ERC Proof of Concept to investigate clinical applications of blastoids

IMBA Group Leader Nicolas Rivron was awarded a Proof of Concept Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for his research on human blastoids. With this funding, his team will investigate possible clinical applications of their human blastoid model – an in vitro model of early human embryos made from stem cells – previously developed by the team. The ERC is Europe’s most prestigious and highly competitive funding body for basic research within the EU.