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ERC Grant for Elvira Mass

Dr. Elvira Mass from the LIMES Institute and member of the Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation of the University of Bonn receives a coveted Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This will mean a subsidy of 1.5 million euros over the next five years. The scientist wants to investigate the influence of nanoplastics on the development of neurological diseases.

With Starting Grants, the European Research Council honors outstanding junior researchers. The funding from Brussels will amount to 1.5 million euros over the next five years. Dr. Elvira Mass wants to investigate an omnipresent but understudied environmental risk for our immune system: the pollution caused by small plastic particles. "These particles, which decompose over time into micro- and nanoplastics have been detected in a variety of ecosystems," says Dr. Elvira Mass. "They are speculated to enter and spread in the food web all the way to humans."


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Dr. Elvira Mass

LIMES-Institut der Universität Bonn

Tel. 02 28 / 73 - 6 28 48

E-Mail: emass@uni-bonn.de

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