The paper entitled «Modeling susceptibility to periodontitis» was awarded the «IADR/AADR William J. Gies Award» for 2014

The European Commission has published new calls for proposals for Energy Efficiency under H2020.

Giannis Zacharakis, Researcher of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of FORTH, has been elected member of the council of European Society of Molecular Imaging (ESMI).

Panayiota Poirazi, a Research Director and Head of the Computational Biology Lab (www.dendrites.gr) at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (IMBB-FORTH) has been selected, together with three other ERC grantees, to represent the European Research Council at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions to be held from 10-12 September in Tianjin, China.

In the context of the Greek Presidency of the E.U. Council, the Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH) will host on the 20th of May the meeting of GenderSTE: Gender, Science, Technology and the Environment COST – European Cooperation in Science and Technology (Action TA 1201) in Heraklion.

The call has now opened for the 24th Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching in memory of Vassilis Xanthopoulos and Stephanos Pnevmatikos, both professors at the University of Crete and members of the Foundation for Research & Technology (FORTH).

Art has long been interested in research and science: from Renaissance art and Leonardo da Vinci with his studies of physics, to 20th century art with Surrealists drawing on Freud and the subconscious, to the contemporary American James Turrell working with the optical illusions of light and the young Chinese WU Juehui dealing with the visual aspects of neuroscience, artists have been fascinated by research and science and have been deeply influenced in the course of their work. However, the creative approach of art by scientists and researchers could prove highly interesting as well.

The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology announces two (2) Researchers Positions, level B (Principal Researcher, equivalent to Associate Professor) or level C (Assistant Researcher, equivalent to Assistant Professor) in the following research fields: - SYSTEMS BIOLOGY - NEUROSCIENCES

The Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) organized a series of public lectures in 2013 on topics of current interest in sciences and humanities to celebrate 30 years since its establishment.