Four "ERC Advanced Grants" awarded to FMI group leaders
Andreas Lüthi, Botond Roska, Dirk Schübeler and Nicolas Thomä, leading scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel, will each receive one of the prestigious ERC Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). These research grants are awarded in a highly competitive selection process featuring the best scientists across Europe. Each of these FMI research team leaders will receive around EUR 2.5 million over the next five years. Established top researchers - "ERC Advanced Grants" are awarded to established top researchers in Europe to enable fore-front research in all areas of scientific endeavor. In the past, around 280 European researchers have received funding, with a success rate of approximately 12% per call. The awardees this year include four from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel. Andreas Lüthi is an expert in the field of learning processes in the brain.

