The Summer School took place at the premises of FORTH at Heraklion, Crete, Greece, from July 22^nd to August 2^nd 2024

The award-winning software suite "Integrated Care Solutions" (ICS), which has been developed by the Center for eHealth Applications and Services (CeHA) of the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), was successfully tested this year for its compliance with IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) integration profiles, at an international interoperability capability testing event against third parties.

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.

Το Ίδρυμα Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας (ΙΤΕ), προκειμένου να επιλέξει ένα (1) μέλος με τον αναπληρωτή (1) του για την συγκρότηση της Γενικής Συνέλευσης του Ελληνικού Ιδρύματος Έρευνας και Καινοτομίας (ΕΛΙΔΕΚ), απευθύνει πρόσκληση σε ενδιαφερομένους διακεκριμένους επιστήμονες στελέχη του ΙΤΕ ή επιστήμονες της ημεδαπής ή της διασποράς να υποβάλουν την υποψηφιότητα τους.

Το Δίκτυο ΠΡΑΞΗ/ITE, διοργανώνει διαδικτυακό σεμινάριο για τις ανοικτές προκηρύξεις ERA Talents και Hop-On Facility

Dr. John Vontas, Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of FORTH and Professor of the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), along with Dr. Christos Delidakis, Principal Investigator at IMBB and Professor at the University of Crete, were elected as new members of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today, Tuesday, July 9th 2024, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pharmaceutical Association of Heraklion, Mr. Aristotle Skountakis, aiming at the cooperation of the two Organizations/Institutions, for the development of joint scientific activities.

PRAXI Network, National Contact Point of the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe, organized an open event on Tuesday, July, 9th, 2024, in the Conference Room of the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (FORTH/ICE-HT), entitled: "EIC Accelerator: Funding opportunities, procedures and support".

PRAXI Network, National Contact Point (NCP) of the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe, organized an open event on Tuesday, July, 2nd, 2024, on the premises of the Science and Technology Park of Epirus, entitled: "EIC Accelerator: Funding opportunities, procedures and support".

The 1^st Summer School of the TWINN2SET project will be held from 1 to 5 July 2024. The Summer School is dedicated to Energy Transition and includes a series of lectures, workshops and lab tours. The event is organized by the Institute of Geoenergy/FORTH in collaboration with the Technical University of Crete within the framework of the EU-funded project TWINN2SET (Twinning to Sustainable Energy Transition).