ERC grantee Peter Hegemann was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Karl Deisseroth and Georg Nagel, “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and ...

Astronomers have discovered the first example of a second-generation planet orbiting a white dwarf, a world that appears to have formed from the remains of the dead star it now orbits.

Five researchers supported by the European Research Council (ERC) are among the seven recipients of the 2026 Wolf Prizes. The ...

Jonathan Dallas George Jones, born 14 July 1954, is a senior scientist at The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) and a professor at the University of East Anglia, where he uses molecular and genetic ...

Conny Clara Aerts, born 26 January 1966, is a Belgian (Flemish) professor in astrophysics. Aerts studied mathematics at Antwerp University and completed her PhD in astrophysics in 1993 at KU Leuven.

EURAXESS Latin America and the Caribbean and the ERC are organising an online webinar on ERC funding opportunities. The webinar is aimed at researchers, principal investigators, p ...