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ERC - Results Proof of Concept 2020 call 2nd cut-off

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The results of the 2020 Proof of Concept call (2nd cut-off 7 May 2020) were published. In total 55 ERC grant holders received a Proof of Concept grant including six researchers based at Flemish host institutions:

  • Stein Aerts, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, “EnhancerDesign - AI-driven enhancer design for gene therapy”, which builds on the ERC 2016 Consolidator grant “cis-CONTROL
  • Koen Binnemans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, “SOLVOLi - Solvometallurgy for battery-grade refining of lithium”, which builds on the ERC 2015 Advanced grant “Solcrimet
  • Tijl De Bie, Universiteit Gent, “FEAST - Fair, Effective, and Sustainable Talent Management using Conditional Network Embedding”, which builds on the ERC 2013 Consolidator grant “Forsied
  • Joris Thybaut, Universiteit Gent, “PR1ME - First principles based process concepts for complex mixtures conversion”, which builds on the ERC 2013 Consolidator grant “i-CAD
  • Patrik Verstreken, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, “TARGET_SYNAPTIC_TAU - Targeting Tau-induced cognitive decline with antisense oligonucleotides to synaptogyrin-3”, which builds on the ERC 2014 Consolidator grant “RobustSynapses
  • Kevin Verstrepen, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, “SUPERYEAST - Generating superior industrial yeasts through modulation of Crabtree repression”, which builds on the ERC 2015 Consolidator grant “YEASTMEMORY

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Professor Lieven Eeckhout’s main research interests include computer architecture and the hardware/software interface with a specific emphasis on performance evaluation and modeling, and dynamic resource management.

Professor Eeckhout is the recipient of a European Research Council (ERC) Starting grant, Advanced grant and three Proof of Concept grants. Two of his former PhD students founded in 2013 CoScale, a spin-off in data center monitoring, which was acquired by New Relic.