
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
JOCHIM
KATZNER
KOOS
KUHR
Selim
Steffen
Christian
Stefan
LAUFER
Jan Gottfried
Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg
Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen
Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie
Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der
Wissenschaften e.V.
Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin
LEICHERT
Lars Ingo Ole
LOHMANN
Project Title
Panel
New tools for nanoscale optical spectroscopy Functional imaging of single nanostructures using antennas
PE4
Rc3h1/2-Specificity
Specificity of Rc3h1/2 proteins in post-transcriptional control
of immunity and autoimmune disease
LS6
DE
ExascalePlasmaTurb
PE2
DE
DE
DE
DE
3FLEX
Percept
EnTeraPIC
FERMILATT
DE
MOPIT
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
DE
FuMe
Turbulence in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas:
Tackling Key Unsolved Problems via Peta- to Exascale
Computing
Three-Component Fermi Gas Lattice Experiment
Cortical circuits of visual perception
Energy-Efficient Multi-Terabit/s Photonic Interconnects
Single-atom-resolved detection and manipulation of strongly
correlated fermions in an optical lattice
Molecular photoacoustic imaging of stem-cell driven tissue
regeneration
Functional Metagenomics - Harnessing the Biotechnological
Potential of Completely Novel Protein Families
Jan
Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg
DE
StemCellAdapt
LUZHETSKYY
Andriy
Helmholtz-Zentrum fuer Infektionsforschung GmbH
DE
EXPLOGEN
MARQUARDT
Florian Kai
Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen Nurnberg
DE
OPTOMECH
MAULIDE
Nuno
Max Planck Institut fur Kohlenforschung
DE
FLATOUT
MENZEL
Annette
NESTEROV-MUELLER Alexander
Technische Universitaet Muenchen
Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie
DE
DE
E3
CombiPatterning
OSBORNE
Tobias
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
DE
QFTCMPS
PIETSCHMANN
Thomas
Twincore GmbH
DE
VIRAFRONT
From Flat to Chiral: A unified approach to converting achiral
aromatic compounds to optically active valuable building
blocks
E3 - Extreme Event Ecology
Combinatorial Patterning of Particles for High Density Peptide
Arrays
Quantum field theory, the variational principle, and continuous
matrix product states
Viral frontiers - species barriers of hepatitis C virus replication
POHL
Randolf
DE
CREMA
Charge radius experiment with muonic atoms
PE2
POSPISILIK
John Andrew
DE
MetabolicPolycombics
Marianne
DE
SCSPL
REINERS
Ansgar
DE
WAVELENGTH STANDARDS
RÖMER
Winfried
Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen Stiftung
Oeffentlichen Rechts
Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
DE
lec&lip2invade
Polycomb/Trithorax: Functional EpiGenomics Integrators for
Metabolic Disease
Stability and change in sound patterns of the world's
languages: typological, physiological, and cognitive factors
Development of new wavelength standards for the search
for habitable planets
The interactions of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectins LecA
and LecB with glycosphingolipids result in membrane
invagination, signaling and cellular uptake of the bacterium
LS4
POUPLIER
Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der
Wissenschaften e.V.
Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der
Wissenschaften e.V.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen
ROSENHAHN
Bodo
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
DE
Dynamic MinVIP
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Decoding the environmental adaptation of plant stem cell
control
Exploitation of actinomycetes genomics using synthetic and
system biology approaches
Theory of optomechanical circuits
Dynamic Minimal prior knowledge for model based Computer
Vision and Scene Analysis
PE2
LS5
PE7
PE2
LS7
LS9
LS3
LS9
PE3
PE5
LS9
PE8
PE2
LS6
SH4
PE9
LS3
PE6
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Host
Acronym
country
DE
ComplexNMD
DE
ProteaSys
Host Institution
Project Title
Panel
SCHAFFITZEL
SCHILLING
Christiane
Oliver
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg
SCHÖNHERR
Holger
Universitaet Siegen
DE
ASMIDIAS
SCHÜTT
Matthias
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
DE
SURFARI
SIEMENS
Jan-Erik
Max Delbrueck Centrum fuer Molekulare Medizin
DE
ThermoReg
SIEMERS
Björn Martin
DE
interBAT
SOTILLO ROMAN
Rocio
Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der
Wissenschaften e.V.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
DE
MadCIN
STAMPFER
Christoph
Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen
DE
GQEMS
Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Temperature Detection
and Core Body Thermoregulation
Sensory and cognitive ecology of species interactions in bat
communities
Defining the Impact of Chromosome Instability in Tumor
Initiation, Maintenance and Relapse
Graphene Quantum Electromechanical Systems
STERRER
Martin
DE
STRUBOLI
Structure and Bonding at Oxide-Liquid Interfaces
PE4
SZÉKELYHIDI
László
Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der
Wissenschaften e.V.
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn
DE
HPFLUDY
The h-Principle for Fluid Dynamics
PE1
THIBAULT
Pierre
Technische Universitaet Muenchen
DE
OptImaX
PE5
THOM
THOMAS
TITZE
Andreas
Arne
Jens
Universitaet leipzig
Technische Universitat Berlin
Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen
DE
DE
DE
GeomAnGroup
ORGZEO
ElectrolyteClearance
TKATCHENKO
Alexandre
DE
VDW-CMAT
PE4
VIEHMANN
Eva
Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der
Wissenschaften e.V.
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn
Optimal Imaging with Present and Future Coherent X-ray
Sources
Geometry and Analysis of Group Rings
Organic Zeolites
Extrarenal regulation of electrolyte and blood pressure
homeostasis
Van der Waals Interactions in Complex Materials
DE
G-SHTUKAS
Moduli spaces of local G-shtukas
PE1
WEISZ
Nathan
Universitat Konstanz
DE
Win2Con
SH4
WENDLAND
David
Technische Universitaet Dresden
DE
REGothicVaultDesign
WIDERA
WITZENS
Artur
Jeremy
Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern
Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen
DE
DE
QuantumProbe
FISNT
WOLTERSDORF
ZAITSEV
Georg
Maxim
Universitaet Regensburg
Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg
DE
DE
ECOMAGICS
RANGEmri
ZWECKSTETTER
Markus
Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der
Wissenschaften e.V.
DE
DYNAMOM
BAKER
Jennifer Lyn
Region Hovedstaden
DK
childgrowth2cancer
BAUN
Anders
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
DK
EnvNano
Brain-State Dependent Perception: Finding the Windows to
Consciousness
Design Principles in Late-Gothic Vault Construction - A New
Approach Based on Surveys, Reverse Geometric Engineering
and a Reinterpretation of the Sources
A Quantum Non-Demolition Microscope
Frontiers of Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics in
Telecommunications
Electric Control of Magnetization Dynamics
Rapid Adaptive Nonlinear Gradient Encoding for Magnetic
Resonance Imaging
New magnetic resonance techniques to determine the
dynamic structure of mitochondrial outer membrane proteins
and their complexes
Childhood body size, growth and pubertal timing and the risk
of cancer in adulthood
Environmental Effects and Risk Evaluation of Engineered
Nanoparticles
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
Released date: 30/08/2011
NMD Complexes: Eukaryotic mRNA Quality Control
Protease Systems Biology in Tumorigenesis and
Neurodegeneration
Asymmetric microenvironments by directed assembly: Control
of geometry, topography, surface biochemistry and
mechanical properties via a microscale modular design
principle
Arithmetic of algebraic surfaces
LS1
LS2
PE5
PE1
LS5
LS8
LS4
PE3
PE1
PE5
LS4
SH5
PE2
PE7
PE3
LS7
LS1
LS7
LS9
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Host
Acronym
country
DK
Micromecca
DK
EGGS
DK
CHROMATINREPLICATION
Host Institution
BRODERSEN
FYNBO
GROTH
Anders
Johan Peter Uldall
Anja
Københavns Universitet
Københavns Universitet
Københavns Universitet
JENSEN
KOFOED
Jakob Søndergaard
Anne Katrine
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Aarhus Universitet
DK
DK
INNODYN
EcoGenomicInbreeding
MADSEN
Lars Bojer
Aarhus Universitet
DK
TDMET
METTE
NIELSEN
TEESALU
Sørensen
Jesper Buus
Tambet
Kraeftens Bekaempelse
Aarhus Universitet
Tartu Ulikool
DK
DK
EE
QUIET
BRiCPT
GliomaDDS
CHRONIS
Nikos
Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
EL
HIVbiochip
LYGEROU
Zoi
University of Patras
EL
DYNACOM
ROUSSOPOULOU
Dimitra-Isidora
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
EL
PPP
VASSILIKOGIANNAKIS Georgios
Panepistimio Kritis (University of Crete)
EL
SINOXYGEN
BACHTOLD
Adrian
Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology
ES
carbonNEMS
CALERO
Sofia
Universidad Pablo de Olavide
ES
RASPA
CALLEJA
Montserrat
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Cientificas
Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Fundacio Privada
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
ES
NANOFORCELLS
ES
ES
QuLIMA
ForceRegulation
ES
SEROTONINANDDISEASE
ES
CHEMCOMP
DE RIEDMATTEN
Hugues
DEL RIO HERNANDEZ Armando Emeterio
Project Title
Panel
Molecular mechanisms underlying plant miRNA action
The first Galaxies
How to Replicate Chromatin - Maturation, Timing Control and
Stress-Induced Aberrations
Integrated Analysis & Design in Nonlinear Dynamics
Comparative studies of inbreeding effects on evolutionary
processes in non-model animal populations
Time-resolving electron dynamics in molecules by timedependent many-electron theory
Health consequences of noise exposure from road traffic
Basic Research in Cryptographic Protocol Theory
Development of tumor penetrating peptides for glioma
targeting
A Point-of-Care biochip for hiv monitoring in the developing
world
From Genome Integrity to Genome Plasticity:
Dynamic Complexes Controlling Once per Cell Cycle
Replication
Protecting and Preserving Human Knowledge for Posterity
LS2
PE9
LS1
PE8
LS8
PE2
LS7
PE6
LS7
LS7
LS3
PE6
Advancing the Green Chemistry of Singlet Oxygen and
PE5
Applying it to Synthetic Challenges
NanoElectroMechanical Systems based on Carbon Nanotube PE3
and Graphene
Towards more efficient materials for technological processes PE8
Development of a nanomechanical tool-box for the
investigation of cell mechanics
Ensemble based advanced quantum light matter interfaces
How force regulates cell function: a molecular and cellular
outlook
Dissecting the gene regulatory mechanisms that generate
serotonergic neurons and their link to mental disorders
Building-up Chemical Complexity
into Multifunctional Molecule-based Hybrid Materials
Programmed Nanostructuration of Organic Materials
PE4
PE2
LS1
LS5
FLAMES
Nuria
GALAN-MASCAROS
Jose Ramon
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Cientificas
Fundacio Privada Institut Catala d'Investigacio Quimica
GONZALEZ
RODRIGUEZ
HERRERA
David
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
ES
PROGRAM-NANO
Eloisa
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
ES
WIRINGVISION
Wiring up visual circuits: Interplay between gene expression
and spontaneous and experience-dependent activity
LS5
HUARTE
Maite
Fundacion para la Investigacion Medica Aplicada Fima
ES
CANCERLINC
LS1
HUERTAS
Pablo
Universidad de Sevilla
ES
DSBRECA
KHOMENKO
Elena
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
ES
SPIA
LÓPEZ PÉREZ
Miguel
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
ES
ObERStress
Functional and Mecahnistic Roles of Large Intergenic Noncoding RNAs in Cancer
Relevance of double strand break repair pathway choice in
human disease and cancer
Magnetic connectivity through the Solar Partially Ionized
Atmosphere
Hypothalamic Lipotoxicity and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress:
a New Pathophysiological Mechanism of Obesity
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Strp-differentiation
Host Institution
MANTECA
Angel
Universidad de Oviedo
MARTIN
Ruben
Fundacio Privada Institut Catala d'Investigacio Quimica
ES
FunCBonds
MELCHIORRE
Paolo
Fundacio Privada Institut Catala d'Investigacio Quimica
ES
ORGA-NAUT
MITCHELL
NOGUEIRAS
OTADUY
Morgan Wilfred
Ruben
Miguel
Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Fundacio Privada
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
ES
ES
ES
AQUMET
OBESITY53
Animetrics
RIBAS
Xavi
Universitat de Girona
ES
SUSCATCU3
RODRÍGUEZ
RUBIALES
ROGERS
Daniel
Universidad de Granada
ES
TRAPSENSOR
Keith Mckenzie
ES
RESTRICTION
SALGADO
SANJUAN
TAFALLA
Carlos
Rafael
Carolina
ES
ES
ES
HotLHC
VIRMUT
TEBLYM
HIETAKANGAS
HOVATTA
HYTÖNEN
Ville Ilmari
Iiris Maaria
Tuomas
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Cientificas
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Universitat de Valencia
Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y
Alimentaria
Helsingin Yliopisto
Helsingin Yliopisto
Helsingin Yliopisto
FI
FI
FI
Glucose sensing
GenAnx
AnProb
KORHONEN
Rami Kristian
Itä-Suomen Yliopisto
FI
OAPROGRESS
LAINE
LEPPÄNEN
Anna-Liisa
Jukka Matias
Helsingin Yliopisto
Tampereen Yliopisto
FI
FI
PATHEVOL
EarlyDev
LILJEROTH
MÖTTÖNEN
Peter Wilhelm
Mikko
Aalto-Korkeakoulusaatio
Aalto-Korkeakoulusaatio
FI
FI
PRECISE-NANO
SINGLEOUT
NIEMI
Mikko Olavi
Helsingin Yliopisto
FI
TransporterPGx
RIIPINEN
Ilona Anniina
Helsingin Yliopisto
FI
ATMOGAIN
ANDERSSON
Jenny
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques
FR
FUTUREPOL
ANNIGHOFER
Samira
FR
DIBOSON
ANSTETT
Elisabeth
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies
Alternatives
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
FR
Genocide
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
Released date: 30/08/2011
Project Title
Panel
Biomolecular characterization of streptomyces differentiation
and its relationship with secondary metabolite production
LS9
Chasing a Fundamental Challenge in Catalysis: A Combined
Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon Bonds and Carbon Dioxide for
Preparing Functionalized Molecules
Exploring Chemical Reactivity with Organocatalysis
PE5
Atomic Quantum Metrology
p53 as a New Mediator of Energy Balance in the Brain
Measurement-Based Modeling and Animation of Complex
Mechanical Phenomena
Sustainable C-X and C-H Functionalization Catalyzed by
Copper(III) Species
High-Performance Mass Spectrometry Using a Quantum
Sensor
Restriction of the Fourier transform with applications to the
Schrödinger and wave equations
Hot and dense QCD in the LHC era
Variability in the mutation rate of RNA viruses
Teleost B lymphocytes, the equivalent of mammalian B1
innate lymphocytes?
Transcriptional networks in glucose sensing
A cross-species neurogenomics approach to anxiety
Analytic-probabilistic methods for borderline singular integrals
PE5
PE2
LS4
PE6
PE5
PE2
PE1
PE2
LS8
LS9
LS4
LS2
PE1
Evaluation of Osteoarthritis Progression in a Patient-Specific LS7
Manner using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and
Computational Modeling
Linking Pathogen Evolution and Epidemiology
LS8
Brain networks for processing social signals of emotions:
SH4
early development and the emergence of individual differences
Atomically precise nanoelectronic materials
Single-Photon Microwave Devices: era of quantum optics
outside cavities
Transporter pharmacogenomics – the contribution of
transporters to variability in drug response
Atmospheric Gas-Aerosol Interface:
From Fundamental Theory to Global Effects
A Political History of the Future : Knowledge Production and
Future Governance 1945-2010
Direct and Indirect Searches for New Physics with Diboson
Final States at ATLAS
Corpses of Genocide and Mass Violence: Interdisciplinary and
Comparative Approaches of Dead Bodies Treatment in the
20th Century (Destruction, Identification, Reconciliation)
PE3
PE3
LS7
PE10
SH2
PE2
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MultiCell
Host Institution
BAROUD
Charles
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
BARRE
François-Xavier
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
BÉNICHOU
Olivier
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6
BERTONE
Gianfranco
BIROLI
Giulio
BOONEKAMP
Maarten
CHEMBO KOUOMOU
Acronym
Project Title
Panel
Microfluidic multiplexed cell chips
PE8
DNAtraffic
DNA traffic during bacterial cell division
LS1
FR
FPTOpt
PE3
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
WIMPs KAIROS
First-passage times and optimization of target search
strategies
The Moment of Truth for WIMP Dark Matter
FR
NPRGGLASS
FR
UMWA
Yanne
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies
Alternatives
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies
Alternatives
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
NextPhase
CIRELLI
Marco
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
NewDark
COLIN
COLLOMBAT
Vincent
Patrick
FR
FR
COMPARAT
Daniel
Universite de Nantes
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
(Inserm)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
CORASANITI
Pier Stefano
D'ALBIS
Hippolyte
DALOD
Marc
DE FRANCESCHI
Silvano
DEVILLE
Sylvain
DUBRANA
Karine
ENGE
Andreas
FAOU
Erwan
FERRAGE
PE2
PE2
GEODYCON
BetaRegeneration
Non Perturbative Renormalization Group Theory of Glassy
Systems
Ultimate measurement of the W boson mass
with ATLAS, at the LHC
NEXT generation of microwave PHotonic systems for
AeroSpace Engineering
New Directions in Dark Matter Phenomenology at the TeV
scale
Geometry and dynamics via contact topology
Induction of Insulin-producing beta-cells Regeneration in vivo
FR
COLDNANO
UltraCOLD ion and electron beams for NANOscience
PE7
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
EDECS
PE9
Fondation Jean-Jacques Laffont,Toulouse Sciences
Economiques
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
DU
Exploring Dark Energy through Cosmic Structures:
Observational Consequences of Dark Energy Clustering
Demographic Uncertainty
FR
SystemsDendritic
LS6
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies
Alternatives
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
HybridNano
FR
FreeCo
Harnessing systems immunology to unravel dendritic cell
subset biology
Engineering electronic quantum coherence
and correlations in hybrid nanostructures
Freezing Colloids
FR
NDOGS
Nuclear Dynamic, Organization and Genome Stability
LS1
FR
ANTICS
Algorithmic Number Theory in Computer Science
PE6
FR
GEOPARDI
Fabien
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies
Alternatives
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en
Automatique
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en
Automatique
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
2F4BIODYN
FRONZES
Rémi
Institut Pasteur
FR
MolStructTransfo
Numerical integration of Geometric Partial Differential
PE1
Equations
Two-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for the PE4
Exploration of Biomolecular Dynamics
Molecular and Structural Biology of Bacterial Transformation
LS1
GAILLARD
Fabrice
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
ELECTROLITH
GIGAN
Sylvain
FR
COMEDIA
GRIBONVAL
Remi
FR
PLEASE
GROS
Stéphane
Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de la
Ville de Paris
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en
Automatique
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
KHAM
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
Released date: 30/08/2011
Electrical Petrology: tracking mantle melting and volatiles
cycling using electrical conductivity
Complex Media Investigation with Adaptive Optics
PE2
PE7
PE2
PE1
LS4
SH3
PE3
PE8
PE10
PE2
PLEASE: Projections, Learning, and Sparsity for Efficient data- PE6
processing
Territories, Communities and Exchanges in the Sino-Tibetan SH2
Kham Borderlands (China)
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ANAMORPHISM
Host Institution
GUENNEAU
Sebastien
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
GUILHOT
Nicolas
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
HIPODEMA
HERRY
Cyril
FR
HOFHEINZ
Max
JACQUEMIN
Denis
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
(Inserm)
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies
Alternatives
Universite de Nantes
JALIGOT
Eric
LAAGE
Project Title
Panel
PE8
NEUROFEAR
Asymptotic and Numerical Analysis of MOdels of Resonant
Physics Involving Structured Materials
From decisionism to rational choice: A history of political
decision-making in the 20th century
Neuronal circuits controlling fear behavior
FR
WiQOJo
Wideband Quantum Optics with Josephson Junctions
PE3
FR
MARCHES
PE4
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
GTMT
Modelling of Architectures Ruled by Coupled or Heightened
Excited States
Group Theory and Model Theory
Damien
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
EOS
Enzyme catalysis in organic solvents
PE4
MARGUERON
Raphaël
Institut Curie
FR
REPODDID
MERCIER
Raphael
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
FR
MeioSight
Regulation of Polycomb Complex (PRC2) during development LS2
and in diseases
MEIOtic inSIGHT: Deciphering the engine of heredity
LS2
MONROY
Eva
FR
TeraGaN
GaN Quantum Devices for T-Ray Sources
PE7
NATAF
NAVARRO
Cathy
Lionel
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies
Alternatives
Université Claude Bernard Lyon1
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
FR
e-Mars
Silencing & Immunity
PE9
LS6
PARCOLLET
Olivier
FR
MottMetals
PEYRÉ
Gabriel
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies
Alternatives
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
SIGMA-Vision
PIMENTEL
CACHAPUZ ROCHA
QUINTANA-MURCI
Eduardo
Institut Pasteur
FR
EVOMOBILOME
Luis
Institut Pasteur
FR
EVOIMMUNOPOP
RICCI
Romeo
Centre Europeen de Recherche en Biologie et Medecine
FR
STRESSMETABOL
RIVAL
Xavier Philippe
FR
MemCAD
SENELLART
Pascale
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en
Automatique
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
QD-CQED
SOUMELIS
SUBTIL
Vassili
Agathe
Institut Curie
Institut Pasteur
FR
FR
IT-DC
NUChLEAR
THUILLER
Wilfried
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
TEEMBIO
Evolution of Mars
Small RNA-directed control of the plant and animal innate
immune responses
Quantitative approaches for strongly correlated quantum
systems in equilibrium and far from equilibrium.
Sparsity, Image and Geometry to Model Adaptively Visual
Processings
Evolution of gene mobility: how mobile elements shape the
function and sociality of microbial communities
Human Evolutionary Immunogenomics: population genetic
variation in immune responses
Stress signaling mechanisms in metabolism and inflammation
and related disorders
Memory Compositional Abstract Domains:
Certification of Memory Intensive Critical Softwares
A quantum dot in a cavity: A solid state platform for quantum
operations
Large-scale integrative biology of human dendritic cells
Disarming bacterial weapons in the nucleus:
functional study of Chlamydia nuclear effectors
Toward Eco-Evolutionary Models for BIODiversity Scenarios
TOMASINI
Richard
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
(Inserm)
FR
Starget-in-PANR
LS4
TORRES-PADILLA
Maria-Elena
Centre Europeen de Recherche en Biologie et Medecine
FR
NuclearPotency
Determination of specific components from "stromal PDAC
signature" involved in PDAC Associated Neural Remodeling
(PANR) and their use as clinical tool-box.
Nuclear foundations of cellular potency
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
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PE3
PE6
LS8
LS2
LS4
PE6
PE3
LS6
LS6
LS8
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Host
country
FR
SMAC
VERT
Jean-Philippe
Association pour la Recherche et le developpement des
Methodes et Processus Industriels - Armines
WALZER
Thierry
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
FR
WENGER
Jerome
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
YVERT
Gael
ZINN-JUSTIN
Acronym
Project Title
Panel
Statistical machine learning for complex biological data
PE6
DIRONAKI
Differentiation and role of Natural Killer cell subsets
LS6
FR
ExtendFRET
PE4
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
SiGHT
Extended fluorescence resonance energy transfer with
plasmonic nanocircuits
Systems Genetics of Heritable variaTions
LS2
Paul
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR
LIC
Loop models, integrability and combinatorics
PE1
KOVACS
Agnes-Melinda
CEU
HU
REPCOLLAB
Representational preconditions for understanding other minds SH4
in the service of human collaboration and social learning
MARX
Dániel
HU
PARAMTIGHT
SZEIDL
Adam
Computer and Automation Research Institute Hungarian
Academy of Sciences
Kozep-Europai Egyetem
HU
NETWORKS
CASEY
Eoin
IE
AFFIRM
GUASONI
MCELWAIN
Paolo
Jennifer Claire
IE
IE
MFMF
OXYEVOL
NOLAN
John Michael
University College Dublin, National University of Ireland,
Dublin
Dublin City University
University College Dublin, National University of Ireland,
Dublin
Waterford Institute of Technology
IE
CREST
O RIAIN
SCHULZKE
Sean
Carola
National University of Ireland Maynooth
The Provost Fellows & Scholars of the College of the Holy
and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin
IE
IE
NEWDEALS
MocoModels
AHARONOV
BRASLAVSKY
COHEN
Dorit
Ido
Ehud
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
IL
IL
IL
QHC
CRYOPRESERVATION
LateLifeHealith
ELDAR
GURFIL
HANNA
Avigdor
Pini
Yaqub
Tel Aviv University
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Weizmann Institute of Science
IL
IL
IL
EvoDevoQuorum
FADER
CellReprogramming
KISHONY
KRONIK
Roy
Leeor
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Weizmann Institute of Science
IL
IL
ARISE
PPOLAH
KUPFERMAN
LEVENBERG
MESHORER
Orna
Shulamit
Eran
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
IL
IL
IL
Quality
ENGVASC
ExprES
MOKARI
Taleb
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
IL
Nano@Energy
NAKAR
Ehud
Tel Aviv University
IL
GRB-SN
Parameterized complexity and the search for tight complexity
results
Economic Allocations in Social Networks: Evidence and
Theory
Analysis of Biofilm Mediated Fouling of Nanofiltration
Membranes
Market Frictions in Mathematical Finance
Atmospheric oxygen as a driver of plant evolution over the
past 400 million years
Enrichment of macular pigment, and its impact on vision and
blindness
New Deals in the New Economy
Synthesis of mono-dithiolene molybdenum complexes and
their evaluation as potential drugs for the treatment of human
isolated sulfite oxidase deficiency.
Quantum Hamiltonian Complexity
Improved Cryopreservation using Ice Binding Proteins
Mapping the late-life health promoting mechanisms in worms
and mammals
Evolution and Development of Bacterial Communication
Flight Algorithms for Disaggregated Space Architectures
Uncovering the Mechanisms of Epigenetic Reprogramming of
Pluripotent and Somatic Cell States
The Ecology of Antibiotic Resistance
Predicting Properties of Large Heterogeneous Systems with
Optimally-Tuned Range-Separated Hybrid Functionals
From correct to high-quality reactive systems
Engineering Vascularized Tissues
Chromatin and transcription in ES cells: from single cells to
genome wide views
Novel Design of Nanostructures for Renewable Energy:
Fundamental Questions and Advanced Applications
The Gamma Ray Burst – Supernova Connection
and Shock Breakout Physics
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
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PE8
PE1
PE10
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SH2
LS9
PE6
LS9
LS5
LS2
PE7
LS3
LS8
PE4
PE6
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IL
NEURALCODES_EMO
PAZ
Rony
Weizmann Institute of Science
PIKARSKY
Eli
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
IL
livermircoenv
SHALTIEL
SIMON
Ronen
Itamar
University of Haifa
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
IL
IL
RaC
Originome
SLUTSKY
Inna
Tel Aviv University
IL
AβatSynapse
TZAHOR
Eldad
Weizmann Institute of Science
IL
CM turnover
ULANOVSKY
Nachum
Weizmann Institute of Science
IL
NEUROBAT
VARDI
Assaf
Weizmann Institute of Science
IL
INFOTROPHIC
WEISS
ALFANI
AURICCHIO
Barak
Guido
Alberto
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Universita Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'.
Fondazione Telethon
IL
IT
IT
DLGAPS
EINITE
RetGenTx
BARONI
BOLLATI
Marco
Valentina
Universita degli Studi di Trento
Universita degli Studi di Milano
IT
IT
COMPOSES
SPHERE
BRACCI
BURTON
Filippo
Michael Richard
Universita degli Studi di Roma tor Vergata
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
IT
IT
HEVO
CO2VOLC
CALABRESE
Pasquale
Universita di Pisa
IT
EDEQS
CERONI
Paola
Alma Mater Studiorum-Universita di Bologna
IT
PhotoSi
COLLINI
Elisabetta
Universita degli Studi di Padova
IT
QUENTRHEL
DAL NEGRO
Luca
European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy
IT
PLANETS
DE LORENZIS
Laura
Universita del Salento
IT
INTERFACES
DUMBSER
Michael
Universita degli Studi di Trento
IT
STIMULUS
GRANDONI
IANNACONE
Fabrizio
Matteo
Universita degli Studi di Roma tor Vergata
Fondazione Centro San Raffaele del Monte Tabor
IT
IT
NEWNET
IVM-VIRUS-nAb
MAGLI
MARINUCCI
Enrico
Domenico
Politecnico di Torino
Universita degli Studi di Roma tor Vergata
IT
IT
CRISP
PASCAL
MELEGARO
Alessia
Universita Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'.
IT
DECIDE
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
Released date: 30/08/2011
Project Title
Panel
Deciphering neural codes of valence-based emotional
LS5
memories
Heterotypic Cell Interactions in Hepatitis induced Liver Cancer LS6
Randomness and Computation
Mammalian Origin of replication - Genome-wide Mapping and
Regulation
Evolution of Alzheimer's Disease: From dynamics of single
synapses to memory loss
Uncovering the Mechanisms of Cardiomyocyte Differentiation
and Dedifferentiation
Neural codes for space in complex multi-scale environments:
Insights from the bat
Algal Bloom Dynamics: From Cellular Mechanisms to Trophic
Level Interactions
Dynamics of Lie group actions on parameter spaces
Economic Inequality across Italy and Europe, 1300-1800
Overcoming the challenge of large gene transfer for the
therapy of inherited retinal diseases
Compositional Operations in Semantic Space
SPHERE: Susceptibility to Particle Health Effects,
miRNAs and Exosomes
Holomorphic Evolution Equations
CO2VOLC: Quantifying the global volcanic CO2 cycle
PE6
LS2
Entangling and disentangling extended quantum systems in
and out of equilibrium
Silicon nanocrystals coated by photoactive molecules: a new
class of organic-inorganic hybrid materials for solar energy
conversion
Quantum-coherent drive of energy transfer along helical
structures by polarized light
Photons in a Labyrinth: Aperiodic Nanostructures
as an Emerging Theme in Optical Science
Mechanical modeling of interfaces in advanced materials and
structures
Space-Time Methods for Multi-Fluid Problems on
Unstructured Meshes
New Approaches to Network Design
In vivo dynamics of antibody responses to lymph-borne viruses
PE2
LS5
LS4
LS5
LS8
PE1
SH6
LS7
SH4
LS7
PE1
PE10
PE5
PE4
PE2
PE8
PE1
PE6
LS6
Towards compressive information processing systems
PE7
Probabilistic And Statistical methods for Cosmological
PE1
AppLications
The impact of DEmographic Changes on Infectious DisEases SH3
transmission and control in middle/low income countries
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EnLight
Host Institution
Acronym
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MENNUCCI
Benedetta
Universita di Pisa
MONACELLI
PISTAFERRI
Tommaso
Luigi
IT
IT
finimpmacro
NSND
PUGNO
RICCI
Nicola
Irene
Universita Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'.
Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza-Einaudi
Institute for Economics and Finance
Politecnico di Torino
Universita degli Studi di Camerino
IT
IT
BIHSNAM
SymbioVec
SACCHETTI
Benedetto
Universita degli Studi di Torino
IT
RSSCEMSR
SANDRI
Marco
Fondazione per la Ricerca Biomedica Avanzata Onlus
IT
MyoPHAGY
SBRAGAGLIA
SILVESTRINI
VALDINOCI
Mauro
Luca
Enrico
Universita degli Studi di Roma tor Vergata
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Universita degli Studi di Roma tor Vergata
IT
IT
IT
DROEMU
NPFlavour
EPSILON
WOLLAN
Paul Joseph
Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
IT
DASTCO
BECK
Markus
Universiteit Twente
NL
InstantCount
BROWNE
Wesley Richard
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
NL
SolCat
CRAINIC
Marius
Utrecht University
NL
New-Poetry
CROCE
Roberta
Vu University Amsterdam
NL
ASAP
CRUL
Maurice
Universiteit van Amsterdam
NL
ELITES
DEWILDE
Caroline
Universiteit van Amsterdam
NL
HOWCOME
DURING
Bleda Serge
Universiteit Leiden
NL
Consolidating Empire
Consolidating Empire: Reconstructing Hegemonic Practices
of the Middle Assyrian Empire at the Late Bronze Age
Fortified Estate of Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria, ca. 1230 - 1180 BC
SH6
ERNESTUS
Mirjam
Stichting Katholieke Universiteit
NL
ForeignCasualSpeech
SH4
HO
Peter P'Ei Sen
Universiteit Leiden
NL
RECOLAND
HOEKSTRA
Hendrik
Universiteit Leiden
NL
ADULT
The challenge of reduced pronunciation variants in
conversational speech for foreign language listeners:
experimental research and computational modeling
Rethinking China's collapse: land, development and
institutional credibility
Analysis of the Dark Universe through Lensing Tomography
KOINOVA
Maria
Universiteit van Amsterdam
NL
DIASPORACONTEST
Diasporas and Contested Sovereignty: Transnational
Diaspora Mobilization in Europe and Its Impact on Political
Proceses in the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the Middle East
SH2
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
Released date: 30/08/2011
The interplay between quantum coherence and environment
in the photosynthetic electronic energy transfer and lightharvesting: a quantum chemical picture
Financial Imperfections and Macroeconomic Implications
New Strategies and New Data to Test Intertemporal
Consumer and Firm Behavior
Bio-inspired Hierarchical Super Nanomaterials
Yeast symbionts of malaria vectors: from basic research to
the management of malaria control
Role of Secondary Sensory Cortices in Emotional Memory
Storage/Retrieval
Defining the mechanisms of age-related muscle loss: focus on
autophagy
Droplets and emulsions: dynamics and rheology
The Flavour of New Physics
Elliptic Pdes and Symmetry of Interfaces and Layers for Odd
Nonlinearities
Developing and Applying Structural Techniques for
Combinatorial Objects
Printed microfluidic counting chambers for low-cost point-ofcare diagnostics
Shedding light on catalyst systems for a brighter future with
green oxidation chemistry
New Advances through the boundaries of Poisson Geometry
PE4
SH1
SH1
PE8
LS9
LS5
LS4
PE3
PE2
PE1
PE1
LS7
PE4
PE1
Thylakoid membrane in action: acclimation strategies in algae LS1
and plants
Elite Leadership Positions In The Emerging Second
SH2
Generation
The Interplay Between the Upward Trend in Home-Ownership SH2
and Income Inequality in Advanced Welfare Democracies
SH3
PE9
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EmbER
Host Institution
Acronym
KOOLE
Sander
Vereniging voor Christelijk Hoger Onderwijs
Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek en Patientenzorg
KRISHNADATH
Kausilia
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
NL
TargetS4Barrett
LAMMES
Sybille
Universiteit Utrecht
NL
Charting the Digital
LEMAY
Serge Guy
Universiteit Twente
NL
ECnano
LUTTGE
Regina
Universiteit Twente
NL
MESOTAS
MANSVELDER
Huibert
Vereniging voor Christelijk Hoger Onderwijs
Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek en Patientenzorg
NL
BrainSignals
MEDENDORP
MERKX
Wijbrand Pieter
Maarten
Stichting Katholieke Universiteit
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
NL
NL
PACE
SwitchProteinSwitch
MISCHI
Massimo
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
NL
CU-Angio
MOSK
Allard Pieter
Universiteit Twente
NL
pharos
NETO
Andrea
Technische Universiteit Delft
NL
AAATSI
NIEUWENHUIS
NOLLEN
Sander
Ellen
Universiteit Leiden
Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen
NL
NL
OTTO
OVAA
RADSTAKE
Sijbren
Huib
Timothy
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Stichting Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut
Stichting Katholieke Universiteit
ROELFES
Gerard
RONALD
Project Title
Panel
Embodied Emotion Regulation
SH4
Targeting the BMP4/pSMAD/CDX-2 axis for Eradicating
Barrett's esophagus
Charting the Digital: Digital Mapping Practices as New Media
Cultures
Electrochemistry in fluidic nanodevices: From fundamentals to
integrated sensor platforms
Chatting with Neurons: A novel approach to the study of
neurophysiologic responses of neuronal tissue in vitro,
combining nanotechnology, tissue engineering, microfluidics
and neuroelectrophysiology
Optical dissection of circuits underlying fast cholinergic
signalling during cognitive behaviour
LS9
Perception and Action in Accelerating Environments
Engineering proteins switches: sensors and regulators for
biology and diagnostics
Prostate cancer localization by contrast-ultrasound
angiogenesis imaging
Guiding Light through Disorder in Adaptive Photonic
Resonator Arrays
Adavanced Antenna Architecture for THz sensing Instruments
SH4
PE5
NOREPI
PDcontrol
Noradrenergic control of human cognition
Protein damage control: regulation of toxic protein
aggregation in aging-associated neurodegenerative diseases
SH4
LS3
NL
NL
NL
REPLI
UBICODE
CIRCUMVENT
PE5
LS1
LS6
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
NL
MADNA
Richard
Universiteit van Amsterdam
NL
HOUWEL
Self replication in dynamic molecular networks
Decoding the ubiquitin code
Closing in on Runx3 and CXCL4 to open novel avenues for
therapeutic intervention in systemic sclerosis
Modular Assembly of DNA-based systems; bio-inspired
artificial allosteric assemblies
Housing Markets and Welfare State Transformations: How
Family Housing Property is Reshaping Welfare Regimes
SANDERS
Rogier
Academic Medical Center of The University of Amsterdam
NL
SHEV
LS6
SCHAYE
Joop
Universiteit Leiden
NL
GasAroundGalaxies
SCHURINGA
Jan Jacob
Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen
NL
huLSCtargeting
SLOMP
Caroline
Universiteit Utrecht
NL
PHOXY
SLOTBOOM
SMETS
Dirk Jan
Sonja
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Universiteit van Amsterdam
NL
NL
ABCtransport
LogiCIC
Stabilizing the exposure of neutralization epitopes on HIV-1
envelope glycoprotein trimer vaccines
Studying the gas around galaxies with the Multi Unit
Spectroscopic Explorer and hydrodynamical simulations
Human leukemic stem cells: from identification towards
targeting and eradication
Phosphorus dynamics in low-oxygen marine systems:
quantifying the nutrient-climate connection in Earth’s past,
present and future
Minimalist multipurpose ATP-binding cassette transporters
The Logical Structure of Correlated Information Change
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
Released date: 30/08/2011
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PE8
LS5
PE7
PE3
PE7
PE5
SH2
PE9
LS7
PE10
LS1
SH4
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Host Institution
TAATGEN
VAN DE BEEK
Niels Anne
Diederik
VAN DER VLUGT
Jarl Ivar
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Academisch Medisch Centrum bij de Universiteit van
Amsterdam
Universiteit van Amsterdam
VAN DER WAL
Caspar Heimen
VAN DER WERF
Host
Acronym
country
NL
MULTITASK
NL
MeninGene
Project Title
Panel
Towards safe and productive human multitasking
Nationwide prospective study on community-acquired
bacterial meningitis: from genetics to therapy
Smart Systems for Small Molecule Activation and Sustainable
Homogeneous Catalysis
Quantum Optics with Spins in Solid State: The Power of
Ensembles
Quantifying CO2 emissions from tropical deforestation to
‘close’ the global carbon budget
SH4
LS7
LS1
NL
EURECAT
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
NL
SolidSpinQopt
Guido
Vereniging voor Christelijk Hoger Onderwijs
Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek en Patientenzorg
NL
DE-CO2
VAN OIJEN
Antoine
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
NL
SINGLEREPLISOME
VAN OMMEN
Jan Rudolf
Technische Universiteit Delft
NL
AggloNanoCoat
VELTMAN
Joris
Stichting Katholieke Universiteit
NL
DENOVO
VINK
Jacqueline Mignon
Vereniging voor Christelijk Hoger Onderwijs
Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek en Patientenzorg
NL
ADDICTION
Under the hood: Single-molecule studies of the DNA
replication machinery
The interplay between agglomeration and coating of
nanoparticles in the gas phase
Detection and interpretation of de novo mutations and
structural genomic variations in mental retardation
Beyond the Genetics of Addiction
WAGENMAKERS
Eric-Jan
Universiteit van Amsterdam
NL
BAYES OR BUST!
Bayes or Bust: Sensible Hypothesis Tests for Social Scientists SH4
WEIJERS
ZIGON
Dolf
Jarrett
Wageningen Universiteit
Universiteit van Amsterdam
NL
NL
CELLPATTERN
AIDSRIGHTS
LS3
SH2
CHRISTIANSEN
FJELL
Snorre Harald
Anders Martin
Universitetet I Oslo
Universitetet I Oslo
NO
NO
STUCCOFIELDS
ConstructiveMem
HARSTAD
Bard
Universitetet I Oslo
NO
GInE
LUNDHAUG
Hugo
Universitetet I Oslo
NO
NEWCONT
The Cellular Basis of Multicellular Pattern Formation
Rights, Responsibilities, and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Global
Impact on Moral and Political Subjectivity
Structure and scaling in computational field theories
Emergence and decline of constructive memory - Life-span
changes in a common brain network for imagination and
episodic memory
General Institutional Equilibrium
- with implications for environmental policy
New Contexts for Old Texts: Unorthodox Texts and Monastic
Manuscript Culture in Fourth- and Fifth-Century Egypt
RUUD
Kenneth
Universitetet I Tromsoe
NO
SURFSPEC
PE4
GARSTECKI
Piotr
Instytut Chemii Fizycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
PL
microCODE
NOWOTNY
Marcin
International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
PL
NERCOMP
Theoretical multiphoton spectroscopy for understanding
surfaces and interfaces
Microfluidic Combinatorial On Demand Systems: a Platform
for High-Throughput Screening in Chemistry and
Biotechnology.
Structural studies of Nucleotide Excision Repair complexes
FEUK
Lars
Uppsala Universitet
SE
GenoVar
JOHANSEN
Anders
Lunds Universitet
SE
PEBBLE2PLANET
KÖHLER
Claudia
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
SE
Triploid Block
KRAGIC JENSFELT
Danica
Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan
SE
FLEXBOT
LINDVALL
Johannes
Lunds Universitet
SE
Reform Capacity
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
Released date: 30/08/2011
Sequence based strategies to identify genetic variation
associated with mental retardation and schizophrenia
From pebbles to planets: towards new horizons in the
formation of planets
Mechanisms of polyploidy-mediated postzygotic reproductive
isolation
Flexible object manipulation based on statistical learning and
topological representations
The Reform Capacity of Governments
PE5
PE3
PE10
PE8
LS2
SH4
PE1
SH4
SH1
SH5
PE4
LS1
LS2
PE9
LS3
PE6
SH2
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Host
Acronym
country
SE
CARDIOPREVENT
Host Institution
MELANDER
Olle Sten
Lunds Universitet
MORROW
NIKLAUS
NORDSTRÖM
OLSSON
SCHLÜTER
Edward Hugh
Frank
Karl Jakob
Andreas
Maja
Uppsala Universitet
Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan
Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholms Universitet
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
2Sexes_1Genome
M&M´S
UtHoTP
ELSI
SES-LINK
SILBERBERG
SIMON
WESTENHOFF
Gilad
Andras
Sebastian
Karolinska Institutet
Karolinska Institutet
Goeteborgs Universitet
SE
SE
SE
SENSTRIATUM
BRAINGAIN
StructDyn
ZAGAR
Nedjeljka
Univerza V Ljubljani
SI
MODES
AHEL
Ivan
The University of Manchester
UK
MacDoPro
ALBI
Anneli
University of Kent
UK
ConstEurGlobGov
AMRITH
Sunil
Birkbeck College - University of London
UK
CFrontiers
ANTHOPOULOS
Thomas
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
UK
AMPRO
BATTAGLIA
BAUMANN
Giuseppe
Daniel
UK
UK
MEViC
TOI
BEHRENS
Axel
The University of Sheffield
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
Cancer Research Uk
UK
ATMINDDR
BENOIT
Kenneth
London School of Economics and Political Science
UK
QUANTESS
BILBAO
Stefan
The University of Edinburgh
UK
NeSS
BORDAS
Stéphane
Cardiff University
UK
RealTCut
BROWN
Michael
The University of Manchester
UK
PFPMWC
BURRONE
Juan
King's College London
UK
ceidnfsttais
CACUCCI
Francesca
University College London
UK
DEVSPACE
CHEIANOV
Vadim
Lancaster University
UK
NEDFOQ
COJA-OGHLAN
CURNOW
Amin
Paul
The University of Warwick
University of Bristol
UK
UK
PTCC
IMPLANT
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
Released date: 30/08/2011
Project Title
Panel
Integration of genomics and cardiometabolic plasma
biomarkers for improved prediction and primary prevention of
cardiovascular disease
Sex-specific genetic effects on fitness and human disease
New Paradigms for MEMS & NEMS Integration
Understanding the Hardness of Theorem Proving
Emotional Learning in Social Interaction
The nature of social-ecological linkages and their implication
for the resilience of human-environment systems
LS7
Sensory Integration in the Striatal Microcircuit
Novel strategies for brain regeneration
‘Filming’ excited state structural dynamics in photosynthesis
and organic semiconductors
Modal analysis of atmospheric balance, predictability and
climate
Macro domain proteins in the cellular stress response and
links to human disease
The Role and Future of National Constitutions in European
and Global Governance
Coastal Frontiers: Water, Power, and the Boundaries of South
Asia
Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices through Novel
Processing Paradigms
Molecular engineering of virus-like carriers
Theoretical Foundations and Observational Tests of
Inflationary Cosmology
ATMINistrating ATM signalling: exploring the significance of
ATM regulation by ATMIN
Quantitative Analysis of Textual Data for Social Sciences
LS5
LS3
PE4
LS8
PE7
PE6
SH4
SH3
PE10
LS1
SH2
SH6
PE5
PE5
PE9
LS1
SH2
Listening to the Future: Next-generation Sound Synthesis
PE6
through Simulation
Towards real time multiscale simulation of cutting in non-linear PE8
materials
with applications to surgical simulation and computer guided
surgery
Probing fundamental physics with multi-wavelength cosmology PE9
Controlling excitability in developing neurons: from synapses LS5
to the axon initial segment
LS5
The development of the hippocampal spatial representation
system
Non-equilibrium dynamics of quantum fluids in one dimension PE3
Phase transitions and computational complexity
Silicon transport proteins in biological nanoscience and
synthetic biology
PE6
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Host
Acronym
country
UK
PSC and LMCF
DA SILVA GRACA
ARROJA NEVES
DE LA TORRE
DE VIVO
Ignacio
University College London
Filippo Luciano Carlo Birkbeck College - University of London
UK
UK
ORACEAF
AR.C.H.I.ves
DE WEERDT
Hilde
DESSAI
UK
Chinese Empire
Suraje
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
The University of Exeter
UK
ICAD
DOBBS
DRAGOTTI
Clare
Pier Luigi
The University of Exeter
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
UK
UK
LOCALSTAR
RecoSamp
DULLENS
Roel
UK
ImColMat
EDEL
Joshua
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
UK
NanoP
ENDRES
Robert
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
UK
PPHPI
EWERS
Robert Mark
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
UK
TERRAGEN
FAROOQI
Ismaa Sadaf
UK
STILTS
FERNANDES DA
MATA
FIELDING
Tiago Jorge
UK
ECONPUBLIC
Suzanne
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
University of Durham
UK
RheoActive
FRANCIS
Darrel
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
UK
SureScan
FRANKLIN
Anna
University of Surrey
UK
CATEGORIES
FUSARO
Maria
The University of Exeter
UK
LUPE
GALEOTTI
GALLOP
Andrea
Jennifer Louise
University of Essex
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
University of Southampton
UK
UK
NETWORKS
MembranesActin
UK
WBT
King's College London
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
University of Durham
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
Lancaster University
UK
UK
TeamControl
NANOSTRUCTURE
UK
UK
Living Poets
AAS
UK
SpatialHumanities
GANAPATHISUBRAM Bharathram
ANI
GOLD
GOODWIN
Natalie Karen
Andrew Leslie
GRAZIOSI
GREEN
Barbara
Ben
GREGORY
Ian Norman
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
Released date: 30/08/2011
Project Title
Panel
Positive Scalar Curvature and Lagrangian Mean Curvature
Flow
The origins of the Acheulean in East Africa
A comparative history of archives in late medieval and early
modern Italy
China and the Historical Sociology of Empire
PE1
Advancing Knowledge Systems to Inform Climate Adaptation
Decisions
Modelling star formation in the local universe
Sampling and Reconstruction driven by Sparsity Models with
Applications in Sensor Networks and Neuroscience
Impurities in Colloidal Materials - tuning the properties of
crystals, powders and glasses
Nanoporous Membranes for High Throughput Rare Event Bioanalysis
Physical principles in host-pathogen interactions
SH3
Terragenesis: Using landscape ontogeny to predict the
persistence of species
Genetic and physiological basis of thinness
LS8
Economics in the Public Sphere: USA, UK, France, Poland
and Brazil since 1945
Geometry, instability and activity in complex and biological
fluids
Rapid reliable volume status and ventricular function
assessment by non-specialist staff using innovative imaging in
clinical practice
The origin and impact of colour categories in thought and
language
Sailing into Modernity: Comparative Perspectives on the
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century European Economic
Transition
Networks, Markets and Organizations
Membrane-triggered actin polymerisation: molecular
mechanisms and morphogenesis
Finding order to harness chaos: A new approach to
understanding and controlling high Reynolds-number wallbounded turbulence.
Self-Control and the Person: An Inter-Disciplinary Account
Solving the nanostructure problem: Understanding, exploiting
and designing functional disordered materials
Living Poets: A New Approach to Ancient Poetry
Approximate algebraic structure and applications
SH2
Bringing GIS to the Digital Humanities: Defining the Spatial
Humanities
SH3
SH6
SH6
SH6
PE9
PE7
PE3
PE4
LS2
LS4
PE3
LS7
SH4
SH6
SH1
LS3
PE8
SH4
PE5
SH5
PE1
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Host Institution
GROSS
Einav
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
GUCK
Jochen
HASLAM
Michael
HAYWOOD
HENNESSY
Alan
Christopher
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
University of leeds
London Business School
HEVIA
Eva
HOFMANN
Stephan
HOUGHTON
Host
Acronym
country
UK
WTBLDOHRNCE
Project Title
Panel
Walking the tightrope between life and death: Oxygen
homeostasis regulation in the nematode Caenorhabditis
elegans
Feeling with Light - Development of a multimodal optofluidic
platform for high-content blood cell analysis
Primate archaeology: an evolutionary context for the
emergence of technology
Pliocene Constraints on Earth System Sensitivity
Dynamic Structural Corporate Finance: Linking Theory and
Empirical Testing
Tailoring Mixed-Metal Chemistry for Frontier Synthetic and
Catalytic Applications
In-situ metrology for the controlled growth and interfacing of
nanomaterials
The Earliest Commentaries on Paul as Sources for the
Biblical Text
Progression factors in melanoma leading to novel therapeutic
targets
Cellular pathways determining growth and human brain size
LS4
UK
LightTouch
UK
PRIMARCH
UK
UK
Plio-ESS
DYNACORP
University of Strathclyde
UK
MixMetApps
UK
InSituNANO
Hugh
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
The University of Birmingham
UK
COMPAUL
HURLSTONE
Adam
The University of Manchester
UK
PROMINENT
JACKSON
Andrew Peter
Medical Research Council
UK
HumGenSize
JAMES
JAMIESON
Leo
Kyle
Medical Research Council
University College London
UK
UK
IAI
CHAOSNETS
JEFFERIES
Elizabeth
University of York
UK
SEMBIND
JEUKEN
Lars
University of leeds
UK
MEME
Intracellular antibody Immunity
Building Scalable, Secure, and Reliable "Chaotic" Wireless
Networks
Wedding bells or bedding wells? Lexical and semantic
influences on phoneme binding
Membrane-modified Electrodes to study Membrane Enzymes
JIGGINS
Francis
UK
DrosophilaInfection
Genetic variation in the susceptibility of Drosophila to infection LS8
JONES
Benedict
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
The University Court of The University of Aberdeen
UK
OCMATE
Do oral contraceptives alter women’s mate preferences?
SH4
JUETTNER
KALBERER
Andreas
Markus
UK
UK
NEWPHYSICSHPC
COrANE
PE2
PE10
KATZ
Richard
Unraveling new physics on high-performance computers
Composition and Sources of Atmospheric Organic Aerosol
and their Negative Health Effects
Ice ages, Sea level, and Magmatism: Coupled oscillations
KEMP
KHLOBYSTOV
UK
ISMAGiC
Alan John
Andrei
University of Southampton
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
University of Strathclyde
The University of Nottingham
UK
UK
DiaL
NANOMOL
KIRCHER
Philipp
London School of Economics and Political Science
UK
LaborHeterogeneity
KITTLER
Josef
University College London
UK
FuellingSynapses
KNIGHT
Julian
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
UK
RegVarMHC
KRASNOV
Kirill
The University of Nottingham
UK
DIGT
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
Released date: 30/08/2011
LS7
SH6
PE10
SH1
PE5
PE4
SH5
LS4
LS2
LS6
PE7
SH4
LS1
PE10
Diamond Lasers: Revolutionising Laser Engineering
From Nano Test Tube to Nano Reactor: Visualisation,
Manipulation and Synthesis of Molecules at Nanoscale
Labor Heterogeneity in Search Markets
PE7
PE5
Regulation of neuronal connectivity and plasticity by activitydependent mitochondrial trafficking to synapses
Genetic and epigenetic determinants of allele-specific gene
expression in the human Major Histocompatibility Complex
LS5
SH1
LS2
Diffeomorphism Invariant Gauge Theories, Asymptotic Safety PE2
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First Name
Host Institution
KROENING
Daniel
LABORDE
Cecile
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
University College London
LARROSA
Igor
LEWENS
Timothy Mark
MACKENZIE
Simon
MACLEAN
Roderick Craig
MALLAT
Host
Acronym
country
UK
CPROVER
Project Title
Panel
Validation of Concurrent Software Across Abstraction Layers
PE6
UK
RAPT
Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
UK
MakeItSimple
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
University of Glasgow
UK
SCINAT
UK
GTICO
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
UK
RESISTEVO
The evolution of antibiotic resistance: integrating molecular
mechanisms of resistance and evolutionary context
LS8
Ziad
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
UK
IM Targeting CVD
LS4
MCDERMONT
Morag
University of Bristol
UK
NewSites
MCMUNN
Anne Marie
University College London
UK
SocialChangeHealth
MICHELUTTI
Lucia
UK
AISMA
MILNER
MONROE
MORALES
Nicola
Jocelyn
Laura
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
University of York
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
The University of Manchester
UK
UK
UK
POSTGLACIAL
darkfrontier
RESPONSIVEGOV
MORTON
John
UK
ASCENT
MOUHOT
Clément
UK
MATKIT
Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Patients with Immune
Mediated Disorders as a Model to Investigate the Link
between Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease: From
Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Application
New Sites of Legal Consciousness: a case study of UK advice
agencies
Health Effects of Social Change in Gender, Work & Family:
Life Course Evidence from Great Britain
An anthropological investigation of muscular politics in South
Asia
After the Ice: Postglacial hunter-gatherer lifeways
Fundamental Physics at the Low Background Frontier
Democratic Responsiveness in Comparative Perspective:
How Do Democratic Governments Respond to Different
Expressions of Public Opinion?
Advanced materials and devices for hybrid spin coherent
technologies
Mathematical Aspects of Kinetic Theory
NAGY
Zoltan Kalman
UK
CrySys
NAVARO-YASHIN
Yael
UK
REMNANTS
NEIL
NICOLOSI
Stuart
Valeria
UK
UK
HIV Host Factors
2DNanoCaps
NIENBORG
Hendrikje
UK
NeuroOptoGen
NOLTE
(Margrit) Insa
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
King's College London
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
The University of Birmingham
UK
Knowing_each_other
NOSIL
Patrik
The University of Sheffield
UK
NatHisGen
OLIVER
Rachel Angharad
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
UK
MACONS
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
Loughborough University
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
Released date: 30/08/2011
Is Religion Special? Reformulating Secularism and Religion in SH2
Legal and Contemporary Theory
Make it simple: towards a new era for organic synthesis
PE5
A Science of Human Nature? Philosophical Disputes at the
Interface of Natural and Social Science.
Global traffic in illicit cultural objects: developing knowledge
for improving interventions in a transnational criminal market
Crystallisation Systems Engineering – Towards a next
generation of intelligent crystallisation systems
Living With Remnants: Politics, Materiality and Subjectivity in
the Aftermath of Past Atrocities in Turkey
Host factors that facilitate and restrict HIV-1 replication
Next Generation of 2D-Nanomaterials: Enabling
Supercapacitor Development
Optogenetic examination of the role of feedback on visual
processing and perception
Knowing each other: everyday religious encounters, social
identities and tolerance in southwest Nigeria
Species formation from beginning to end: integrative tests of
competing hypotheses for the origins of diversity
A multi-microscopy approach to the characterisation of Nitride
semiconductors (MACONS)
SH4
SH2
SH2
SH2
SH2
SH6
PE2
SH2
PE3
PE1
PE8
SH2
LS6
PE8
LS5
SH2
LS8
PE5
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ERC Starting Grants 2011 Results
Last Name
List of selected Principal Investigators
(by host institution's country)
All domains
First Name
Host
country
UK
XXDNAM
Host Institution
Acronym
OOI
Steen Kian Thye
University College London
PADRO MIQUEL
Gerard
London School of Economics and Political Science
UK
GOVERN
PARKHURST
Justin Oliver
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
UK
GRIP-Health
PEACOCK
Andrew
UK
IslamAnatolia
PORMANN
PRZULJ
Peter Ernst
Natasa
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
The University of Warwick
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
UK
UK
ARABCOMMAPH
BIONET
REALL
Harvey Stephen
UK
HiDGR
REBROV
Evgeny
UK
RFMiFiCS
REDDY
Akhilesh
RIHEL
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
Queen's University Belfast
Project Title
Panel
How does the X chromosome regulate DNA methylation in
pluripotent stem cells?
Local Governance and Dynamic Conflict in Developing
Countries
Getting Research Into Policy in Public Health : transforming
the evidence-to-policy response through utilisation of political
insights
The Islamisation of Anatolia, c. 1100-1500
LS2
SH1
LS7
SH6
Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms
Network Topology Complements Genome as a Source of
Biological Information
Higher dimensional general relativity: explicit solutions and the
classification and stability of black holes.
RF-enhanced Microprocessing for Fine Chemicals Synthesis
using Catalysts Supported on Magnetic Nanoparticles
SH6
PE6
PE2
PE8
UK
MetaCLOCK
Metabolic oscillations and the 24 hour (circadian) clockwork
LS3
Jason
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
University College London
UK
ZFISHSLEEP
LS5
ROBINSON
Laura Frances
University of Bristol
UK
CACH
SCHOENBAECHLER
SCHWYZER
Maria
Philip
The University of Manchester
The University of Exeter
UK
UK
EARLYEARTH
PASTPLACE
SLEEBOOMFAULKNER
Margaret
University of Sussex
UK
Bionetworking
SMITH
Andrew
The University Court of The University of St Andrews
UK
EnolCat
SMOUKOV
Stoyan
UK
EMATTER
SNAITH
Henry James
UK
HYPER
SPRING
David
UK
DOS
STEEL
STIER
Catherine
Philip
UK
UK
FRRO
ACCLAIM
STINGELIN
Natalie
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
University of Glasgow
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Resolving the Neuropharmacology and Genetics of Zebrafish
Sleep
Reconstructing abrupt Changes in Chemistry and Circulation
of the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean: Implications for global
Climate and deep-water Habitats
Accretion and Differentiation of Terrestrial Planets
The Past in its Place: Histories of Memory in England and
Wales
Bionetworking in Asia - A social science approach to
international collaboration, informal exchanges, and
responsible innovation in the life sciences
Emulating Nature: Reaction Diversity and Understanding
through Asymmetric Catalysis
New materials for energy production and sustainable energy
use
Hybrid Photovoltaic Energy Relays
UK
OASIS
SUBRAMANIAN
Sriram
University of Bristol
UK
INTERACT
SUMMERFIELD
Christopher
UK
URGENCY
TANAKA
Atau
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Oxford
Goldsmiths' College
UK
MetaGestureMusic
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
Released date: 30/08/2011
PE10
PE10
SH5
SH2
PE5
PE8
PE3
Drugging the Undruggable: Discovery of Protein-Protein
Interaction Modulators Using Diversity-Oriented Synthesis
The Fragments of the Republican Roman Orators
Aerosols effects on convective clouds and climate
PE5
Organic/inorganic hybrids for solution-processable photonic
structures
Interactive Systems Involving Multi-point Surfaces, Haptics
and true-3D displays
Neurocomputational determinants of decision urgency in
humans
Meta-Gesture Music: Social, Embodied, Interactive Musical
Instruments
PE5
SH5
PE10
PE6
LS5
SH5
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ERC Starting Grants 2011 Results
Last Name
List of selected Principal Investigators
(by host institution's country)
All domains
First Name
Host Institution
TOMITA
TONG
Kazunori
David Mark
VALLIER
Ludovic Patrick
VAN HUNEN
VELDHOEN
Jeroen
Marc
University College London
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
University of Durham
The Babraham Institute
WALSH
Aron
WEBB
Host
country
UK
HRMCB
UK
SCS
Acronym
Project Title
Panel
Hidden role of the meiotic chromosomal bouquet
Strongly Coupled Systems
LS3
PE2
LS7
UK
relieve-IMDs
UK
UK
MASE
Epithelial_Immunol
University College London
UK
Hybrids
Thomas Llewelyn
The University of Sheffield
UK
TheOstrichProblem
WILSON
Jeanne Rachel
Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
UK
neutrinoSNO+
WYATT
Mark Charles
UK
DEBRIS
ZENGINI
ZUBERBÜHLER
Eleftheria
Klaus
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of
Cambridge
Genome Research Limited
The University Court of The University of St Andrews
Reprogramming cell identity to develop new therapies against
Inherited Metabolic Disorders of the liver
Modelling the Archaean Subduction Environment
Crosstalk of epithelial lymphocytes ad microbiota in
influencing imminity and metabolism
Hybrid Semiconductors: Design Principles and Material
Applications
'The ostrich problem': When and why people fail to monitor
their goal progress and the development of a new focus for
behaviour change interventions
Probing fundamental properties of the neutrino at the SNO+
Experiment
Debris in extrasolar planetary systems
UK
UK
SEPI
prilang
Sequencing population isolates to find complex trait loci
The primate roots of human language
© 2011 European Research Council - http://erc.europa.eu
Released date: 30/08/2011
PE10
LS6
PE5
SH4
PE2
PE9
LS2
SH4
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ERC Panels Structure and legends
Physical Sciences & Engineering (PE)
Life Sciences (LS)
PE1 Mathematics
PE2 Fundamental constituents of matter
PE3 Condensed matter physics
PE4 Physical and analytical chemical sciences
PE5 Materials and synthesis
PE6 Computer science and informatics
PE7 Systems and communication engineering
PE8 Products and processes engineering
PE9 Universe sciences
PE10 Earth system science
LS1 Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry
LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology
LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology
LS5 Neurosciences and neural disorders
LS6 Immunity and infection
LS7 Diagnostic tools, therapies and public health
LS8 Evolutionary, population and environmental biology
LS9 Applied life sciences and biotechnology
EU Member states
AT Austria
BE Belgium
BG Bulgaria
CY Cyprus
CZ Czech Republic
DE Germany
DK Denmark
EE Estonia
EL Greece
ES Spain
FI Finland
FR France
HU Hungary
IE Ireland
IT Italy
LT Lithuania
LU Luxembourg
LV Latvia
MT Malta
NL Netherlands
PL Poland
PT Portugal
RO Romania
SE Sweden
SI Slovenia
SK Slovakia
UK United Kingdom
FP7 Associated countries
AL Albania
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina
CH Switzerland
FO Faroe Islands
HR Croatia
IL Israel
IS Iceland
LI Liechtenstein
ME Republic of Montenegro
MK FYR of Macedonia
NO Norway
RS Serbia
TR Turkey
Social Sciences & Humanities (SH)
SH1 Individuals, institutions and markets
SH2 Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour
SH3 Environment, space and population
SH4 The Human Mind and its complexity
SH5 Cultures and cultural production
SH6 The study of the human past