Three cutting-edge research projects to receive EU funding

Medicine. Astrophysics. Machine Learning: TUM researchers awarded ERC Advanced Grants - Treating the causes of diabetes, building a deep-sea telescope to find cosmic particles, and using machine learning to predict the effects of drugs on cells - these are the goals of three projects by researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), which will supported in the future with the European Research Council's highly-endowed ERC Advanced Grants. Researchers at TUM have received a total of 157 prestigious ERC Grants to date. The ERC awards grants in various categories every year. Advanced Grants, which are set aside for established, leading scientists with a track record of significant research achievements over the past 10 years, come with up to 2.5 million euros in funding. Currently no drug treatment can stop the progression of diabetes, a disease characterized by loss or dysfunction of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.