A non-scientific exhibition will open tomorrow, 10 February at 18:00 p.m. in the seminar room "Alkiviades Payatakes" of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) in Heraklion. This is the First Art Exhibition organized by the members of the Cultural Groups of FORTH and it will host 78 art paintings and photographs created by its members, as well as an interesting concept of modern IT technology in an interactive presentation of famous art works.

The event of the book presentation of Dr. Antonis Andriotis - Research Director at the Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH) - was successfully hosted at FORTH's Amphitheatre by the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) at Heraklion Crete, on Tuesday, February the 2nd, 2010.

This year's award for Excellence in Academic Teaching in memory of V. Xanthopoulos and St. Pneumatikos will be given to the Professor of Mathematics at the University of Crete, Dr. Souzanna Papadopoulou.

FORTH mourns the loss of its Chairman, Professor Alkiviades Ch. Payatakes

The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of FORTH participates in the effort to understand a fundamental biological problem, namely how cells regulate trafficking of their proteins. Some of the research results are presented in today's edition of Nature, one of the most authoritative international scientific journals. They stem from intercontinental cooperation between the research teams Tassos Economou, IMBB Researcher and Associate Professor at the Biology Department of the University of Crete and that of Charalambos Kalodimou, Associate Professor at Rutgers University (New Jersey, USA).

FORTH has recently received a new distinction at European level, as the project "ADAPTIVES/ Algorithmic Development and Analysis of Pioneer Techniques for Imaging with waVES" submitted by Dr. Chrysoula Tsogka has been selected for granting by the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Fund 2009.

The Conference is organized on the occasion of the celebration for the "DARWIN YEAR" on Friday and Saturday 20-21 November 2009 at 17:00 (on 20/11) and at 15:00 (on 21/11).

Research at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, published today in the international scientific journal Nature, reveals a novel molecular mechanism that regulates cellular metabolism and ageing.