The first Health Datathon organized by the Athens Medical Society, the Open Technologies Alliance and the Hellenic Society of eHealth Services and Education, started on May 16th and was successfully concluded on May 18th 2019.

An Open Scientific Speech will be given by Professor Gérard Mourou, who was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018. The event will be held at the Amphitheater of the Foundation for Research and Technology- Hellas on 20 May 2019 at 13.00.

The Proteomics Facility (ProFI) at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of FORTH (IMBB-FORTH) participates in the European Proteomics Infrastructure Consortium (EPIC-XS), which was recently funded by the European Union with € 10 million in the framework of “Horizon 2020” Work Program, for a four-year period, starting on January 2019. It is worth noting that FORTH is the only Research Center in Greece that participates in this project, among eighteen renowned research teams from all over Europe.

With the active participation of the Foundation for Research and Technology- Hellas (FORTH), the prestigious International Neurosciences Conference of the European Organization for Molecular Biology (EMBO), entitled "Cell Biology of the Neuron: Polarity, Plasticity and Regeneration”, is held at Fodele Beach Hotel, from 7 to 10 May.

Foundation of Research and Technology – HELLAS participates in the See Far project funded by the European Commission within the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program with € 4M for the next 3 years. Twelve partners from five different countries, including universities, research centers and enterprises, participate in the project, providing the necessary experience to ensure the success of the project in all its stages of development.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Foundation for Research and Technology- Hellas (FORTH) and the European University of Cyprus (EUC) was signed on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, by the President of FORTH, Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis and the Rector of the EUC, Prof. Kostas Gouliamos.

On 1 April 2019, the Executive Director of ENISA, Udo Helmbrecht, the Secretary General of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media, Vasilis Maglaras, the Regional Councillor of Crete, Giorgos Alexakis on behalf of the Governor of Crete Region Stavros Arnaoutakis, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors at FORTH Nektarios Tavernarakis inaugurated the new office of ENISA located in Heraklion, Crete.

Jean-Eric Paquet, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, accompanied by Ms Anna Panagopoulou, Director of the Common Support Centre at DG RTD and the Secretary General of Research and Technology, Ms Patricia Kyprianidou visited the Foundation for Research and Technology- Hellas.

The IMS-FORTH Geophysical Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeo-Environment Laboratory (Greece), in collaboration with the Centre for Applied Geosciences at the University of Portsmouth (UK), has made a rapid preliminary assessment of recent flooding and landslide devastation in western Crete, which took place after an unprecedented heavy rain storm-“Oceanis” during 24-26 February, 2019

Significant distinction was achieved by PhD Candidates and members of the Biophotonics and Molecular Imaging Group of IESL, Michalis Orfanakis, Physicist and teacher of the General Lyceum of Makry Gialos and Gymnasium of Koutsouras Ierapetra and Mikis Mylonakis, Physicist, at the 10th Panhellenic Science Education STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematic) competition “Science on Stage Greece 2018”.