ERC Advanced Grants 2016
Last Name
First
Name
BUSSLINGER
Meinrad
FRIML
Jiri
HEISENBERG
CarlPhilipp
TANAKA
Elly
CARMELIET
Peter
List of Principal Investigators – Life Sciences domain
Host Institution
Local Name
Forschungsinstitut
für Molekulare
Pathologie
Ges.m.b.H
Institute of Science
and Technology
Austria
Institute of Science
and Technology
Austria
Forschungsinstitut
für Molekulare
Pathologie
Ges.m.b.H
Host
Country
Friedrich Miescher
Institute for
Biomedical
Research
Friedrich Miescher
Institute for
Biomedical
Research
Friedrich Miescher
Institute for
Biomedical
Research
Université de
Lausanne
Host Institution
Name
The Research
Institute of
Molecular
Pathology
Institute of Science
and Technology
Austria
Institute of Science
and Technology
Austria
The Research
Institute of
Molecular
Pathology
Flanders Institute
for Biotechnology
(VIB)
Friedrich Miescher
Institute for
Biomedical
Research
Friedrich Miescher
Institute for
Biomedical
Research
Friedrich Miescher
Institute for
Biomedical
Research
University of
Lausanne
Vlaams Instituut
voor Biotechnologie
Acronym
Panel
PlasmaCellControl
Transcriptional control of plasma cell
development and function
LS6
AT
ETAP
Tracing Evolution of Auxin Transport and
Polarity in Plants
LS3
AT
MECSPEC
Interaction and feedback between cell
mechanics and fate specification in
vertebrate gastrulation
LS3
AT
RegGeneMems
Understanding the evolution of regenerationpermissive gene expression and positional
memory in Axolotl limb regeneration
LS3
BE
TECNEC
Preclinical concept validation of tumor
endothelial cell metabolism for novel antiangiogenic therapy
LS4
CH
MCircuits
Connectivity, plasticity and function of an
olfactory memory circuit
LS5
CH
Epiherigans
Writing, reading and managing stress with
H3K9me
LS2
CH
CYCLODE
Cyclical and Linear Timing Modes in
Development
LS3
CH
ResiliANT
Resilience in ant societies
LS8
Rainer
GASSER
Susan
GROSSHANS
Helge
KELLER
Laurent
KUHLEMEIER
Cris
Universität Bern
University of Bern
CH
RESPEC
MACPHERSON
Andrew J.
Universität Bern
University of Bern
CH
HHMM-Neonates
Joern
Eidgenössische
Technische
Hochschule Zürich
Swiss Federal
Institute of
Technology Zurich
(ETH Zurich)
CH
SynPlex
2017 European Research Council – http://erc.europa.eu
Title
AT
FRIEDRICH
PIEL
Host institution refers to
institution at time of application
3/04/2017
Reconstruction of Pollinator-Mediated
Speciation by Identification and Substitution
of Causative Mutations
Development of Healthy Host-Microbial
Mutualism in Early Life
Tailored chemical complexity through
evolution-inspired synthetic biology
LS8
LS6
LS9
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ERC Advanced Grants 2016
Last Name
WAGNER
First
Name
Andreas
BRÜNING
Jens C.
BUCHHOLZ
Frank
BUKAU
Bernd
CONTI
Elena
DICK
Tobias
Peter
DIKIC
Ivan
HIIRAGI
Takashi
HURT
Eduard
Christian
JENTSCH
Thomas
KLEIN
Ludger
LARSSON
Nils-Göran
List of Principal Investigators – Life Sciences domain
Host Institution
Local Name
Universität Zürich
Max-PlanckGesellschaft zur
Förderung der
Wissenschaften
e.V.
Technische
Universität Dresden
Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg
Max-PlanckGesellschaft zur
Förderung der
Wissenschaften
e.V.
Deutsches
Krebsforschungsze
ntrum
Johann Wolfgang
Goethe Universität
Frankfurt am Main
European Molecular
Biology Laboratory
Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg
Forschungsverbund
Berlin e.V.
LudwigMaximiliansUniversität
München
Max-PlanckGesellschaft zur
Förderung der
Wissenschaften
e.V.
2017 European Research Council – http://erc.europa.eu
Host Institution
Name
Host
Country
Acronym
Host institution refers to
institution at time of application
Title
Panel
University of Zurich
CH
NoiseRobustEvo
Noise and robustness in the evolution of
novel protein phenotypes
Max Planck Society
DE
SYNEME
Systems Neuroscience of Metabolism
Technical University
of Dresden
DE
GENSURGE
University of
Heidelberg
DE
TransFold
Max Planck Society
DE
EXORICO
Exosome and ribosome coupling
LS1
German Cancer
Research Centre
DE
Redox Relays
Detecting, understanding and exploiting
intracellular redox signaling relays
LS1
DE
Ub-BAC
Dissecting and targeting ubiquitin networks in
the course of bacterial infections
LS6
DE
SelforganisingEmbryo
Self-organisation across the scales in early
mammalian development
LS3
University of
Heidelberg
DE
Glowsome
Encapsulated eukaryotic ribosome assembly
LS1
Forschungsverbund
Berlin e.V.
DE
VOLSIGNAL
Volume regulation and extracellular signalling
by anion channels
LS4
University of Munich
(LMU)
DE
TOLERANCE
FOOTPRINT
Clonal Deletion versus Clonal Diversion:
Footprints of Self-Tolerance in the T Cell
Repertoire
LS6
Max Planck Society
DE
mtDNA-CURE
Treating mitochondrial disease caused by
pathogenic mtDNA mutations
LS4
Johann Wolfgang
Goethe University
Frankfurt am Main
European Molecular
Biology Laboratory
3/04/2017
Designer recombinases for efficient and safe
genome surgery
Molecular Biology of Nascent Chains: Cotranslational folding and assembly of proteins
in eukaryotes
LS8
LS5
LS2
LS1
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Last Name
First
Name
Host Institution
Name
Johann Wolfgang
Goethe University
Frankfurt am Main
Max Delbrück
Center for
Molecular Medicine
in the Helmholtz
Association
Host
Country
Acronym
Title
Panel
LS9
DE
ACETOGENS
DE
ThermalMR
Thermal Magnetic Resonance: A New
Instrument to Define the Role of Temperature
in Biological Systems and Disease for
Diagnosis and Therapy
LS7
Max Planck Society
DE
GeroProtect
Developing Geroprotectors to Prevent
Polymorbidity
LS2
Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology
DE
CRISBREED
German Cancer
Research Centre
DE
BARCODEDCELLTRACING
Max Planck Society
DE
NeuroRibo
Specialized Ribosomes for Neuronal Protein
Synthesis
LS5
European Molecular
Biology Laboratory
European Molecular
Biology Laboratory
DE
SystGeneEdit
Dissecting quantitative traits and their
underlying genetic interactions via systematic
genome editing
LS2
Maiken
Københavns
Universitet
DK
GlymphEye
The Ocular Glymphatic System
LS5
Dimitrios
Idryma
Iatroviologikon
Ereunon Akademias
Athinon
University of
Copenhagen
Biomedical
Research
Foundation
Academy of Athens
(BRFAA)
EL
LUPUSCARE
PRECISION CARE IN SYSTEMIC
AUTOIMMUNITY: AN INTEGRATED MULTITISSUE/LEVEL APPROACH FOR
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
(SLE)
LS7
Spanish National
Research Council
(CSIC)
ES
Evoland
Evolution of regulatory landscapes at multiple
timescales
LS8
University of Oviedo
ES
DeAge
Pompeu Fabra
University
ES
STEM-AGING
Volker
NIENDORF
Thoralf
PARTRIDGE
Linda
PUCHTA
Holger
RODEWALD
HansReimer
SCHUMAN
Erin
Margaret
STEINMETZ
Lars
NEDERGAARD
GOMEZ-SKARMETA
Jose Luis
LOPEZ OTIN
Carlos
MUNOZ-CANOVES
Host Institution
Local Name
Johann Wolfgang
Goethe Universität
Frankfurt am Main
Max-DelbrückCentrum für
Molekulare Medizin
in der HelmholtzGemeinschaft
Max-PlanckGesellschaft zur
Förderung der
Wissenschaften
e.V.
Karlsruher Institut
für Technologie
Deutsches
Krebsforschungsze
ntrum
Max-PlanckGesellschaft zur
Förderung der
Wissenschaften
e.V.
Host institution refers to
institution at time of application
Acetogenic bacteria: from basic physiology
via gene regulation to application in industrial
biotechnology
MÜLLER
BOUMPAS
List of Principal Investigators – Life Sciences domain
Pura
Agencia Estatal
Consejo Superior
de Investigaciones
Científicas
Universidad de
Oviedo
Universitat Pompeu
Fabra
2017 European Research Council – http://erc.europa.eu
3/04/2017
Multidimensional CRISPR/Cas mediated
engineering of plant breeding
Endogenous barcoding for in vivo fate
mapping of lineage development in the blood
and immune system
Deconstructing Ageing: from molecular
mechanisms to intervention strategies
Tissue regeneration and aging: the decisive
quiescent stem-cell state
LS9
LS6
LS4
LS4
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Last Name
First
Name
List of Principal Investigators – Life Sciences domain
Host Institution
Local Name
Fundación Centro
Nacional de
Investigaciones
Oncológicas Carlos
III
Host Institution
Name
Host
Country
Acronym
Host institution refers to
institution at time of application
Title
Panel
Chronic Systemic Inflammation: Functional
organ cross-talk in inflammatory disease and
cancer
LS4
Spanish National
Cancer Research
Centre (CNIO)
ES
CSI-Fun
Helsingin yliopisto
University of
Helsinki
FI
BrainDrain
Craig
Turun yliopisto
University of Turku
FI
MATURATION
Olli
Turun yliopisto
University of Turku
FI
MULTIEPIGEN
BLANCHOIN
Laurent
Commissariat à
l'énergie atomique
et aux énergies
alternatives
FR
AAA
Adaptive Actin Architectures
LS3
BOUSSO
Philippe
Institut national de
la santé et de la
recherche médicale
FR
ENLIGHTEN
INTEGRATION AND PROPAGATION OF
IMMUNOLOGICAL SIGNALS DURING
CANCER AND INFECTION
LS6
PREAT
Thomas
Centre National de
la Recherche
Scientifique (CNRS)
FR
EnergyMemo
Dynamic Interplay between Energy and
Memory
LS5
ACSADY
Laszlo
Magyar
Tudományos
Akadémia Kísérleti
Orvostudományi
Kutatóintézet
HU
FRONTHAL
Specificity of cortico-thalamic interactions
and its role in frontal cortical functions
LS5
RECHAVI
Gidi
IL
m1ARNA
SCHWARTZ
Michal
IL
ImmuneCheckpointsA
D
YARDEN
Yosef
French Alternative
Energies and
Atomic Energy
Commission (CEA)
National Institute of
Health and Medical
Research
(INSERM)
National Center for
Scientific Research
(CNRS)
Institute of
Experimental
Medicine Hungarian
Academy of
Sciences
Sheba Medical
Center
Weizmann Institute
of Science
Weizmann Institute
of Science
IL
onCOMBINE
CATTANEO
Elena
IT
HD-DittoGraph
WAGNER
Erwin
ALITALO
Kari
PRIMMER
RAITAKARI
Sheba Medical
Center
Weizmann Institute
of Science
Weizmann Institute
of Science
Università degli
studi di Milano
2017 European Research Council – http://erc.europa.eu
University of Milan
3/04/2017
Translational implications of the discovery of
brain-draining lymphatic vessels
Age at maturity in Atlantic salmon: molecular
and ecological dissection of an adaptive trait
Ancestral environmental exposures and
offspring health – a multigenerational
epidemiologic cohort study across 3
generations
Transcriptomic m1A - a new key player in the
epitranscriptome arena
Immune checkpoint blockade for fighting
Alzheimer’s disease
Towards evidence-based combinations of
approved and novel cancer drugs
HD-DittoGraph: a digital human Embryonic
Stem Cell platform for Huntington's repeats
LS7
LS8
LS7
LS2
LS5
LS7
LS5
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Last Name
First
Name
List of Principal Investigators – Life Sciences domain
Host Institution
Local Name
Ifom Fondazione
Istituto Firc di
Oncologia
Molecolare
Università degli
Studi di Perugia
Vilniaus
Universitetas
Erasmus
Universitair Medisch
Centrum Rotterdam
Het Nederlands
Kanker Instituut
Koninklijke
Nederlandse
Akademie van
Wetenschappen KNAW
Host Institution
Name
Host
Country
FIRC Institute for
Molecular Oncology
(IFOM)
IT
V-EPC
Inherited disfunctions of brain
microcirculation
LS4
University of
Perugia
IT
TREAT-NPM1-AML
Improving therapy of NPM1-mutated AML
LS7
Vilnius University
LT
EpiTrack
Single-cell temporal tracking of epigenetic
DNA marks
LS9
Erasmus Medical
Center Rotterdam
NL
Dam2Age
DNA Damage and Repair and its Impact on
Healthy Ageing
LS1
Netherlands Cancer
Institute
NL
SENSIT
Sensitivity of human tumors to T cell attack
LS6
Royal Netherlands
Academy of Arts
and Sciences
NL
IntScOmics
A single-cell genomics approach integrating
gene expression, lineage, and physical
interactions
LS2
Acronym
DEJANA
Elisabetta
FALINI
Brunangel
o
KLIMASAUSKAS
Saulius
HOEIJMAKERS
Jan
SCHUMACHER
Ton
VAN
OUDENAARDEN
Alexander
CORANDER
Jukka
Universitetet i Oslo
University of Oslo
NO
SCARABEE
CHIEN
Kenneth
Karolinska Institutet
Karolinska Institute
SE
5D Heart Patch
ERNFORS
Patrik
Karolinska Institutet
Karolinska Institute
SE
PainCells
HASSELQUIST
Dennis
Lunds universitet
Lund University
SE
EcoImmuneCosts
INGELMANSUNDBERG
Magnus
Karolinska Institutet
Karolinska Institute
SE
HEPASPHER
WARRANT
Eric
Lunds universitet
Lund University
SE
MagneticMoth
ATTWELL
David
University College
London
University College
London
UK
BrainEnergy
BEARD
Paul
University College
London
University College
London
UK
Photoclin
BOULTON
Simon
TelMetab
James
The Francis Crick
Institute
The Francis Crick
Institute
UK
BRISCOE
The Francis Crick
Institute
The Francis Crick
Institute
UK
LogNeuroDev
2017 European Research Council – http://erc.europa.eu
Host institution refers to
institution at time of application
3/04/2017
Title
Panel
Scalable inference algorithms for Bayesian
evolutionary epidemiology
A Functional, Mature In vivo Human
Ventricular Muscle Patch for Cardiomyopathy
Decomposition of pain into celltypes
Immunity in Ecology and Evolution: 'Hidden'
costs of disease, immune function and their
consequences for Darwinian fitness
Mimicking liver disease and regeneration in
vitro for drug development and liver
transplantation
Hunting for the elusive “sixth” sense:
navigation and magnetic sensation in a
nocturnal migratory moth
Control of cerebral blood flow by capillary
pericytes in health and disease
Advanced clinical photoacoustic imaging
systems based on optical microresonator
detection
Telomere metabolism in Genome Stability
and Disease
The molecular and cellular logic of vertebrate
neural development
LS8
LS7
LS5
LS8
LS7
LS8
LS5
LS7
LS1
LS3
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Last Name
First
Name
List of Principal Investigators – Life Sciences domain
Host Institution
Local Name
Host Institution
Name
University of
Cambridge
University of
Cambridge
University of
Glasgow
Sainsbury
Laboratory
University of
Glasgow
Sainsbury
Laboratory
Colin
University of Oxford
LUISI
Ben
ROBERT
Daniel
SCHAAP
Pauline
VALLIER
Ludovic
WIDSCHWENDTER
Martin
CLUTTON-BROCK
Tim
HOLYOAKE
Tessa
KAMOUN
Sophien
KLEANTHOUS
Host
Country
Acronym
UK
Group-DynamicsTCB
UK
ChAMPioN
UK
BLASTOFF
University of Oxford
UK
OMPorg
University of
Cambridge
University of
Cambridge
UK
VisTrans
University of Bristol
University of Bristol
UK
ElectroBee
University of
Dundee
University of
Cambridge
University of
Dundee
University of
Cambridge
UK
EVOSOM
UK
New Chol
University College
London
University College
London
UK
BRCA-ERC
2017 European Research Council – http://erc.europa.eu
3/04/2017
Host institution refers to
institution at time of application
Title
Panel
Effects of group dynamics on selection,
development and demography in cooperative
vertebrates
Game-changing Precision Medicine for
Curing All Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Retooling plant immunity for resistance to
blast fungi
Spatiotemporal organisation of bacterial outer
membrane proteins
Visualising transport dynamics of
transmembrane pumps
Mechanisms of electroreception in bees and
other terrestrial animals
Evolution of multicellularity and somatic cell
specialization
Development of New therapies against
cholangiopathies
Understanding cancer development in BRCA
1/2 mutation carriers for improved Early
detection and Risk Control
LS8
LS7
LS9
LS1
LS1
LS9
LS8
LS7
LS7
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