JOSÉ LABASTIDA, Science Director of the European Research Council (ERC) visited the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), accompanied by Eduardo Domènech, Rector of the University of La Laguna (ULL), Catalina Ruiz Pérez, Vicerector of Research and Knowledge Transfer, and Rodrigo Trujillo, Vicerector of Internationalization and Excellence. He was joined by Rafael Rebolo and Carlos Martínez Roger, Director and Subdirector respectively of the IAC. Labastida, at the invitation of the ULL, held a meeting with IAC researchers and, at 16h this afternoon, will give a general talk on the ERC in