The European Research Council (ERC) announced the awarding of its prestigious Advanced Grants to 277 senior researchers. Among them is Marino Zerial, Director and Research Group Leader at the MPI-CBG with his project proposal "Rules of self-organization and reengineering of liver tissue". Congratulations!
In total, out of the 277 successful grants, 10 went to Max Planck researchers. The funding, worth in total €647 million, enables senior researchers based in Europe to pursue their most promising ideas and carry out frontier research with potentially ground-breaking impact on science and society beyond.