Collège de France congratulates its professors and researchers on winning a grant from the ERC Advanced Grants 2017 program

The Collège de France is delighted to announce the success in the 2017 ERC Advanced Grants program of Professors Philippe Aghion, Hughes de Thé and Thomas Lecuit, who respectively hold the "Economics of Institutions, Innovation and Growth", "Cellular and Molecular Oncology" and "Dynamics of Living Systems" chairs, thomas Ebbesen, elected to the annual "Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt" chair (2017-2018), and Michel Brune, CNRS Research Director in the "Cavity Electrodynamics" team at the Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel (ENS- Collège de France-Sorbonne Université - CNRS).

IFDG project (Innovation, firm dynamics and growth: what do we learn from French firm level data? ) by Professor Philippe Aghion

The originality of this project lies in the use of new individual and firm-level databases to analyze the determinants of innovation and entrepreneurship, and their effects on economic growth. It is led by Philippe Aghion as part of the Economics of Institutions, Innovation and Growth Chair at the Collège de France and the Centre de recherche sur l'économie de l'innovation (PSL- Collège de France - private partners).

Professor Hugues de Thé's PML-THERAPY (Harnessing PML Nuclear Bodies For Leukaemia Therapy) project

This project aims to use the PML protein, which Hugues de Thé has shown to be responsible for curing acute promyelocytic leukemia, to treat other types of tumor. It is led by Professor Hugues de Thé, as part of the Cellular and Molecular Oncology chair at the Collège de France and the "Pathology and Molecular Virology" research unit (INSERM- CNRS- Paris Diderot) at Hôpital St. Louis.

Professor Thomas Lecuit's SELF-CONTROL project (Interplay between genetic control and self-organization during embryo morphogenesis)

The SELF-CONTROL project focuses on tissue morphogenesis, i.e. the dynamic processes leading to the emergence of a functional form in an embryonic tissue, in order to understand two modes of morphogenesis: one based on programmed genetic orchestration and the other on self-organization, based on mechanochemical interactions. The project is led by Professor Thomas Lecuit, holder of the Dynamics of Living Systems Chair at the Collège de France, and team leader at the Institut de biologie du développement de Marseille (CNRS/AMU).

Professor Thomas Ebbesen's MOLUSC (Molecules under Light Matter Strong Coupling) project

The aim of this project is to gain an in-depth understanding of the fundamental properties of light-matter hybrid states, and to explore their consequences for the chemical reactivity and properties of molecular materials. The project is led by Thomas Ebbesen, Director of the Institut d'Etudes Avancées de l'Université de Strasbourg (USIAS), elected to the Collège de France's annual "Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt" chair (2017-2018). His laboratory is part of the ISIS research institute (University of Strasbourg - CNRS).

TRENCRYBE project (TRapped ENSembles of Circular RYdBErg atoms for quantum simulation) by Michel Brune CNRS Research Director in the Cavity Electrodynamics team

The TRENCRYBE project aims to develop a new quantum simulation platform based on trapped circular Rydberg atoms simulating interacting spin networks. The project is led by Michel Brune, CNRS Research Director in the Cavity Electrodynamics team of the Kastler Brossel Laboratory (ENS Paris -Collège de France-Sorbonne Université-CNRS), housed at the Collège de France.