Stefanos
@bigbadproof.bsky.social
Mathematician, expat. Brussels region. European Research Council Executive Agency #ERCEA . Opinions my own
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European officials are scrambling to weigh in on a peace deal that Washington wants Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sign in the coming days.
The deal requires Ukraine to make significant concessions — but Kyiv is running short on cards.
Brussels Playbook has more 👇
The deal requires Ukraine to make significant concessions — but Kyiv is running short on cards.
Brussels Playbook has more 👇
Kyiv under pressure as EU slams Trump plan
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www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
European officials are scrambling to weigh in on a peace deal that Washington wants Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sign in the coming days.
The deal requires Ukraine to make significant concessions — but Kyiv is running short on cards.
Brussels Playbook has more 👇
The deal requires Ukraine to make significant concessions — but Kyiv is running short on cards.
Brussels Playbook has more 👇
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Ministers and leaders work within the Council to shape EU policies and laws that have an impact on your everyday life.
Learn about the key topics they are currently working on. ➡️ link.europa.eu/wvXrCC
Learn about the key topics they are currently working on. ➡️ link.europa.eu/wvXrCC
October 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Ministers and leaders work within the Council to shape EU policies and laws that have an impact on your everyday life.
Learn about the key topics they are currently working on. ➡️ link.europa.eu/wvXrCC
Learn about the key topics they are currently working on. ➡️ link.europa.eu/wvXrCC
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Live from Copenhagen!
🇩🇰 🇪🇺
The Danish model of backing top research - that’s on the menu at the event this morning, also with a string of ERC grantees.
Watch the livestream
🎥 m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbbb...
Programme: healthsciences.ku.dk/calender/cal...
🇩🇰 🇪🇺
The Danish model of backing top research - that’s on the menu at the event this morning, also with a string of ERC grantees.
Watch the livestream
🎥 m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbbb...
Programme: healthsciences.ku.dk/calender/cal...
October 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Live from Copenhagen!
🇩🇰 🇪🇺
The Danish model of backing top research - that’s on the menu at the event this morning, also with a string of ERC grantees.
Watch the livestream
🎥 m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbbb...
Programme: healthsciences.ku.dk/calender/cal...
🇩🇰 🇪🇺
The Danish model of backing top research - that’s on the menu at the event this morning, also with a string of ERC grantees.
Watch the livestream
🎥 m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbbb...
Programme: healthsciences.ku.dk/calender/cal...
Attending the #Endorse2025 conference. Excellent start of the first day. Very interesting keynotes
October 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Attending the #Endorse2025 conference. Excellent start of the first day. Very interesting keynotes
Next level conudrum is placement of screen and desk chair, so that my head is in the ergonomically correct position but also my line of sight passes through the lower part of my bifocals.
#dont_get_old
#dont_get_old
September 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Next level conudrum is placement of screen and desk chair, so that my head is in the ergonomically correct position but also my line of sight passes through the lower part of my bifocals.
#dont_get_old
#dont_get_old
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🚨 REMINDER: Traineeship applications are still OPEN!
YOU could be our next trainee at the Council of the EU.
Be part of real 🇪🇺 decision-making.
📅 Don’t wait—apply before the deadline!
👉 europa.eu/!v7Y8qt
YOU could be our next trainee at the Council of the EU.
Be part of real 🇪🇺 decision-making.
📅 Don’t wait—apply before the deadline!
👉 europa.eu/!v7Y8qt
September 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
🚨 REMINDER: Traineeship applications are still OPEN!
YOU could be our next trainee at the Council of the EU.
Be part of real 🇪🇺 decision-making.
📅 Don’t wait—apply before the deadline!
👉 europa.eu/!v7Y8qt
YOU could be our next trainee at the Council of the EU.
Be part of real 🇪🇺 decision-making.
📅 Don’t wait—apply before the deadline!
👉 europa.eu/!v7Y8qt
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🏆Congratulations to computer scientist and quantum physicist Stephanie Wehner who has been awarded the 2024 Körber European Science Prize.
The ERC is pleased to have been able to support @stephwehner.bsky.social via an ERC Starting grant.
#KoerberPrize
koerber-stiftung.de/en/projects/...
The ERC is pleased to have been able to support @stephwehner.bsky.social via an ERC Starting grant.
#KoerberPrize
koerber-stiftung.de/en/projects/...
Current prize winner
Stephanie Wehner receives the Körber Prize for pioneering the quantum internet, enabling entirely new applications in secure communication and ultrafast computing.
koerber-stiftung.de
June 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🏆Congratulations to computer scientist and quantum physicist Stephanie Wehner who has been awarded the 2024 Körber European Science Prize.
The ERC is pleased to have been able to support @stephwehner.bsky.social via an ERC Starting grant.
#KoerberPrize
koerber-stiftung.de/en/projects/...
The ERC is pleased to have been able to support @stephwehner.bsky.social via an ERC Starting grant.
#KoerberPrize
koerber-stiftung.de/en/projects/...
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Space is booming, with satellites multiplying.
It’s Europe’s moment to create a single market for space that works for all.
Safer space. Stronger Europe. Shared future.
24 June: the countdown begins ↓
It’s Europe’s moment to create a single market for space that works for all.
Safer space. Stronger Europe. Shared future.
24 June: the countdown begins ↓
June 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Space is booming, with satellites multiplying.
It’s Europe’s moment to create a single market for space that works for all.
Safer space. Stronger Europe. Shared future.
24 June: the countdown begins ↓
It’s Europe’s moment to create a single market for space that works for all.
Safer space. Stronger Europe. Shared future.
24 June: the countdown begins ↓
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📣 Good news: 281 top researchers have just won ERC Advanced Grants!
The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme.
Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD
#ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu
The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme.
Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD
#ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu
June 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📣 Good news: 281 top researchers have just won ERC Advanced Grants!
The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme.
Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD
#ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu
The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme.
Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD
#ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu
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To celebrate the successful conclusion of the DISINTEGRATION project, we are creating a thread that presents all published research completed in the project.
We'll post one paper a day – stay tuned!
We'll post one paper a day – stay tuned!
Our project produced – and continues to produce – a lot of output, both on various aspects of the accommodation dilemma framework, and on broader (non-)cooperation dynamics.
In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries.
14/20
In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries.
14/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
To celebrate the successful conclusion of the DISINTEGRATION project, we are creating a thread that presents all published research completed in the project.
We'll post one paper a day – stay tuned!
We'll post one paper a day – stay tuned!
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🚀 We are proud to launch the new "Ambassadors for the ERC" initiative, together with @ercgrantees.bsky.social !
We aim to empower researchers across Europe to advocate for frontier research. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/44bQzp7
🌟 Excited to see what can be achieved!
#Amb4ERC
We aim to empower researchers across Europe to advocate for frontier research. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/44bQzp7
🌟 Excited to see what can be achieved!
#Amb4ERC
April 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🚀 We are proud to launch the new "Ambassadors for the ERC" initiative, together with @ercgrantees.bsky.social !
We aim to empower researchers across Europe to advocate for frontier research. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/44bQzp7
🌟 Excited to see what can be achieved!
#Amb4ERC
We aim to empower researchers across Europe to advocate for frontier research. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/44bQzp7
🌟 Excited to see what can be achieved!
#Amb4ERC
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I wouldn't have anticipated a Lupus self-directed antibody (4H2) might someday turn out to be an anti-cancer treatment
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A lupus-derived autoantibody that binds to intracellular RNA activates cGAS-mediated tumor immunity and can deliver RNA into cells
Delivery of autoimmune disease–associated antibodies activates the immune system to fight glioblastomas.
www.science.org
March 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I wouldn't have anticipated a Lupus self-directed antibody (4H2) might someday turn out to be an anti-cancer treatment
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"This is a watershed moment for Europe. And for Ukraine, as part of our European family.
We have to put Ukraine in the condition to protect itself and to push for a lasting and just peace."
— President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu doorstep ahead of #EUCO special summit.
We have to put Ukraine in the condition to protect itself and to push for a lasting and just peace."
— President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu doorstep ahead of #EUCO special summit.
March 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"This is a watershed moment for Europe. And for Ukraine, as part of our European family.
We have to put Ukraine in the condition to protect itself and to push for a lasting and just peace."
— President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu doorstep ahead of #EUCO special summit.
We have to put Ukraine in the condition to protect itself and to push for a lasting and just peace."
— President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu doorstep ahead of #EUCO special summit.
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All 27 EU leaders have now arrived at today's special European Council summit in Brussels, as the bloc tries to agree on a new defense plan and show support for Ukraine.
Von der Leyen told reporters that it's "a watershed moment for Europe."
Follow every twist and turn: ow.ly/8Wo450VbIAa
Von der Leyen told reporters that it's "a watershed moment for Europe."
Follow every twist and turn: ow.ly/8Wo450VbIAa
March 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
All 27 EU leaders have now arrived at today's special European Council summit in Brussels, as the bloc tries to agree on a new defense plan and show support for Ukraine.
Von der Leyen told reporters that it's "a watershed moment for Europe."
Follow every twist and turn: ow.ly/8Wo450VbIAa
Von der Leyen told reporters that it's "a watershed moment for Europe."
Follow every twist and turn: ow.ly/8Wo450VbIAa
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Χρειαζόμαστε αίμα για τον άνθρωπο μας.
Ευχαριστούμε!
Μαρκοπούλου Δέσποινα του Βασιλείου
Γενικό Λαϊκό Νοσοκομείο Αθηνών, Ορθοπαιδική Κλινική.
Ευχαριστούμε!
Μαρκοπούλου Δέσποινα του Βασιλείου
Γενικό Λαϊκό Νοσοκομείο Αθηνών, Ορθοπαιδική Κλινική.
February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Χρειαζόμαστε αίμα για τον άνθρωπο μας.
Ευχαριστούμε!
Μαρκοπούλου Δέσποινα του Βασιλείου
Γενικό Λαϊκό Νοσοκομείο Αθηνών, Ορθοπαιδική Κλινική.
Ευχαριστούμε!
Μαρκοπούλου Δέσποινα του Βασιλείου
Γενικό Λαϊκό Νοσοκομείο Αθηνών, Ορθοπαιδική Κλινική.
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Yay 😀
Hello, Bluesky! ☀️
We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late.
Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.
We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late.
Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.
February 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Yay 😀
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Make America Barefoot and Pregnant Again
The CDC medical eligibility criteria for contraceptives was a super useful tool I used often to determine what hormonal treatments (sometimes but not only used for birth control) were safe for my patients.
It’s no longer online as we apparently won’t need it as make America healthy again
It’s no longer online as we apparently won’t need it as make America healthy again
February 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Make America Barefoot and Pregnant Again
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Yesterday at the #EuropeanSpaceConference, #Arianespace signed the contract with @ec.europa.eu and @euspa.bsky.social for the launch of the first two second-generation #Galileo satellites on an #Ariane6 🚀
Arianespace signs Ariane 6 launch contract for Galileo’s first pair of second-generation satellites
Arianespace signs contract with the European Commission and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) for the launch of the first two second-generation satellites of the Galileo conste...
newsroom.arianespace.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Yesterday at the #EuropeanSpaceConference, #Arianespace signed the contract with @ec.europa.eu and @euspa.bsky.social for the launch of the first two second-generation #Galileo satellites on an #Ariane6 🚀
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Europe 💙 scientific excellence.
Today, the European Research Council announced 134 winners of the 2024 Proof of Concept Grant competition.
Each project received €150,000 to help them turn their research, from saving lives to fighting food fraud, into tangible solutions ↓
europa.eu/!cGG9jc
Today, the European Research Council announced 134 winners of the 2024 Proof of Concept Grant competition.
Each project received €150,000 to help them turn their research, from saving lives to fighting food fraud, into tangible solutions ↓
europa.eu/!cGG9jc
January 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Europe 💙 scientific excellence.
Today, the European Research Council announced 134 winners of the 2024 Proof of Concept Grant competition.
Each project received €150,000 to help them turn their research, from saving lives to fighting food fraud, into tangible solutions ↓
europa.eu/!cGG9jc
Today, the European Research Council announced 134 winners of the 2024 Proof of Concept Grant competition.
Each project received €150,000 to help them turn their research, from saving lives to fighting food fraud, into tangible solutions ↓
europa.eu/!cGG9jc
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Congratulations to LS1 #ERC grantees @dcswarts.bsky.social and Geert van den Bogaart @unigroningen.bsky.social for their POC grants! 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳#ERCPoC erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
134 researchers supported to turn their science into practice
In the final round of the 2024 European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant competition, 134 projects will receive support, bringing the total number of grants awarded under the 2024 work pr...
erc.europa.eu
January 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Congratulations to LS1 #ERC grantees @dcswarts.bsky.social and Geert van den Bogaart @unigroningen.bsky.social for their POC grants! 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳#ERCPoC erc.europa.eu/news-events/...