The Deputy Minister for Research and Technology, Dr. Christos Dimas, visited FORTH on Friday, July 23rd, together with the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Mr. Giannis Kefalogiannis and the MP of Heraklion, Mr. Maximos Senetakis.

The inauguration of the Hybrid Molecular Imaging Unit of the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of FORTH took place on Friday, July 23, 2021 at 19:30, at the facilities of FORTH in Heraklion, Crete.

Professor Ioannis Vontas, Collaborative Researcher, Faculty Member at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of FORTH, was elected Director of the Institute on June 22, 2021. His official appointment is expected in the next few weeks.

Increased acidity in the atmosphere is disrupting the ecological balance of the oceans, according to new research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

The Secretary General for Research and Innovation, Prof. Athanasios Kyriazis, visited FORTH on Friday, July 9th, 2021.

FORTH will receive the significant funding of € 56,271,056 in total, from the National Recovery & Resilience Fund, aiming at strengthening all its Research Institutes and Units, under Pillar 3: "Private Investments and Transformation of the Economy", through which Greek Research Centers will be strengthened, with a time horizon of 3 to 5 years.

A team of researchers from the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences of Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/ ICE-HT), the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras, and the Center for Colloid and Surface Science (CSGI) of the University of Florence, led by Professor Costas Galiotis, had the innovative ideato use graphene veils for the protection of paintings against environmental degradation.

Academic and industrial researchers can apply for access from today until September 1st, 2021, through the website www.nffa.eu

The meeting took place within the framework of the cooperation agreement signed in 2019, focusing on the activities of the Computational Vision and Robotics Laboratory.

Gelina Harlaftis, Professor of Maritime History in the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Crete and head of the Centre of Maritime History at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of FORTH, was unanimously re-elected Director of the Institute on 23 June 2021.