CeMESS: ERC Consolidator Grant to investigate seagrass symbionts
DOME group leader Jillian Petersen was awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant to delve into the biodiversity and ecological functions of a widespread group of microbial symbionts inhabiting coastal marine ecosystems, like seagrass meadows and salt marshes. The project aims to test the theory that Sedimenticolaceae symbionts provide their hosts with a natural ‘fertilizer’ by fixing nitrogen, and that they cleanse the environment of toxic sulfides.
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MAX PERUTZ LABS: ERC Consolidator Grant to investigate the inter-organelle communication between the endoplasmic reticulum and the nucleus.
Perutz group leader Shotaro Otsuka received the ERC Consolidator Grant. The Otsuka lab is investigating the inter-organelle communication between the endoplasmic reticulum and the nucleus. The project “conNEctoER” aims to understand the structure and function of membrane connections that link the nucleus to the endoplasmic reticulum.
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IMP: ERC Consolidator Grant to study how to unlock an immune response in cancer
The European Research Council (ERC) awarded a Consolidator Grant to senior group leader Anna Obenauf to study tumours and their microenvironment during therapy-challenge with the goal to inform rational combination therapies and to unleash a potent immune response towards cancer cells.
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