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05.09.2024
Five new Starting Grants from the European Research Council awarded to University of Tübingen
Five scientists from both the University and the University Hospital have won substantial funding
Scientists from the University and the University Hospital have once again proved especially successful attracting Starting Grants in the recent round of awards from the European Research Council (ERC): five new projects have now been awarded this year. The Starting Grants bring with them substantial project funding. “The fact that researchers at the University of Tübingen were once again so successful in the EU-wide competition for the attractive Starting Grants is testament to their extraordinary achievements, their great innovative strength and their wealth of ideas. Three of the five grantees belong to one of our Clusters of Excellence,” said the President of the University of Tübingen, Professor Dr Dr h.c. (Dōshisha) Karla Pollmann.
The new ERC Starting Grants:
- Junior Professor Dr. Josef Leibold, Internal Medicine VIII
Project: ‘EXPLOITsen’ to improve CAR-T-cell therapy in the treatment of solid tumors - Professor Dr. Marius Lemm, Department of Mathematics
Project: ‘MathQuantProp’ on mathematical investigation of propagation of information in quantum physics - Junior Professor Dr. Isabel Monte, Center for Plant Molecular Biology
Project: ‘FRIENEMIES’ on the transformation of a pathogen into a beneficial organism in the context of plant evolution - Dr. Claire Vernade, ‘Machine Learning: New Perspectives for Science’ Cluster of Excellence
Project: ‘ConSequentIAL’ to develop adaptable artificial intelligent systems - Dr. Florian Wimmers, Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry
Project: ‘OrAIOn’ explores the interaction of cancer medications and vaccines, aiming to improve infection prevention in patients
Starting Grants can be awarded for up to 1.5 million euros over a period of five years. With its Starting Grants, the ERC provides additional funding for outstanding young scientists’ research careers.
Josef Leibold – Outsmarting tumor cells for better cancer treatments
Marius Lemm –Mathematical solutions for quantum physics models
Isabel Monte – From plant pathogen to beneficial organism along plant evolution
Claire Vernade – Algorithms that adapt to dynamic environments
Florian Wimmers – New ways to enhance infection prevention in cancer
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