A leading German geneticist has been named 바카라사이트 new president of 바카라사이트 European Research Council (ERC).
Maria Leptin, who has been director of 바카라사이트 European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) since 2010, will take on 바카라사이트 new role in October when 바카라사이트 council’s interim president, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, steps down.
His appointment followed Mauro Ferrari’s short-lived term of office at Europe’s most prestigious research funder. The Italian-American researcher?quit?in April 2020 just four months after taking office, in a row over whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 ERC should establish a special Covid-19 programme.
The appointment of Professor Leptin, who currently leads research groups at 바카라사이트 European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and 바카라사이트 University of Cologne, comes at 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 new seven-year?Horizon Europe?programme, during which 바카라사이트 ERC will receive 16 billion (?14 billion), a 22 per cent increase on 바카라사이트 previous framework.
Mariya Gabriel, 바카라사이트 European Commission’s commissioner for innovation, research, culture, education and youth, described Professor Leptin as 바카라사이트 “바카라사이트 right choice for this task, given her distinguished academic career, international renown, and proven record of innovation and leadership”.
As well as working in Cologne and Heidelberg, Professor Leptin has also worked in Switzerland – taking her PhD at 바카라사이트 Basel Institute for Immunology – and 바카라사이트 UK, where she was a postdoctoral fellow and later staff scientist at 바카라사이트 Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge. She has also been a visiting scientist at 바카라사이트 University of California, San Francisco, where she began her work on gastrulation, which became her core research interest at 바카라사이트 Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany, where she worked as group leader from 1989 to 1994.
The 67-year-old scientist has also spent sabbaticals as a visiting professor at 바카라사이트 ?cole Normale Supérieure, Paris, and as visiting scientist at 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, near Cambridge.
Her appointment was also welcomed by 바카라사이트 ERC’s scientific council, who said her “strong scientific and managerial backgrounds, her long-term involvement with European issues, her pioneering role in 바카라사이트 scientific community and her familiarity with European institutions are all highly appreciated”.
“Her strong leadership will be essential in ensuring that frontier research continues to play a central role in 바카라사이트 Horizon Europe framework programme, and that 바카라사이트 ERC makes good use of its autonomy, as guaranteed by 바카라사이트 legislative texts,” it added.
In its statement, 바카라사이트 council also drew attention to 바카라사이트 ERC’s “strict adherence to 바카라사이트 bottom-up principle, leaving 바카라사이트 full initiative to researchers, as well as using scientific quality and 바카라사이트 pursuit of excellence as 바카라사이트 sole criterion for 바카라사이트 selection of proposals” – an apparent reference to Professor Ferrari’s efforts to direct scientific funding towards certain areas in what many considered a breach of 바카라사이트 council’s excellence-first ethos.
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