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10.11.2022
ERA Chair in Biodiversity Computing at ICS-FORTH
Digitality, Environment, Information & Communication Technologies

The new Biodiversity Computing Group (BCG), whose setup will commence in early 2023, will rely on the local expertise in high performance computing and population genetics methods development.

07.09.2022
FORTH establishes the “Greek Institute of Human Genomics”
Biology & Biotechnology, DNA, Genetics

The GIHG was created by the vision of internationally recognized researchers and it aspires to enrich the scientific environment of Greece and to become a world leader in research on genetic diversity and its connection with various monogenic and multifactorial diseases.

29.08.2022
Project ARGOS: FORTH opens a new window to the Universe
Astrophysics

A European consortium of scientists, led by the FORTH Institute of Astrophysics, has succeeded in securing €3 million in European funding, to design a new state-of-the-art radio telescope and to develop cutting-edge technologies for the analysis of astronomical data.

28.07.2022
ERA Chair in Astro-Informatics at ICS-FORTH
Astroinformatics, Astrophysics, Information & Communication Technologies

The Institute of Computer Science is excited to announce that Dr. Jean-Luc Starck of CEA/Saclay, with a major financial support by the European Commission of an ERA Chair, will be leading the efforts on the establishment of a new science direction at FORTH in the emerging field of Astro-Informatics.

20.07.2022
IMBB researcher Panayiota (Yiota) Poirazi elected as Secretary General of the Federation for European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
Brain, Health, Memory, Neurobiology, Neurons

Together with Ole Kiehl (President elect) and Aniko Korosi (treasurer elect), Dr. Panayiota Poirazi, a Research Director at IMBB-FORTH, will be responsible for the management and administration of FENS as its Secretary General.

01.06.2022
Pathogenic bacteria inhibit host cell secretion to manipulate host immunity
Agriculture, Biosciences, Cells, effectors, host susceptibility, Nature, pathogen, Proteins, virulence

In nature, there is a constant evolutionary battle between microbes and their hosts, during which, many bacteria secrete specific proteins into the host’s cells, aiming to alter its physiology, while increasing pestiferous activity.

30.03.2022
Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis elected Chair of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology
Management/Administration

As announced today in Brussels, Nektarios Tavernarakis, Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), and Professor at the Medical School of the University of Crete, was unanimously elected Chair of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT).

24.03.2022
Clock gene mutation found to contribute to the development of autism
Autism, Biosciences, Health, Neurobiology, Publication

A team of scientists from the University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Texas Health San Antonio, and the Biomedical Research Institute of FORTH, found that the disruption of a circadian clock gene may be involved in the development of autism spectrum disorder.

21.03.2022
Prof. Konstantinos Makris, Associated Researcher of IESL-FORTH, receives a Consolidator Award from the European Research Council (ERC)
ERC, Laser

K. Makris, Assistant Professor of the Department of Physics of the University of Crete and Associate Faculty Member of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of FORTH, was awarded a “Consolidator Grant” by the ERC.

24.02.2022
Colossal Black Holes Locked in Dance at Heart of Galaxy
Astrophysics, Observatory, Publication

Locked in an epic cosmic waltz 9 billion light-years away, two supermassive black holes appear to be orbiting around each other every two years.

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