Good news! ScotGov lifts blanket opposition to gene editing by reaffirming its policy of dynamic alignment with the EU, revealing plans to consult stakeholders later this month on an evidence-based way forward for gene editing in Scottish agriculture.👏👏 thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/25034289.…

#Historic_Day in Indian Science and Agriculture May 04, 2025. India will release two #GenomeEdited_Rice varieties, developed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research. With this, India Joins the USA and Japan to have commercially available genome-edited crops. #CRISPR

👏 India releasing two rice varieties developed through genome editing, at a public sector research lab. Way to go!

A huge step forward as India release #GeneEdited crop varieties after USA, Canada & Japan. Gene-edited crops without foreign genes are exempted from being treated as transgenics under current regulations! Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Shivraj Singh Chouhan #Rice #ClimateAction #Agriculture #Innovations

🕊️ Today, the Netherlands marks #80JaarVrijheid. What underpins freedom? 🇳🇱 ERC-funded research explores: 🔸Resistance & memory 🔗 bit.ly/4lYDUw1 🔸Digital democracy (Wageningen U&R) 🔗 bit.ly/4d1UKpF 🔸Wartime blockades (UvA Amsterdam)🔗 bit.ly/42Gd2td Europese Commissie in Nederland

Are you based in the U.S. 🇺🇸 or Canada 🇨🇦 & thinking of doing research in Europe? ERC grants offer up to €4.5 million to support groundbreaking, investigator-driven frontier research in all fields. Watch the info session for researchers in your region👉youtu.be/92QYink1Lik

Science is part of Europe’s story — now we write the next chapter. At today’s Competitiveness Council, Team Europe showed why we choose science, and why science should #ChooseEurope. Over 60 initiatives support international researchers: europa.eu/!rqXQyF

Science builds our future. In Europe it has the freedom and support it needs. To find the next cure and develop the next ground-breaking technology. Our mission is clear: We want the brightest minds and boldest innovators to "Choose Europe!" ↓ x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

EU research proposes dual system: one EU-wide organic label for “organic without NGTs” and another for “organic with NGTs,” so preserving transparency and consumer choice while allowing more progressive organic farmers to benefit from targeted innovation. seedworld.com/europe/2025/06…

Pleasure to meet the President of the European Research Council (ERC) Maria Leptin. Europe's strength and competitiveness depend heavily on our R&D ecosystem and ability to turn scientific achievements into commercial success stories. For that, cutting the red-tape & excessive regulation must be

A newly published report highlights the results of ERC Proof of Concept (#ERCPoC) funding between 2014 and 2023. During this period, 1 731 projects across 30 EU and Associated Countries were supported, with a total investment of €259 million. 👉 europa.eu/!HT4FMV

📣 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. Read more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺

Very promising news on the next seven-year EU budget, with a proposed substantial increase for Horizon Europe including the ERC. We are analysing the other parts of this proposal in more detail. @Vonderleyen Ekaterina Zaharieva research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-resea…

"In five to 10 years, gene technologies can achieve what a selective [apple] breeding programme would take 60 years to do. Thanks to the impacts of climate change, the industry can't wait 60 years. Climate change will have buggered us by then." rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-…

The French Revolution was a disaster: killed 2 million people, led to the rise of Napoleon--perhaps the world's first totalitarian fascist dictator, who began wars of conquest that killed an additional 4 million people, led to the restoration of slavery, to the restoration of the

"We don't hire smart people to tell them what to do, we hire them to tell us what to do." ERC grantee Jan Lagerwall (quoting Steve Jobs), during #RIDaysEU discussion of how a bottom up approach, supporting investigator-driven frontier research, helps us meet future challenges.

The world can count on Europe's climate leadership. Our Nationally Determined Contribution will range between 66.25% and 72.5%. And we are working full speed on -90% by 2040. We are on our way to climate neutrality ↓ x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Cocoa production has been increasing threatened by disease. Gene editing has contributed to developing disease resistant cocoa. Gene editing can contribute to mitigating many production threats. It boggles the mind that organics & eNGOs are opposed. psu.edu/news/research/…

Maria Leptin re-appointed as ERC President 🇪🇺 ERC Vice Presidents: This is excellent, ensuring continuity at a critical moment. On behalf of the Scientific Council, we thank Maria for her leadership & strong commitment that has taken ERC to new heights. erc.europa.eu/news-events/ne…

Hamas is the only army in the world that wears civilian clothes during war and puts on uniforms during ceasefires.