At a conference in Singapore about a year ago, Prof. Yehu Moran, an evolutionary biologist from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, met a prominent researcher from KU Leuven in Belgium. Moran proposed a research idea and suggested a collaboration. The Belgian scientist was enthusiastic, and the two began preparing a joint application to the European Research Council (ERC), from which Moran had already received two grants.

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