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08.11.2024
The 2024 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Greek Award for Women in Science, in the field of Natural Sciences was awarded to Maria Charisi, Institute of Astrophysics, FORTH
Astrophysics, Award

Dr. Maria Charisi, Associated Research Fellow at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IA-FORTH) and Assistant Professor at Washington State University, in the USA, has been awarded the 2024 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Greek Award for Women in Science, in the field of Natural Sciences.

A Three-Dimensional Atlas of the Milky Way
05.11.2024
A Three-Dimensional Atlas of the Milky Way
Astrophysics, ERC, Funding, Grant

ERC funds scientists to map Galaxy in 3D: Torsten Enßlin (Max Planck Inst. for Astrophysics), Philipp Mertsch (RWΤΗ Aachen University) & Vasiliki Pavlidou (Inst. of Astrophysics-FORTH), have been awarded a highly competitive European Research Council Synergy Grant) aiming to create the first three-dimensional, comprehensive atlas of our Milky Way galaxy.

Center for Quantum Science & Technologies established at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH-QuTech)
01.10.2024
Center for Quantum Science & Technologies established at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH-QuTech)
Sciences, Technology

The vision for FORTH-QuTech is to become a national & international point of reference in quantum science and technologies. This will be achieved by ensuring continuous development of science, technology, expertise, & human capital, attracting high-quality scientific personnel & significant funding.

FORTH attracts new funding from the European Research Council
05.09.2024
FORTH attracts new funding from the European Research Council
ERC, Funding, Grant

Two ERC Starting Grants totaling approximately 3 million euros, were awarded to Dr. Anna Sydorenko and Dr. Konstantina Kalfa, post-doctoral researchers at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH).

International scientific collaboration reveals how intermittent fasting regulates ageing through autophagy
08.08.2024
International scientific collaboration reveals how intermittent fasting regulates ageing through autophagy
Aging, Biology & Biotechnology, Biosciences, Cells, Nature, Publication

Recent research at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), at the Paris Cité University, and at the University of Graz, published today in the premier international science periodical Nature Cell Biology, sheds light on the mechanism through which spermidine regulates autophagy, a process that ensures the recycling of components within the cell, to promote the anti-ageing effects of intermittent fasting.

New study uncovers a link between reproduction and a key mitochondrial stress response
17.06.2024
New study uncovers a link between reproduction and a key mitochondrial stress response
Cells, Proteins

Research at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of FORTH and at the University of Cologne, published in the premier international science periodical Cell Reports, reveals that germline reproductive signals impact the ability of somatic tissues to induce the mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt).

Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis is honored with the Bodossaki Excellence Award for his outstanding contribution to Biomedical Sciences
11.06.2024
Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis is honored with the Bodossaki Excellence Award for his outstanding contribution to Biomedical Sciences
Award, Management/Administration

Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis stood out among a large number of extremely high-caliber Greek scientists from Universities and Research Centers, worldwide.

FORTH researchers identify the 18 World War II executed civilians of Adele, Rethymnon
27.05.2024
FORTH researchers identify the 18 World War II executed civilians of Adele, Rethymnon
Biology & Biotechnology, DNA, Genetics

A pioneering, national-level study, was conducted by the research group of Paleogenomics and Evolutionary Genetics of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH).

Study in Nature Cities reveals: Disadvantaged people suffer particularly hard from heat stress in major European cities
24.05.2024
Study in Nature Cities reveals: Disadvantaged people suffer particularly hard from heat stress in major European cities
Environment

A new study led by the Technical University of Berlin, with the collaboration of FORTH and other European Universities and Research Centers, sheds light on the serious environmental injustice associated with heat stress in 14 major European cities.

A first glimpse at our Galaxy
24.04.2024
A first glimpse at our Galaxy's magnetic field in 3D
Astrophysics, Observatory

Thanks to new sophisticated techniques and state-of-the-art facilities, Astronomy has entered a new era in which the depth of the sky can finally be accessed.

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