ERC Starting Grants 2016 to two former team members

Congratulations to Prof. Christos Bergeles and Prof. Selman Sakar for receiving a 2016 ERC Starting Grant.

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced today the awarding of its Starting Grants to 325 early-career researchers throughout Europe. The funding, worth in total €485 million and up to €1.5 million per grant, will enable them to set up their own research teams and pursue ground-breaking ideas.

The new grantees will work on a wide range of topics, such as improving effectiveness of chemotherapy in cancer treatment, developing new sustainable ways of producing hydrogen fuel, and exploring citizenship law to better manage migration and uphold human rights. The funded research covers all disciplines: physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, and social science and humanities.

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Prof. Christos Bergeles, University College London, UK:
"Peri-Ocularly Navigated Exteroceptive Snake Robot for Novel Retinal Interventions".

Prof. Mahmut Selman Sakar, EPFL, Switzerland:
"MicroRobotic toolkit to deliver spatiotemporally resolved physicochemical signals and control cell sociology.

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