The Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) was founded in 1983.
It is the premier multidisciplinary research institution in Greece with well-organized facilities, highly qualified personnel and a reputation as a top-level research institution worldwide.
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Research Highlights
FORTH’s Researchers a step closer to unraveling the secrets of the brain function - Featured in Nature Communications Editors' Highlights
In a recent publication, featured in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Communications Editors' highlights, the team of Dr. Panayiota Poirazi, Research Director at ΙΜΒΒ, presents a new software framework that allows the incorporation of dendrites and their key mechanisms into large-scale neural network models.
IMBB scientists uncovered a novel cellular mechanism that regulates ageing and fertility
Research at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of FORTH published in the premier international scientific journal Nature Aging, reveals a fundamental quality control mechanism that operates in cells to safeguard the integrity and function of the nucleus. By maintaining nuclear homeostasis, this molecular mechanism contributes critically to promote
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FORTH’s Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching goes to Professors Michael Fardis and Lambros Liavas
The 32nd award ceremony for the Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching in memory of Vassilis Xanthopoulos and Stefanos Pnevmatikos took place on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, in the Old Parliament in Athens.
The President of FORTH Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis was awarded the British Computer Society (BCS) Digital Research and Innovation Excellence Award
The award ceremony of the BCS Hellenic IT Awards, was held at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Athens, on 20/12/2022
Events
“Nick Kylafis” Distinguished Lecture 2022
17:00 - 23:00
The Researcher's Night 2022 celebrated at FORTH
19:00
Economics for the common good

FORTH's responses to COVID-19 pandemic
The Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) and its Institutes have been made available to the State and Public Health Authorities, in order to contribute to the common effort to address the pandemic of COVID-19, with their top-level infrastructure and expertise.