Τhe International Neurosciences Conference of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), entitled "Cell biology of the nervous system”, is held at the Fodele Beach Hotel in Crete, 5-8 May 2025, with the active participation and co-organisation of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas.

FORTH announces the 34rt call for the Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching in memory of Basilis Xanthopoulos and Stephanos Pnevmatikos. For 2025, proposals that fall under the thematic cycle of Social Sciences and Humanities are accepted.

The closing date is Friday 18 July 2025.

The Seminar will take place at the Conference Auditorium of the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (FORTH/ICE-HT), Stadiou str.-Platani Patras, on Friday, April 9, 2025 (12.00).

Speaker: Spyros Pandis, Professor Chemical Engineering Department, the University of Patras

The Seminar will be in English.

The Municipality of Rethymnon and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) are organizing for the year 2025 a series of lectures addressed to the general public of Rethymnon. In these talks, open to everyone, the Institute's researchers will present elements of their research work in an accessible way, followed by a discussion.

The third lecture titled "Aristotle Onassis. The Myth and the History of Business Games", will take place on Monday, April 7, 2025 at 19.00 by Gelina Harlaftis Director of IMS-ITE & Professor at the University of Crete.

The Seminar will take place at the Conference Auditorium of the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (FORTH/ICE-HT), Stadiou str.-Platani Patras, on Friday, April 4, 2025 (12.00).

Speaker: Prof. Robert Pincus, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, USA.

For those who wish to attend the seminar remotely, please check the monitoring link: https://iceht-forth.webex.com/meet/Seminar

The Seminar will be in English.

Dr. Michail Kotsyfakis has been awarded a prestigious Research Grant from the 2025 Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) to investigate the eco-epidemiological dynamics of tick-borne pathogens, particularly the Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV). The awarded project will receive $1.5 million in funding over three years.

To Δίκτυο ΠΡΑΞΗ, Εθνικό Σημείο Επαφής για το ευρωπαϊκό πρόγραμμα πλαίσιο για την έρευνα και την καινοτομία «Ορίζοντας Ευρώπη», διοργανώνει διαδικτυακό σεμινάριο προς το ελληνικό οικοσύστημα, την Παρασκευή, 21 Μαρτίου, μεταξύ 10:00 – 13:30. Στόχος της εκδήλωσης είναι η ενημέρωση για τις κατευθύνσεις των μελλοντικών προγραμμάτων εργασίας, η παρουσίαση ανοικτών και επερχόμενων προκηρύξεων καθώς και η υπενθύμιση, ιδιαίτερα σε νεοεισερχόμενους, της δομής του προγράμματος καθώς και των βασικών νομικών και οικονομικών κανόνων που διέπουν τόσο την προετοιμασία των προτάσεων όσο και την υλοποίηση των έργων.

RECLAIM’s participation in Greece’s leading environmental, Verde.Tec, which took place on 21-23 February 2025 at the MEC Exhibition Centre in Paiania, was a great success.

The Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) and the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) announce the establishment of YPSILON Care Tech, a new spin-off company that marks a strategic expansion of the activities of the Center for eHealth Applications and Services.

The Seminar will take place at the Conference Centre of the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (FORTH/ICE-HT), Stadiou str.-Platani Patras, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 (16.00).

Speaker: Prof. Francesco Dondero, Department of Science and Technological Innovation,University of Eastern Piedmont “Amedeo Avogadro«, Italy

For those who wish to attend the seminar remotely, please check the monitoring link: https://iceht-forth.webex.com/meet/Seminar

The Seminar will be in English.