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Scientists from the University of Basel, the University Hospital of Basel and the D-BSSE of ETH Zurich procured one of the much sought after Synergy Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). Their project will receive EUR 11.2 million of funding and aims at clarifying how tumors develop resistance to medication. Synergy Grants provide the highest amount of funding from the ERC.

The Federal Council launched a total of eight new National Centres of Competence (NCCRs) in Research today. ETH Zurich has been given the leading or co-leading position of four of these NCCRs. The NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering is a collaboration of researchers of the University of Basel and of the D-BSSE.

At its meeting of 4 and 5 December 2013, the ETH Board appointed 5 professors at ETH Zurich in accordance with the applications submitted by Ralph Eichler, President of the Executive Board. One of them, Dr. Tanja Stadler, will be a new professor of the D-BSSE.