Congratulations to Dr Nathalie Rochefort and Dr Pleasantine Mill who have been awarded ERC Consolidator Grants!

Congratulations to Dr Nathalie Rochefort of Centre of Discovery Brain Sciences and Dr Pleasantine Mill of the MRC Human Genetics Unit who have each been awarded a European Research Council Consolidator Grant!

The European Research Council awarded Consolidator Grants to 301 top scientists and scholars across Europe. Funding for these researchers, part of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, is worth in total €600 million, and is very competitive. With this support, the new grantees will have a chance to build up their teams and have far-reaching impact.

Dr Nathalie Rochefort was awarded her ERC Consolidator Grant for SweetVision - a project Envisioning the Reward: Neuronal circuits for goal-directed learning.  Dr Pleasantine Mill was awarded for CiliaCircuits - a project examining the Molecular Principles of Mammalian Axonemal Dynein Assembly.