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The Excellent Science pillar aims to increase the EU’s global scientific competitiveness. It supports frontier research projects defined and driven by top researchers themselves through the European Research Council, funds fellowships for experienced researchers, doctoral training networks and exchanges for researchers through Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and invests in world-class research infrastructures

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A 2024 inventory of test methods relevant to thyroid hormone system disruption for human health and environmental regulatory hazard assessment

Authors: Lucia Vergauwen, Lola Bajard, Sabrina Tait, Ingrid Langezaal, Anita Sosnowska, Alessandra Roncaglioni, Ellen Hessel, Annick D van den Brand, Ann-Cathrin Haigis, Jiří Novák, Klára Hilscherová, Natalia Buławska, Nafsika Papaioannou, Elisavet Renieri, Eliana Spilioti, Anastasia Spyropoulou, Arno C Gutleb, Henrik Holbech, Dimitra Nikolopoulou, Miriam N Jacobs, Dries Knapen

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Andrea Cediel-Ulloa, Jean-Baptiste FINI, Josef KÖHRLE, Pieter Vancamp

Published: November 6, 2024
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NOVEL INVENTION OF SPORE INDUCTION IN A SISTER SPECIES TO GROUP 4 DICTYOSTELIA

Authors: Pauline Schaap

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Tamao Saito, Yusuke Morimoto, shweta Saran

Published: December 5, 2024
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Microhomology-mediated end-joining Knock-In approaches to delete the allergenic domain of trout parvalbumin beta-1. Preliminary results in F0 animals and feedback

Authors: Veronique Lebret, Cecile Duret, Amaury Herpin, Pierre-yves Rescan

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: JITENDRA SUNDARAY, Joana Costa, Qing Xiong

Published: February 25, 2025
Open Letter

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Ten lessons for future MSCA/COFUND applicants

Authors: Emma S Cowley, Theoni Massara, Ciara Wilton, Laurella Noble, Irina Reichert, Anne Schultz Vognsen, Carolyn Wynne, Rabia Arshad, Jennie Eldridge, Katrine Sonne-Hansen

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Mario Coccia, Vrinda Acharya

Published: October 25, 2024
Data Note

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Targeting deeply-sourced seeps along the Central Volcanic Zone

Authors: Deborah Bastoni, Mauricio Aguilera, Felipe Aguilera, Jenny M. Blamey, Joy Buongiorno, Agostina Chiodi, Angelina Cordone, Alfredo Esquivel, Marco Giardina, Cristobal Gonzalez, Joaquin Gutierrez, Nahun Irarrazabal, Viola Krukenberg, Susana Layana, Jacopo Pasotti, Carlos J. Ramirez, Alejandro Rodriguez, Timothy J. Rogers, Claudia Rojas, Jorge Sánchez-SanMartín, Matt O. Schrenk, Hector Vallejos, Gerdhard L. Jessen, Peter H. Barry, J. Maarten de Moor, Karen G. Lloyd, Donato Giovannelli

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Francesco Ricci, Magdalena Osburn, Mark Alexander Lever

Published: October 18, 2024
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A queen’s tale: An experimental palaeoproteomic study of a honey bee queen cell specimen from Natural History Museum Denmark

Authors: Tuuli Kasso, Meaghan Mackie, Max Ramsøe, Lars Vilhelmsen, Carsten Gundlach, Sina Baier-Stegmaier, Alberto J. Taurozzi, Matthew J. Collins

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Luca Fontanesi, Nelson Enrique Arenas Suarez, Richard Bernstein, Simon Hammann

Published: July 8, 2025
Research Article

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Experimental Modelling of Water-Wave Interactions with a Flexible Beam

Authors: Wajiha Rehman, Tim Bunnik, Onno Bokhove, Mark Kelmanson

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Changqing Jiang, zhaolong yu

Published: October 18, 2024
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The gut microbiota-brain axis role in neurodegenerative diseases and implications according to the sex

Authors: Marina Mora-Ortiz, Helena García-Fernández, Pablo Perez-Martinez, Antonio Camargo

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Janis Rebecca Dr. Bedarf, Peppino Mirabelli

Published: May 11, 2026
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SCAPE-APA: a package for estimating alternative polyadenylation events from scRNA-seq data

Authors: Guangzhao Cheng, Tien Le, Ran Zhou, Lu Cheng

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Wenbin Ye

Published: March 7, 2025
Research Article

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Exploring self-care and self-development practices among refugee adolescents through photos: An art-based participatory qualitative study

Authors: Marjan Mohammadzadeh, Asra Taras, Christiane Stock

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: David Marshall, Kate Pincock

Published: October 15, 2024
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How physical activity opportunities seized by adolescents differ between Europe and the Pacific Islands: the example of France and New Caledonia

Authors: Thibaut Derigny, Marie-Jeanne Urvoy, Guillaume Wattelez, Pierre-Yves Leroux, Paul Zongo, Christophe Schnitzler, Olivier Galy, Francois Potdevin

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Fitria Dwi Andriyani, Nuttanun Siriaporn

Published: October 15, 2024
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The “Archeology of the Light”: A multiproxy, interdisciplinary and experimental approach to Paleolithic subterranean activities.

Authors: Mª Ángeles Medina-Alcaide

Funders: Excellent Science, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Izzy Wisher, Sally Hoare, Sarah Wurz

Published: April 24, 2025
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Profiling of linear B-cell epitopes against human coronaviruses in pooled sera sampled early in the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Emil Bach, Mustafa Ghanizada, Nikolaj Kirkby, Søren Buus, Thomas Østerbye

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Erin Scherer

Published: October 11, 2024
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Transnational readings in the Trumpocene: Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 and Chris Beckett’s America City

Authors: Dolores Resano

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Carl Death, Luke Cooper, Matteo Nicolini

Published: March 24, 2025
Open Letter
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Unmasking metabolic disruptors: The NEMESIS project's quest for Novel Biomarkers, Evidence on Adverse Effects, and Efficient Methodologies

Authors: Henriikka Hakomäki, Sini Pitkänen, Anna-Liisa Levonen, Paavo Honkakoski, Dario Greco, Nicoletta D'Alessandro, Laura Aliisa Saarimäki, Susana Viegas, Cristina Godinho, Nanna Fyhrquist, Emma Wincent, Volker M Lauschke, Janne Hukkanen, Jukka Hakkola, Ludovic Vallier, Vittorio Fortino, Antreas Afantitis, Toshiaki Sawatani, Tereso J Guzman, Miriam Cnop, Tim Nawrot, Sophia Harlid, Marie-Therese Vinnars, Adonina Tardon, Joan O Grimalt, Jenni Küblbeck, Jaana Rysä

Funders: Excellent Science, Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Ishfaq Sheikh, Sofie CHRISTIANSEN

Published: December 9, 2025
Method Article

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Faces Revealed Project and ancient Egyptian yellow coffins: A new methodology step-by-step

Authors: Stefania Mainieri

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Caroline Arbuckle, Mona HESS, Willeke WENDRICH, andrea DANDREA

Published: September 3, 2024
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Refined and benchmarked homemade media for cost-effective, weekend-free human pluripotent stem cell culture

Authors: Lukasz Truszkowski, Sveva Bottini, Sara Bianchi, Mirko G. Scrivano, Giulia Ferrari Ramondo, Linda Bellucci, Helen Bell, Silvia Becca, Kirsten E. Snijders, Giulia Savorè, Federica Sozza, Irene Ricca, Cristina Rubinetto, Luana Ferrara, Francesco Neri, Andrea Ditadi, Salvatore Oliviero, Elisa Balmas, Catherine Elton, Alessandro Bertero

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Amalie Couch, Giovanni Faga, Graziano Martello

Published: September 19, 2025
Study Protocol

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Paleo-species distribution modelling in the marine realm: protocol for a global scoping review

Authors: Emna Ben Lamine, Konstantina Agiadi, Maria Bas López, Grégory Beaugrand, Tatiana Theodoropoulou, Virginie Raybaud

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Hannah Owens, Luciano Bosso

Published: August 28, 2024
Open Letter

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Applications of environmental intelligence for rural land management

Authors: Caitlin Douglas, Mark Mulligan

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Dr. Kumar Ashwini

Published: August 15, 2024
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Systematic review: locating qualitative academic publications for reviewing tenants’ and landlords’ renting experiences and interaction in the Majority World

Authors: Adriana Mihaela Soaita

Funders: Excellent Science, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Danielle Kerrigan, Edward Yiu, Efa Debele, Konstantin Kholodilin, Steve Rolfe

Published: October 2, 2024
Brief Report

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Reading class: Digital evidence about fiction and social class

Authors: Mathies Aarhus

Funders: Excellent Science, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Emanuele Castano, Tú Anh Hà

Published: August 13, 2024
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Impact of sub-basalt thrust systems on the Faroe continental shelf for the late Paleoproterozoic–Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the margin.

Authors: Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl, David W. Jolley, Alexander L. Peace, Jhon M. Muñoz-Barrera, Gillian R. Foulger

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Martyn Stoker, Piotr Krzywiec

Published: December 7, 2024
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Digital twins for managing bridge climate change adaptation

Authors: Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Hao Fu, Adefolarin Adebiyi, Pasakorn Sengsri

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Salvatore Antonio Biancardo, Sih Ying Kong

Published: September 26, 2024
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What is the IPCC’s assessment style and what shaped it?

Authors: Gabriel Târziu

Funders: Excellent Science, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: David Bustos Usta, Ema Gusheva, Hannah Hughes, Kari De Pryck, Tomas Molina

Published: August 7, 2024
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Co-designing ab initio electronic structure methods on a RISC-V vector architecture

Authors: Rogeli Grima Torres, Pablo Vizcaíno, Filippo Mantovani, José Julio Gutiérrez Moreno

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Ahmed Kamaleldin, Flavio Vella, Keichi Takahashi, Roman Wyrzykowski, William Dawson

Published: September 9, 2025