IMBB participated in this year’s European Researchers’ Night at FORTH on September 27. This is the largest European Initiative that aims to make the general public acquainted with the research that is taking place in Europe, and especially showing children the excitement of science. Universities and research institutes such as FORTH across 25 cities in Europe open their doors and share their work through presentations, experiments, games, discussions and other interactive formats.
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October 4, 2024
IMBB Biennial Report 2022-2023 is now public. The report presents the Institute, its scientific progress and the research interests of its scientists. In this report the IMBB Alumni Community has its own section with pictures from the 40-year IMBB First Alumni Reunion, and a presentation of the Board of the Community (on pages 31 to 35) followed by the IMBB 40-year timeline posters. The report can be downloaded here.
18 June 2024
IMBB Alumna Maura Strigini is coordinating the first year of the M. Sc. Program Biomedical Sciences/Health Engineering of the University of Saint-Etienne in France. Maura was instrumental in mediating research visits for two students at IMBB this year. Nabelle Terfi is working on a project with Dimitris Spyridakos in Domna Karagogeos laboratory at IMBB and University of Crete Medical School. Her project investigates an in vivo demyelination model through injection of LPC toxin in the central nervous system of mice. Lauryne Brancard joined Kriton Kalantidis group at IMBB and the Biology department at the University of Crete. Her project centered on the study of the specific role of RNAse III proteins in the life cycle of viroids within Nicotiana benthamiana to better understand plant defense strategies and identify potential targets for interventions aimed at enhancing resistance.
17 June 2024
On August the 2nd, 2024, Dr. Srivathsa Magadi, an IMBB alumnus and currently a post doctoral researcher in the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden, gave a semimar at IMBB on "Ribosomal Proteins in Neuroinflammation: Advanced Insights from Translatome Studies”.
His research focuses on the intersection of neurobiology and molecular biology and particularly on the role of ribosomal proteins in neuroinflammatory processes. He employs advanced translatome studies in mouse models to uncover new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
August 2, 2024
IMBB Alumni George Dimopoulos, Laurence J. Zwiebel, George Christophides, and Gareth Lycett were the key note speakers at the international workshop “Vector Control: Insecticides and Beyond” organized at IMBB 11-12 July. They gave great talks about the latest developments in vector control. The workshop attracted participants from abroad and Greece. It was a great opportunity to catch up with the news in this important field of research and also meet old friends. In the photo from left to right, George Dimopoulos, Larry Zwiebel, IMBB Director John Vontas, George Christofides, Gareth Lycett. Derric Nimmo, from IVCC, Innovative Vector Control Consortium (on the right) was also a speaker at the meeting. The agenda is available here
July 15, 2024
IMBB alumnus George Dimopoulos gave a talk in the seminar series of the IMBB Mentoring and Career Track Scheme. His talk “Navigating your biomedical career path proactively” addressed essential ingredients of biomedical career management that can help students and researchers making informed decisions to embark on a most suitable career path.
George also gave an IMBB seminar "Genetic and microbial approaches to combat the ongoing expansion of arboviral infection" George did his Ph.D. with Kitsos Louis and is currently Professor at Johns Hopkins University. Since last year he holds an ERA chair at IMBB and leads the project “MicroBioPest”.
George also gave an IMBB seminar "Genetic and microbial approaches to combat the ongoing expansion of arboviral infection" George did his Ph.D. with Kitsos Louis and is currently Professor at Johns Hopkins University. Since last year he holds an ERA chair at IMBB and leads the project “MicroBioPest”.
April 25-26, 2024