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Press Releases (135)

Events (35)

Announcements (37)

Newspaper Articles (21)

Obituaries (10)

January 13, 2023

IMBB researchers develop innovative computational tools to unravel the role of dendrites in the brain

Press Release

December 27, 2022

IMBB scientists uncovered a novel cellular mechanism that regulates ageing and fertility by preserving the architecture of nucleus and upholding nuclear quality control

Press Release

December 22, 2022

IMBB Alumni Community (IMBB-AC) launched

Announcement

November 28, 2022

Can the three-dimensional organization of the T cell genome regulate (auto)immunity?

Press Release

November 22, 2022

Prestigious ERC Starting Grant awarded to FORTH Researcher Dr. Emmanouil Froudarakis

Press Release

October 19, 2022

ERA Chair in Green Biotechnology - Microbial Biopesticides at IMBB- FORTH

Press Release

October 7, 2022

Kafatos Lecture 2022

Event

September 22, 2022

IMBB Workshop/Course: “Enzyme Biotechnology applications for Pesticide/Drug Discovery”

Event

September 21, 2022

IMBB Workshop: “Personal Career Development Plan”

Event

September 14, 2022 - September 16, 2022

VIROID 2022: Viroids, viroid-like RNAs, and RNA viruses

Event

August 23, 2022 - August 27, 2022

EMBO Workshop - Membrane transporters as essential elements of cellular function and homeostasis

Event

July 27, 2022

Professor Christos Louis honored for contributions to malaria mosquito biology

Announcement

July 20, 2022

IMBB researcher Panayiota (Yiota) Poirazi elected as Secretary General of the Federation for European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)

Announcement

July 15, 2022 - July 16, 2022

«13th Scientific Retreat», of the Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas (FORTH)

Event

June 1, 2022

Pathogenic bacteria inhibit host cell secretion to manipulate host immunity

Press Release

May 11, 2022

IMBB-FORTH mourns the loss of its colleague and former member of the Institute Kyriakos Petratos

Obituary

May 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022

8th International Course - “Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: mice, rats and zebrafish”

Event

March 30, 2022

Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis elected Chair of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology

Press Release

February 3, 2022

FORTH researchers reveal how metabolic reprogramming in mitochondria promotes or undermines survival and longevity

Press Release

November 30, 2021

International collaboration between IMBB-FORTH and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany), with the contribution of researchers from the Universities of Groningen (The Netherlands) and Leuven (Belgium) shaded light on the role of Structural Dynamics in protein evolvability

Press Release

November 22, 2021

IMBB researchers reveal that DNA damage in tissue-infiltrating macrophages triggers an exosome-based metabolic reprogramming leading to chronic inflammation

Press Release

September 17, 2021

The Governing Council of FORTH approved the election of Michail Lionakis as Adjunct Researcher of IMBB

Announcement

September 7, 2021

International scientific collaboration between IMBB-FORTH Researchers and Scientists at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the University of Oslo, in Norway uncovers the novel role of the DNA base excision repair (BER) pathway in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease

Press Release

August 27, 2021 - August 29, 2021

International Conference on Neurotrophic Factors and Neurodegenerative Disorders

Event

July 23, 2021

New Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH

Press Release

July 13, 2021

The Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (IMBB FORTH - Greece) becomes a full member of EU-LIFE

Press Release

July 5, 2021

Recent publication from Dr Gravanis Laboratory is highlighted in Nature's collection of Leading Research in Neuroscience

Announcement

May 26, 2021

IMBB researchers reveal that XAB2 functionally links the spliceosomal response to DNA damage with R-loop processing with important ramifications for transcription-coupled DNA repair disorders

Press Release

April 19, 2021

IMBB elects Dr Matthieu Lavigne as new Group Leader (Reseacher C)

Announcement

April 7, 2021

IMBB-FORTH organizes the 7th Seminar on Laboratory Safety

Event

March 19, 2021

Prof. Nikos Poulakakis joins IMBB as Collaborating University Faculty Member

Announcement

March 12, 2021

Online webinar "Ancient DNA, Precision Medicine & Agriculture: Cutting Edge Post-Genomic Applications" in memory of Dr Dimitris Kafetzopoulos

Event

March 19, 2021

IMBB elects two new Group Leaders: Dr Constantine Stratakis (Researcher A') and Dr Evgenia Ntini (Researcher B')

Announcement

February 9, 2021

An evolutionary rare strategy for circumventing pesticide resistance in the major bee parasite

Press Release

February 3, 2021

Biosensors Lab receives funding from HFRI to develop a rapid diagnostic tool for Covid-19 antibodies detection

Press Release

January 25, 2021

Launching the 2021 the joint Seminar series in Translational and Clinical Medicine organized by the UoC Medical School, IMBB-FORTH and the UoC Research Center of Social Sciences

Announcement

January 21, 2021

European Research Project, coordinated by IMBB-FORTH, receives prestigious Horizon 2020 grant for the development of highly selective and safe insecticides

Press Release

November 30, 2020

Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Press Release

November 9, 2020

Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis elected Vice President of the European Research Council

Press Release

September 7, 2020

Novel method for COVID-19 diagnosis developed in Crete receives funding for immediate market release

Press Release

September 4, 2020

In a Viewpoint article in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, IMBB Researcher P. Poirazi and other leading neuro-biologists discuss the major breakthroughs of the past 20 years and the future challenges in the field of Neuroscience

Press Release

August 28, 2020

In a Commentary article published in Nature Immunology, Prof. Tavernarakis discusses the publication describing how obesity-induced inflammation impairs mitochondrial metabolism to exacerbate the consequences of high fat diet

Press Release

August 19, 2020

IMBB-FORTH is mourning the loss of its former colleague Alekos Athanasiadis

Obituary

August 18, 2020

IMBB Researchers and Scientists from the University of Padova uncover a novel pathogenesis mechanism for Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy, an incurable, visual loss disorder

Press Release

July 14, 2020

IMBB-FORTH joins EU-LIFE as a new Associate Member

Press Release

July 6, 2020

Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis elected Member of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Governing Board

Press Release

June 22, 2020

22/6/2020 - ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTION AND THE RESPECTIVE IMBB-FORTH PERSONNEL REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION

Announcement

June 16, 2020

Neuroimplants to treat spinal cord injuries

Press Release

April 3, 2020

IMBB researcher Electra Gizeli will coordinate a new HFSP-funded research effort aiming at better understanding the bio-mechanical properties of endosomal membranes

Press Release

March 16, 2020

IMBB elects two new Group Leaders: Giorgos Gkouridis (Researcher B') and Themis Alissafi (Researcher C')

Announcement

March 15, 2020

IMBB is mourning the loss of Dimitris Kafetzopoulos, a Researcher and former Deputy Director of the Institute

Obituary

January 29, 2020

Researchers provide new insights into the pathogenesis of epilepsy

Press Release

January 9, 2020

In a new study, IMBB Researchers in collaboration with colleagues at Los Angeles and New York provide new insights into the pathogenesis of epilepsy

Press Release

January 2, 2020

New scientific discovery by researchers at FORTH DNA damage triggers metabolic reprogramming, leading to aging

Press Release

December 30, 2019

The Achilles’ heel of malaria vectors: novel insecticide resistance mechanisms expressed in their legs

Press Release

December 10, 2019

Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to FORTH Researcher Dr. Giorgos Chamilos

Press Release

November 26, 2019

International scientific collaboration between IMBB researchers and scientists at the Harvard Medical School causally dissects the role of dendrites in sensory processing

Press Release

November 26, 2019

Professor George A. Garinis awarded with the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

Press Release

November 13, 2019

Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis newly elected Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Press Release

October 30, 2019

A "Perspective" article in Nature Neuroscience by a group of leading neurobiologists discusses how components of artificial neuronal networks can drive progress in systems neuroscience. The Perspective is co-authored by IMBB Researcher P. Poirazi

Press Release

October 17, 2019

In a Commentary article published in Nature, Prof. Tavernarakis discusses the publication describing the discovery of how neural excitation modulates lifespan

Press Release

October 4, 2019 - October 6, 2019

The 28th Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience is held at the Main Auditorium of FORTH

Event

September 13, 2019

The National Academy of Sciences of the USA has published a Biographical Memoir honoring Fotis Kafatos, the Founder and first Director of IMBB

Announcement

August 29, 2019

IMBB-FORTH Researcher Panagiota Poirazi has been awarded Einstein Visiting Fellowship to investigate neuronal mechanisms of behavioral flexibility

Press Release

August 19, 2019

Researchers at IMBB-FORTH challenge the dogma that wants interneurons to be “simple”

Press Release

July 25, 2019

Prof. George A. Garinis, FORTH affiliated researcher, earns an ERC Proof of Concept Grant

Press Release

July 8, 2019 - July 12, 2019

The 2019 Onassis Foundation Lecture Series in Biology and Chemistry is on the topic of Genome Editing

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June 28, 2019

IMBB researchers uncover a link between mitochondrial maturation and germ cell differentiation

Press Release

June 13, 2019

FORTH Chairman, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis is elected Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens

Press Release

June 12, 2019

Professor George A. Garinis is elected member of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Press Release

June 6, 2019

IMBB scientists describe a novel mechanism of interchromosomal gene regulation

Press Release

May 27, 2019 - June 5, 2019

Following the implementation of the Directive 2010/63/EU and the presidential degree 56/2013 we are co-organizing the FELASA accredited International Course on the "Care and Use of Laboratory Animals”

Event

May 10, 2019

The Proteomics Facility of FORTH among the leading European Proteomics Research Groups

Press Release

February 12, 2019

International scientific collaboration between IMBB Researchers and Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States and the University of Oslo, in Norway uncovers the novel role of mitophagy in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease

Press Release

February 1, 2019

IMBB and Columbia Researchers pinpoint the cells that control the brain's memory flow

Press Release

December 18, 2018

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award to IMBB researcher Panayiota Poirazi

Press Release

December 15, 2018

University of Crete professors Dr Christos Tsatsanis, Dr George Bertsias, Dr Prodromos Sidiropoulos and Dr Panagiotis Moschou joined IMBB as Collaborating University Faculty Members

Announcement

November 26, 2018

“PROOF-OF-CONCEPT” grant from Patras Science Park awarded to Dr G. Papadakis and Prof. E. Gizeli

Announcement

October 8, 2018

Dr. Papoutsi Postdoctoral researcher at IMBB/FORTH awarded with the prestigious NARSAD 2018 Young Investigator Grant

Press Release

October 3, 2018

IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism regulating protein synthesis and ageing

Press Release

September 25, 2018

FORTH organizes a symposium to honor the memory of Fotis Kafatos

Event

September 18, 2018

Professor George A. Garinis will coordinate two international research programs on Ageing (HealthAge) and DNA damage (aDDRess) at the IMBB-FORTH

Press Release

September 17, 2018

FORTH organizes a symposium to honor the memory of Fotis Kafatos 25 September 2018, Main Auditorium, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete

Press Release

August 27, 2018

IMBB Researchers Identify a Critical Role of Iron Restriction inside Macrophages in Host Defense against Human Pathogenic Fungi

Press Release

August 17, 2018

IMBB is mourning the sudden loss of Tamara Aid-Pavlidis, former post-doctoral fellow of the Institute

Obituary

July 17, 2018

IMBB honors the lifetime scientific achievements of Sifis Papamatheakis, a founding member of the Institute. A Scientific Symposium on Gene Regulation is organized July 21

Event

July 12, 2018

IMBB Researcher Vassiliki Nikoletopoulou became a member of the FENS-KAVLI network for excellence scholars

Press Release

June 19, 2018

"Vassilis XANTHOPOULOS - Stephanos PNEVMATIKOS" Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching

Announcement

May 31, 2018

IMBB Researchers Identify a Novel Immunological Function of Melanin implicated in Pathogenesis of Human Fungal Diseases

Press Release

May 4, 2018

The University of Crete in collaboration with the IMBB Animal Facility will host the 5th International Course “Care and use of laboratory animals”

Announcement

April 3, 2018

IMBB will host 13 Young Scientists who received the highly competitive ELIDEK Grant support to develop new lines of research in the fields of biotechnology and biomedical sciences

Announcement

March 15, 2018

International scientific collaboration between IMBB-FORTH Researchers and Scientists in Paris, France uncovers a novel function of aspirin as a caloric restriction mimetic agent

Press Release

February 28, 2018

IMBB researcher Panayiota Poirazi elected member of the Organizing Committee for the FENS Forum 2018

Press Release

February 28, 2018

IMBB researcher Domna Karagogeos elected Chair of the Committee of Higher Education and Training of the FENS

Press Release

January 31, 2018

IMBB and UCLA researchers show how synaptic turnover facilitates learning and memory

Press Release

November 18, 2017

IMBB is mourning the loss of Fotis Kafatos, the Founder and the first Director of the Institute

Obituary

September 13, 2017

Bayer and IMBB-FORTH in Greece collaborate to support discovery of novel insect control solutions

Press Release

July 20, 2017

FORTH Chairman, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis, receives the prestigious Helmholtz International Fellow Award

Press Release

July 6, 2017

IMBB-FORTH Researchers reveal how stress and nutrient deprivation influence complex brain functions such as learning and memory

Press Release

June 16, 2017

IMBB - FORTH’s Researcher Panayiota Poirazi elected as member of EMBO

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