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Congratulations to John and Alistair on their recent successes

Ørjan Totland, John-Arvid Grytnes, Alistair Seddon, and John Birks standing in a line in a meeting room
Ørjan Totland, John-Arvid Grytnes, Alistair Seddon, and John Birks at our celebration of John's ERC grant success and Alistair's Meltzer Prize
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Hilary Birks

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At their group meeting on 17 March 2017, the EECRG celebrated the successes of John Birks and Alistair Seddon with champagne and cake. John has been awarded a 5-year European Research Council grant called HOPE (Humans On Planet Earth) worth 2.27 million Euros. Alistair won the Meltzer Young Researcher Prize - a prize that Ørjan had been awarded some years previously! Group leader John-Arvid Grytnes congratulated John and Alistair and Head of Department Ørjan Totland added his congratulations. We are all immensely proud of John and Alistair.