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06.05.2025 - 08.05.2025 Crete hosts a prestigious International Neurosciences Conference of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
02.05.2025 The ‘battle’ with insects in the midst of the climate crisis - The role of biotechnology
02.05.2025 Revolutionary developments in genetics, crucial for human survival
30.04.2025 Environmentally friendly practices for the control of the olive fruit fly in Crete
23.04.2025 Professor Nicholas Katsanis, co-founder of Galatea Bio and Antithesis Therapeutics, joins IMBB as adjunct faculty
18.04.2025 The Gairdner 2025 International Award went to the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of IMBB - FORTH
15.04.2025 The 2025 Gairdner Award went to the chairman of IMBB-FORTH’s Scientific Advisory Committee
04.04.2025 Honorary sponsorship to Dr. Kochyfakis of IMBB - FORTH and his team
03.04.2025 Nektarios Tavernarakis - The Mystery of Aging
02.04.2025 Prestigious HFSP Research Grant Awarded to IMBB Researcher, Dr. Michail Kotsyfakis
20.03.2025 Alzheimer: an epidemic of the disease is expected in the coming decades due to an ageing population
16.03.2025 Artificial neural network inspired by the brain
10.03.2025 Workshop on gastroenteritis
25.02.2025 Two insightful seminars at IMBB on “Systems Therapeutics Drug Discovery by M. Dermitzakis and N. Katsanis
21.02.2025 Speech by Dr. Panagiotis Sarris on the issue of sustainable food security in the light of climate change
17.02.2025 Lectures in the new field of "Systems Therapeutics Drug Discovery", by Prof. Manolis Dermitzakis and Prof. Nikos Katsanis
17.02.2025 Dendritic plasticity links memories across time
13.02.2025 INCLUDE Project: Advancing Intersectional Gender Equality in Biomedical Research and Innovation
11.02.2025 Nektarios Tavernarakis: The First Greek President of the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC)
06.02.2025 Two pioneering scientists talk about systemic therapeutics
06.02.2025 Inspired by the human brain advanced artificial intelligence systems
31.01.2025 The time to find a solution for the weed resistance problem is over
28.01.2025 A solution for energy-intensive AI systems
24.01.2025 Artificial neural networks with dendrites: a possible solution for modern, energy-hungry, AI systems
24.01.2025 Artificial Neural Networks with Dendrites: A Solution for Energy-Hungry AI Systems
24.01.2025 George Garinis is honored with the The University of Crete Research Award
23.01.2025 NEW RESEARCHER POSITION (B OR C GRADE)
15.01.2025 Award-winning Professor Ioanna Keklikoglou joins IMBB - FORTH
13.01.2025 Ioanna Keklikoglou, Assistant Professor of the Department of Biology, University of Crete, joins IMBB as a collaborating faculty member
10.01.2025 Preventing dangerous tick-borne viruses
08.01.2025 Development of innovative tools for tackling ticks and the diseases they transmit in the context of climate change
07.01.2025 Daphne Bazopoulou, Assistant Professor of the Department of Biology, University of Crete, joins IMBB as a collaborating faculty member
19.12.2024 Alzheimer's disease: Research by the University of Crete and FORTH is changing the facts
17.12.2024 The research at FORTH that is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
16.12.2024 Searching for new solutions to control malaria mosquitoes: IMBB-FORTH in Greece receives funding for the discovery of novel solutions for control of the malaria mosquitoes
16.12.2024 In an interview with Cretalive, C. Spilianakis analyzes "how the bad choices of our grandmothers affect us today"
11.12.2024 Ε. Gizeli speaks to KRITI TV about the pioneering Dxhub program that puts infectious diseases for humans, animals and crops under the "microscope"
09.12.2024 Creation of a Center of Excellence at FORTH to promote innovative solutions for the detection of infectious diseases
06.12.2024 Yale chose to hold its international symposium on olive oil and health in Heraklion
04.12.2024 Activity-dependent K+ hotspots selectively boost the dendritic excitability of neurons, acting as 'volume knobs'
01.12.2024 - 04.12.2024 6th International Yale Symposium on Olive Oil and Health
21.10.2024 Distinct trafficking routes of polarized and non-polarized membrane cargoes in Aspergillus nidulans
05.09.2024 16th Advanced Scientific Programming in Python
27.08.2024 Seed longevity is controlled by metacaspases
25.08.2024 - 01.09.2024 Summer School: 16th Advanced Scientific Programming in Python
21.08.2024 Prestigious H.F.R.I. – SNF grant “Always strive for excellence – Theodoros Papazoglou” to IMBB researcher
08.08.2024 International scientific collaboration reveals how intermittent fasting regulates ageing through autophagy
08.08.2024 Spermidine is vital for inducing autophagy and extending longevity during intermittent fasting
11.07.2024 - 12.07.2024 International workshop “Vector Control: Insecticides and Beyond” at IMBB
11.07.2024 Endonucleosis mediates internalization of cytoplasm into the nucleus
10.07.2024 John Vontas and Christos Delidakis are elected as new members of EMBO
02.07.2024 Successful completion of two EMBO courses at IMBB
30.06.2024 - 01.07.2024 Μarie Curie RISE 'neuronsXnets': 1st Miniaturised microscopes (miniscopes) workshop
28.06.2024 ReNeuroCell Therapeutics, IMBB-FORTH and University of Crete’s new spin-off, receives award at the START Smart Forum
26.06.2024 Novel solutions for the detection of infectious diseases: New excellence hub at FORTH in collaboration with Oeiras - Portugal
25.06.2024 Reproductive status regulates the mitochondrial stress response
17.06.2024 - 19.06.2024 EMBO Solutions Courses
17.06.2024 New study uncovers a link between reproduction and a key mitochondrial stress response
11.06.2024 Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis is honored with the Bodossaki Excellence Award for his outstanding contribution to Biomedical Sciences
11.06.2024 Cancer associated fibroblasts form immune synapses with T regulatory cells, promoting tumor expansion
27.05.2024 IMBB-FORTH researchers identify the 18 World War II executed civilians of Adele, Rethymnon
22.05.2024 ANNOUNCEMENT: PROCEDURE OF THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTION AND THE RESPECTIVE IMBB-FORTH PERSONNEL REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION on 14/06/2024
16.05.2024 Διάλεξη για το φαινόμενο του εργασιακού εκφοβισμού από την κα Πετσαλάκη, Σύμβουλο Ακεραιότητας στην Περιφέρεια Κρήτης, προς τους Εργαζόμενους του ΙΤΕ.
14.05.2024 Transcription stress leads to paracrine senescence
13.05.2024 The story 'An iron armor against fungal pathogens' for the research of Giorgos Chamilos group in IMBB is featured in the European 'Research Matters' campaign
17.04.2024 - 07.06.2024 10th International Course - “Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: mice, rats and zebrafish” _ April-June 2024
26.03.2024 Brain And Artificial Intelligence: A Fascinating Dynamic Interplay
22.03.2024 DNA damage in microglia leads to neurodegeneration
13.03.2024 - 15.03.2024 FORTH-ONRG Conference - Exploiting protein evolution for protein engineering
06.03.2024 CINVESTAV, the largest Research Organization of Mexico, visits FORTH, in the presence of Mexico’s Ambassador in Greece
02.03.2024 Polycomb-mediated silencing of miR-8 is required for maintenance of intestinal stemness in Drosophila melanogaster
31.01.2024 Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to IMBB-FORTH Researcher Dr. Panagiotis N. Moschou
08.12.2023 Detection of isothermally-amplified DNA by naked-eye observation
06.12.2023 Modeling apical and basal tree contribution to orientation selectivity in a mouse L2/3 V1 pyramidal cell
03.12.2023 RNA interference and maintenance of heterochromatin in a marine phytoplankton
28.11.2023 IMBB Emeritae Despina Alexandraki and Inga Siden-Kiamos honored as Women in Research
08.11.2023 Hellenic Network of Molecular Oncology: A new era in the fight against cancer
08.11.2023 XPF interacts with TOP2B for R-loop processing and DNA looping on actively transcribed genes
06.11.2023 First workshop of the Hellenic Network for (Precision Medicine) Molecular Oncology
30.10.2023 Stories from Young IMBB researchers: How the RAS robber was trapped
23.10.2023 Cretan RNA Workshop
23.10.2023 Stories from Young IMBB researchers: Our complex world and how to recognize objects in it
23.10.2023 Interesting article focusing on the career progression of women in neuroscience
20.10.2023 40 years of IMBB – FORTH celebration
20.10.2023 Stories from Young IMBB researchers: A story for Maria
19.10.2023 New study profiles the chromatin dissociation dynamics of newly transcribed RNA
18.10.2023 Profiling the dynamics of chromatin release of newly transcribed RNA
16.10.2023 Stories from Young IMBB researchers: The happy liver cell
13.10.2023 IMBB 40-year event: IMBB hosted six excellent high school students who participated in an advanced laboratory exercise. Afterwards they received certificates from the IMBB Director
09.10.2023 Stories from Young IMBB researchers: The legacy of an extinct pygmy hippo from Cyprus
02.10.2023 Stories from Young IMBB researchers: Co-habitation with malaria
20.09.2023 Prestigious Horizon Europe grant to FORTH, for the development of Next Generation Biopesticides and Novel Approaches for Precision Plant Protection
04.09.2023 Announcing the selection of the 2023 FENS-Kavli Scholars
24.08.2023 IMBB leads EU call to step up preparedeness for the next pandemic
17.08.2023 Caloric restriction mimetic enhances remyelination by promoting a less inflammatory environment
16.08.2023 A transporter in mosquito legs acts like a pump, exporting insecticide out of the organism
08.08.2023 New study reveals the mechanisms that drive neural tumour progression to malignancy
07.08.2023 A study of brain tumor progression in a Drosophila model
31.07.2023 Dual academic distinction for Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis
30.07.2023 Unlocking the Potential of PML: A Defender Against Breast Cancer Metastasis
19.07.2023 EU grant awarded to IMBB-Biosensors lab
12.07.2023 New study reveals a key role of mRNA metabolism determinants in ageing and disease, through the regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis and function
10.07.2023 Balanced mRNA storage and degradation modulates mitochondrial biogenesis, ageing and stress responses
04.07.2023 IMBB is mourning the loss of Tassos Economou
04.07.2023 FORTH Researcher, Prof. Electra Gizeli, new elected member of the European Organization for Molecular Biology (EMBO)
09.06.2023 Ανοιχτή Εκδήλωση ΙΤΕ «Η Ιατρική Ακριβείας στη Σύγχρονη Ζωή»
04.05.2023 Prestigious HFSP Research Grant awarded to FORTH Researcher Dr. Anastasios Pavlopoulos
02.05.2023 Remote control of autophagy and metabolism in the liver
27.04.2023 40 years of IMBB – FORTH celebration
12.04.2023 Το ΙΤΕ συντονίζει το Ελληνικό Δίκτυο Μοριακής Ογκολογίας με χρηματοδότηση από το Ταμείο Ανάκαμψης και Ανθεκτικότητας
06.03.2023 Revealing the structure and function of a cytoskeletal actin in malaria parasites
13.02.2023 Impaired glucose metabolism and liver-α-cell axis in mice with ablation of the HNF4A gene in the liver
11.02.2023 ΙΜΒΒ scientists uncovered the molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of the neurodegenerative disorder Wolfram Syndrome
31.01.2023 Discovering a disinhibitory microcircuit responsible for contextual information processing in the hippocampus
31.01.2023 Age-dependent nuclear lipid droplet accumulation is a cellular hallmark of ageing
23.01.2023 An IL-10/DEL-1 axis supports granulopoiesis and survival from sepsis in early life
13.01.2023 IMBB researchers develop innovative computational tools to unravel the role of dendrites in the brain
27.12.2022 IMBB scientists uncovered a novel cellular mechanism that regulates ageing and fertility by preserving the architecture of nucleus and upholding nuclear quality control
23.12.2022 IMBB-FORTH scientists uncovered a novel cellular mechanism that regulates ageing and fertility
22.12.2022 IMBB Alumni Community (IMBB-AC) launched
07.12.2022 Professor Yiannis Dalezios was invited by OSI to give a lecture to IMBB post-doctoral researchers and Ph.D. students on 7 December 2022.
28.11.2022 Can the three-dimensional organization of the T cell genome regulate (auto)immunity?
22.11.2022 Prestigious ERC Starting Grant awarded to FORTH Researcher Dr. Emmanouil Froudarakis
14.11.2022 Deregulation of the 3D-genome structure of T cells causes autoimmunity
08.11.2022 Very interesting workshop on sexist language (09/11-21/12/2022), organized by UOC:
28.10.2022 DNA damage responses drive the autoreactivity of B cells
19.10.2022 ERA Chair in Green Biotechnology - Microbial Biopesticides at IMBB- FORTH
07.10.2022 Kafatos Lecture 2022
22.09.2022 IMBB Workshop/Course: “Enzyme Biotechnology applications for Pesticide/Drug Discovery”
21.09.2022 IMBB Workshop: “Personal Career Development Plan”
14.09.2022 - 16.09.2022 VIROID 2022: Viroids, viroid-like RNAs, and RNA viruses
23.08.2022 - 27.08.2022 EMBO Workshop - Membrane transporters as essential elements of cellular function and homeostasis
27.07.2022 Professor Christos Louis honored for contributions to malaria mosquito biology
20.07.2022 IMBB researcher Panayiota (Yiota) Poirazi elected as Secretary General of the Federation for European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
15.07.2022 - 16.07.2022 «13th Scientific Retreat», of the Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
30.06.2022 Two new interesting papers regarding gender equality and related biases
01.06.2022 Pathogenic bacteria inhibit host cell secretion to manipulate host immunity
30.05.2022 Pathogenic bacteria inhibit host cell secretion to manipulate host immunity
11.05.2022 IMBB-FORTH mourns the loss of its colleague and former member of the Institute Kyriakos Petratos
01.05.2022 - 30.06.2022 8th International Course - “Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: mice, rats and zebrafish”
31.03.2022 Συνάντηση της Επιτροπής Επιστημονικής Ακεραιότητας του ΙΜΒΒ με το προσωπικό στις 31 Μαρτίου 2022.
30.03.2022 Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis elected Chair of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology
17.02.2022 OSI meeting with IMBB post-doctoral researchers 17 February 2022.
03.02.2022 FORTH researchers reveal how metabolic reprogramming in mitochondria promotes or undermines survival and longevity
03.02.2022 Reduction of mitochondrial mass extends lifespan and protects against glucotoxicity
30.11.2021 International collaboration between IMBB-FORTH and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany)
29.11.2021 Structural dynamics in the evolution of a bilobed protein scaffold
22.11.2021 IMBB researchers reveal that DNA damage in tissue-infiltrating macrophages triggers an exosome-based metabolic reprogramming leading to chronic inflammation
19.11.2021 R-loops trigger the release of cytoplasmic ssDNAs leading to chronic inflammation upon DNA damage
24.09.2021 Interesting new paper on publishing ethics in the new communication environment:
23.09.2021 IL-33-decorated neutrophil extracellular traps promote IFNα production in SLE
17.09.2021 The Governing Council of FORTH approved the election of Michail Lionakis as Adjunct Researcher of IMBB
07.09.2021 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
07.09.2021 Base excision repair causes age-dependent accumulation of single-stranded DNA breaks that contribute to Parkinson disease pathology
27.08.2021 - 29.08.2021 International Conference on Neurotrophic Factors and Neurodegenerative Disorders
11.08.2021 Uncoupling IL-6 signaling and LC3-associated phagocytosis drives immunoparalysis during sepsis
23.07.2021 New Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH
22.07.2021 Interesting new paper from:
13.07.2021 The Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (IMBB FORTH - Greece) becomes a full member of EU-LIFE
05.07.2021 Recent publication from Dr Gravanis Laboratory is highlighted in Nature's collection of Leading Research in Neuroscience
01.06.2021 Lupus or not? SLE Risk Probability Index (SLERPI): a simple, clinician-friendly machine learning-based model to assist the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus
26.05.2021 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
26.05.2021 The splicing factor XAB2 interacts with ERCC1-XPF and XPG for loop processing
19.04.2021 IMBB elects Dr Matthieu Lavigne as new Group Leader (Reseacher C)
07.04.2021 IMBB-FORTH organizes the 7th Seminar on Laboratory Safety
19.03.2021 IMBB elects two new Group Leaders: Dr Constantine Stratakis (Researcher A') and Dr Evgenia Ntini (Researcher B')
19.03.2021 Prof. Nikos Poulakakis joins IMBB as Collaborating University Faculty Member
12.03.2021 Online webinar 'Ancient DNA, Precision Medicine & Agriculture: Cutting Edge Post-Genomic Applications' in memory of Dr Dimitris Kafetzopoulos
09.02.2021 An evolutionary rare strategy for circumventing pesticide resistance in the major bee parasite
09.02.2021 Reduced proinsecticide activation by cytochrome P450 confers coumaphos resistance in the major bee parasite Varroa destructor
03.02.2021 Biosensors Lab receives funding from HFRI to develop a rapid diagnostic tool for Covid-19 antibodies detection
25.01.2021 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
21.01.2021 European Research Project, coordinated by IMBB-FORTH, receives prestigious Horizon 2020 grant for the development of highly selective and safe insecticides
30.11.2020 Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
23.11.2020 Dissecting Hes-centred transcriptional networks in neural stem cell maintenance and tumorigenesis in Drosophila
09.11.2020 Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis elected Vice President of the European Research Council
05.11.2020 Regionalized tissue fluidization is required for epithelial gap closure during insect gastrulation
07.09.2020 Novel method for COVID-19 diagnosis developed in Crete receives funding for immediate market release
04.09.2020 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
28.08.2020 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
19.08.2020 IMBB-FORTH is mourning the loss of its former colleague Alekos Athanasiadis
18.08.2020 IMBB Researchers and Scientists from the University of Padova uncover a novel pathogenesis mechanism for Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy, an incurable, visual loss disorder
14.07.2020 IMBB-FORTH joins EU-LIFE as a new Associate Member
06.07.2020 Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis elected Member of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Governing Board
22.06.2020 22/6/2020 - ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTION AND THE RESPECTIVE IMBB-FORTH PERSONNEL REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION
16.06.2020 Neuroimplants to treat spinal cord injuries
15.06.2020 Neural Stem Cell Delivery via Porous Collagen Scaffolds Promotes Neuronal Differentiation and Locomotion Recovery in Spinal Cord Injury
03.04.2020 IMBB researcher Electra Gizeli will coordinate a new HFSP-funded research effort aiming at better understanding the bio-mechanical properties of endosomal membranes
16.03.2020 IMBB elects two new Group Leaders: Giorgos Gkouridis (Researcher B') and Themis Alissafi (Researcher C')
15.03.2020 IMBB is mourning the loss of Dimitris Kafetzopoulos, a Researcher and former Deputy Director of the Institute
29.01.2020 Researchers provide new insights into the pathogenesis of epilepsy
09.01.2020 In a new study, IMBB Researchers in collaboration with colleagues at Los Angeles and New York provide new insights into the pathogenesis of epilepsy
06.01.2020 Breakdown of spatial coding and interneuron synchronization in epileptic mice
02.01.2020 New scientific discovery by researchers at FORTH DNA damage triggers metabolic reprogramming, leading to aging
02.01.2020 Tissue-infiltrating macrophages mediate exosome-based metabolic reprogramming upon DNA damage
30.12.2019 The Achilles’ heel of malaria vectors: novel insecticide resistance mechanisms expressed in their legs
10.12.2019 Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to FORTH Researcher Dr. Giorgos Chamilos
26.11.2019 Professor George A. Garinis awarded with the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
26.11.2019 International scientific collaboration between IMBB researchers and scientists at the Harvard Medical School causally dissects the role of dendrites in sensory processing
26.11.2019 Contribution of apical and basal dendrites to orientation encoding in mouse V1 L2/3 pyramidal neurons
13.11.2019 Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis newly elected Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
30.10.2019 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
17.10.2019 In a Commentary article published in Nature, Prof. Tavernarakis discusses the publication describing the discovery of how neural excitation modulates lifespan
04.10.2019 - 06.10.2019 The 28th Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience is held at the Main Auditorium of FORTH
13.09.2019 The National Academy of Sciences of the USA has published a Biographical Memoir honoring Fotis Kafatos, the Founder and first Director of IMBB
29.08.2019 IMBB-FORTH Researcher Panagiota Poirazi has been awarded Einstein Visiting Fellowship to investigate neuronal mechanisms of behavioral flexibility
19.08.2019 Researchers at IMBB-FORTH challenge the dogma that wants interneurons to be “simple”
14.08.2019 Challenging the point neuron dogma: FS basket cells as 2-stage nonlinear integrators
25.07.2019 Prof. George A. Garinis, FORTH affiliated researcher, earns an ERC Proof of Concept Grant
08.07.2019 - 12.07.2019 The 2019 Onassis Foundation Lecture Series in Biology and Chemistry is on the topic of Genome Editing
28.06.2019 IMBB researchers uncover a link between mitochondrial maturation and germ cell differentiation
19.06.2019 Mitochondrial maturation drives germline stem cell differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans
13.06.2019 FORTH Chairman, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis is elected Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens
12.06.2019 Professor George A. Garinis is elected member of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
06.06.2019 IMBB scientists describe a novel mechanism of interchromosomal gene regulation
05.06.2019 Combined genetic and transcriptome analysis of patients with SLE: distinct, targetable signatures for susceptibility and severity
27.05.2019 - 05.06.2019 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”
10.05.2019 The Proteomics Facility of FORTH among the leading European Proteomics Research Groups
04.04.2019 The Role of Insulators in Transgene Transvection in Drosophila
20.03.2019 In a collaborative work IMBB and Columbia University researchers revealed how VIP interneurons in the hippocampus regulate spatial learning
12.02.2019 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
11.02.2019 Mitophagy inhibits amyloid-β and tau pathology and reverses cognitive deficits in models of Alzheimer's disease
01.02.2019 IMBB and Columbia Researchers pinpoint the cells that control the brain's memory flow
18.12.2018 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award to IMBB researcher Panayiota Poirazi
15.12.2018 University of Crete professors Dr Christos Tsatsanis, Dr George Bertsias, Dr Prodromos Sidiropoulos and Dr Panagiotis Moschou joined IMBB as Collaborating University Faculty Members
26.11.2018 “PROOF-OF-CONCEPT” grant from Patras Science Park awarded to Dr G. Papadakis and Prof. E. Gizeli
16.10.2018 A step closer to understanding plant defence mechanisms
08.10.2018 Dr. Papoutsi Postdoctoral researcher at IMBB/FORTH awarded with the prestigious NARSAD 2018 Young Investigator Grant
03.10.2018 IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism regulating protein synthesis and ageing
02.10.2018 Maintenance of Proteostasis by P Body-Mediated Regulation of eIF4E Availability during Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans
25.09.2018 FORTH organizes a symposium to honor the memory of Fotis Kafatos
18.09.2018 Professor George A. Garinis will coordinate two international research programs on Ageing (HealthAge) and DNA damage (aDDRess) at the IMBB-FORTH
17.09.2018 FORTH organizes a symposium to honor the memory of Fotis Kafatos 25 September 2018, Main Auditorium, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete
27.08.2018 IMBB Researchers Identify a Critical Role of Iron Restriction inside Macrophages in Host Defense against Human Pathogenic Fungi
20.08.2018 Iron restriction inside macrophages regulates pulmonary host defense against Rhizopus species
17.08.2018 IMBB is mourning the sudden loss of Tamara Aid-Pavlidis, former post-doctoral fellow of the Institute
17.07.2018 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
12.07.2018 IMBB Researcher Vassiliki Nikoletopoulou became a member of the FENS-KAVLI network for excellence scholars
19.06.2018 'Vassilis XANTHOPOULOS - Stephanos PNEVMATIKOS' Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching
06.06.2018 Second Announcement for the Election of Members of the Scientific Council and the Representative of the Scientific Council of IMBB-FORTH - Online voting
31.05.2018 IMBB Researchers Identify a Novel Immunological Function of Melanin implicated in Pathogenesis of Human Fungal Diseases
30.05.2018 Calcium sequestration by fungal melanin inhibits calcium-calmodulin signaling to prevent LC3-associated phagocytosis
18.05.2018 Announcement for the Election of the Members of the Scientific Council and the Representative of the Scientific Council of IMBB-FORTH
04.05.2018 The University of Crete in collaboration with the IMBB Animal Facility will host the 5th International Course “Care and use of laboratory animals”
03.04.2018 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
15.03.2018 International scientific collaboration between IMBB-FORTH Researchers and Scientists in Paris, France uncovers a novel function of aspirin as a caloric restriction mimetic agent
28.02.2018 IMBB researcher Panayiota Poirazi elected member of the Organizing Committee for the FENS Forum 2018
28.02.2018 IMBB researcher Domna Karagogeos elected Chair of the Committee of Higher Education and Training of the FENS
27.02.2018 Aspirin Recapitulates Features of Caloric Restriction
31.01.2018 IMBB and UCLA researchers show how synaptic turnover facilitates learning and memory
29.01.2018 Hotspots of dendritic spine turnover facilitate clustered spine addition and learning and memory
18.11.2017 IMBB is mourning the loss of Fotis Kafatos, the Founder and the first Director of the Institute
13.09.2017 Bayer and IMBB-FORTH in Greece collaborate to support discovery of novel insect control solutions
20.07.2017 FORTH Chairman, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis, receives the prestigious Helmholtz International Fellow Award
06.07.2017 IMBB-FORTH Researchers reveal how stress and nutrient deprivation influence complex brain functions such as learning and memory
05.07.2017 Regulation of brain autophagy by BDNF signaling and nutritional stress
16.06.2017 IMBB - FORTH’s Researcher Panayiota Poirazi elected as member of EMBO
12.06.2017 New Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH
31.05.2017 FORTH - IMBB postdoctoral researcher receives the AXA Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship
10.05.2017 Crete hosted an important European Neuroscience Conference
05.04.2017 FORTH - IMBB researcher and University of Crete Medical School Professor receives the Galien Scientific Research Award
04.04.2017 IMBB researchers reveal a novel function for DNA repair proteins during mammalian development
03.04.2017 Novel functions of DNA repair proteins during mammalian development
16.03.2017 Event for the 10th year of the European Research Council (ERC)
24.02.2017 FET-OPEN grant awarded to Biosensors group
10.02.2017 IMBB researchers decipher the role of mossy cells in recognizing different environments with the use of computational models
31.01.2017 Prof. E. Gizeli and Dr G. Papadakis from IMBB-FORTH receive the 1st Award at the 2016 competition on Excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
16.12.2016 Scientists at IMBB discover two proteins necessary for transmission of malaria parasites by mosquitoes
06.12.2016 A single mutation causing striking, unpredictable resistance against mites and insects, reveals the common mode of action of putative different insecticide classes
08.11.2016 Researchers of IMBB-BR/Ioannina show that specific cellular internalization routes play critical role in blood vessel formation
01.11.2016 IMBB researchers build models that predict how memories become linked across time
31.10.2016 Election of New President of FORTH
21.10.2016 The IMBB participates in major Horizon 2020 project, aiming to build European infrastructure to control insect vector - borne disease
10.10.2016 Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis earns an ERC Proof of Concept Grant
14.09.2016 Dr. Vassiliki Nikoletopoulou, Researcher at the IMBB, earned a highly competitive ERC starting grant
08.09.2016 Dr. Vassiliki Nikoletopoulou wins Starting Investigator ERC grant.
09.08.2016 Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis appointed new member of the ERC Scientific Council.
21.07.2016 A novel insecticide resistance mechanisms in malaria vectors
18.07.2016 Establishment of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) with support from the European Union’s investment bank
30.06.2016 Election of IMBB-FORTH Scientific Council Members. Update on change of room and closing time
28.06.2016 REMINDER: Election of Members of the Scientific Council of IMBB-FORTH
13.06.2016 Election of Members of the Scientific Council of IMBB-FORTH
06.06.2016 Inauguration of Ancient DNA Analysis Unit & International Meeting “Ancient DNA Analysis: A new view in the past”
21.05.2016 - 22.05.2016 IMBB Retreat 2016
20.05.2016 Διεθνής Επιστημονική Ημερίδα: Ανάλυση Αρχαίου DNA
25.04.2016 Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis earns an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant for the second time
14.04.2016 InnovCrete Workshop 2016
23.02.2016 Forth’s Innovative Research for food safety makes European citizens proud
04.02.2016 Identification of insulin pathway components that delay Age-related Memory Impairment (AMI)
01.02.2016 Plant Molecular Biology group of IMBB wins prize in the Research and Innovation competition organized by REDESTOS group
17.11.2015 Biosensors Group is one of the winners in NOKIA Open Innovation Challenge 2015
08.10.2015 Nobel Prize Awarded for Fight against Malaria, an IMBB Research Priority
17.09.2015 IMBB researcher Panayiota Poirazi elected as the Chair of the FENS-KAVLI Network of Excellence
15.09.2015 New genome sequence to provide insight into tiger mosquito and how deadly diseases are transmitted to humans
01.09.2015 Biosensors Group at IMBB receives two EC grants within Horizon2020 to develop diagnostic platforms for DNA analysis
26.08.2015 Major European Research Project, coordinated by IMBB-FORTH, receives prestigious Horizon 2020 grant for the development of molecular diagnostics for mosquito - malaria vectors
29.05.2015 Undergraduate student at IMBB wins Google EMEA Scholarship
28.05.2015 - 29.05.2015 Plant RNA Pathogens Workshop
28.05.2015 Controlling longevity by coordinating mitochondrial biogenesis and turnover during ageing
20.04.2015 IMBB researchers uncover a novel mechanism that controls longevity by coordinating mitochondrial biogenesis and turnover in the cell, during ageing
07.04.2015 IMBB-FORTH will be the Coordinator for the Research and Training Network “Chromatin3D”
06.04.2015 Minotech-Post-Genomics Unit Analysis
24.03.2015 IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism of long non-coding RNAs in the regulation of mammalian immune responses
13.03.2015 Long noncoding RNAs regulate allelic gene expression
12.03.2015 IMBB researcher earns an ERC Consolidator Grant
12.02.2015 IMBB researcher elected member of the Young Academy of Europe
06.02.2015 Developing new drugs against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) using a biological Chip (ALS-on-a-Chip)
29.01.2015 Nature: New Greek government raises hopes for science
06.01.2015 Greek science haunted by hydra of problems
20.12.2014 The General Secretariat for Research and Technology has launched the new National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures which includes among others the large BioImaging-GR Infrastructure that is coordinating by FORTH/IMBB
19.12.2014 IMBB researchers receive the prestigious BioMedical Research Award of the Academy of Athens
28.11.2014 Γονιδιωματική ανάλυση κουνουπιών από το ΙΤΕ για την κατανόηση της μετάδοσης της ελονοσίας
10.11.2014 IMBB is mourning the loss of Yannis Papanikolau, teacher at the University of Crete, a former Postdoctoral Fellow at IMBB and a beloved colleague
29.10.2014 Three new Researches elected at IMBB
16.10.2014 - 19.10.2014 Η Ελληνική Ακαδημία Νευροανοσολογίας τίμησε σε ειδική εκδήλωση τον Αχιλλέα Γραβάνη, Καθηγητή Φαρμακολογίας της Σχολής Επιστημών Υγείας του Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης και Συνεργαζόμενο Ερευνητή του ΙΜΒΒ-ΙΤΕ
16.10.2014 IMBB is mourning the loss of Zoi Tampaki, a former PhD Student at IMBB and a beloved colleague
05.10.2014 - 09.10.2014 2014 European Fly Neurobiology (Neurofly) Biennial Conference
01.10.2014 - 04.10.2014 22nd Euroconference on Apoptosis Cell Death & Rejuvenation
25.08.2014 - 29.08.2014 Onassis Lectures 2014
05.08.2014 IMBB researcher is elected member of the Academy of Europe
24.07.2014 Dr. Poirazi to represent ERC at the World Economic Forum’s Meeting of New Champions
21.07.2014 Food Behavior: The bacterial metabolite 2-aminoacetophenone promotes association of pathogenic food bacteria with flies
07.07.2014 Ανάλυση «αρχαίου DNA» στο ΙΤΕ
17.06.2014 InnovCrete at FORTH
05.06.2014 It is with deep sorrow that the IMBB announces the passing of the great geneticist Walter Gehring
02.06.2014 FORTH is mourning the sudden loss of Thanasis Loukeris, an outstanding researcher of IMBB and a beloved colleague
30.05.2014 Call for applications for the academic year 2014-15, Brain and Mind Sciences
30.05.2014 Application Form Call for the academic year 2014-15, Brain and Mind Sciences
17.04.2014 VEGF Signaling Integrates the UPR Machinery of the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Physiological Responses such as Angiogenesis
02.01.2014 From amputation to regeneration – researchers identify shared features of limb regeneration in crustaceans and vertebrates
02.01.2014 From amputation to regeneration – researchers identify shared features of limb regeneration in crustaceans and vertebrates
12.12.2013 Motions of a nanomotor get proteins out of the cell, an essential mechanism for cellular function
26.11.2013 New post-doctoral position in the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Biomedical Research, Ioannina
24.09.2013 Nektarios Tavernarakis is the new Director of FORTH's Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
03.09.2013 IMBB researchers reveal that DNA damage triggers a chronic auto-inflammatory response leading to fat depletion
21.05.2013 Professor Tokatlidis elected as member of EMBO
12.05.2013 - 13.05.2013 ARTreat Workshop – Atherosclerosis: From Clinical Diagnosis to Multiscale Modelling of Plaque Progression
24.04.2013 Panayiota Poirazi becomes a member of AcademiaNet after nomination by EMBO
16.04.2013 Call for applications, Faculty of Medicine, 'Cellular & Genetic Etiology, Diagnosis & Treatment of Human Diseases'
16.04.2013 TPL2 kinase is a suppressor of lung carcinogenesis
27.01.2013 Reduced dosage of ERF causes complex craniosynostosis in humans and mice and links ERK1/2 signaling to regulation of osteogenesis
19.12.2012 IMBB researcher receives the Empeirikeion Foundation Academic Excellence Prize
14.11.2012 EMBO Young Investigator award at IMBB-FORTH
09.11.2012 - 11.11.2012 63ο Συνέδριο Ελληνικής εταιρείας Βιοχημείας & Μοριακής Βιολογίας
12.09.2012 IMBB researchers uncover a universal and potent protective mechanism against neuronal necrosis
13.07.2012 ERC Starting Grant
09.07.2012 - 13.07.2012 The Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series 2012 in Biology
09.05.2012 - 13.05.2012 FEBS/EMBO Course on Mitochondria
29.04.2012 - 10.05.2012 Computational molecular evolution
23.04.2012 - 24.04.2012 2nd Greek Orbitrap Users Meeting
20.04.2012 A segmentation clock with two-segment periodicity in insects.
08.03.2012 Research at the IMBB reveals similarities in the development of insect and vertebrate body segments
05.03.2012 - 09.03.2012 3rd Hands-on 'Protein to Proteomics' Workshop
22.02.2012 bHLH-O proteins are crucial for Drosophila neuroblast self-renewal and mediate Notch-induced overproliferation
08.02.2012 Defective transcription initiation causes postnatal growth failure in a mouse model of nucleotide excision repair (NER) progeria
18.01.2012 Photos from the event honoring Professor Fotis C. Kafatos that took place at FORTH
13.01.2012 Event honoring Professor Fotis C Kafatos
18.12.2011 Cell necrosis and neurodegenerative diseases
14.12.2011 IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism underlying necrotic neurodegeneration
12.12.2011 Distinct intracellular motifs of Delta mediate its ubiquitylation and activation by Mindbomb1 and Neuralized
09.12.2011 Structural Instability Tuning as a Regulatory Mechanism in Protein-Protein Interactions
02.09.2011 Humans and mosquitoes
05.08.2011 GSRT's secretary visit to FORTH
28.07.2011 Workshop on Functional & Structural Proteomics, Athens (6-7 October 2011)
27.07.2011 Greek crisis spurs research reforms (4 July 2011)
02.06.2011 - 03.06.2011 Open doors at FORTH
29.03.2011 3rd International Conference from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems
14.02.2011 - 18.02.2011 Gel-based Proteomics Hands On Workshop
20.01.2011 Obituary for George Thireos
08.10.2010 New Postdoctoral Applications
13.07.2010 1st International Proteomics Conference on Crete
02.07.2010 1st Inflamation & Cancer Summer School
18.06.2010 Workshop on X-FEL Radiation and its Applications
26.05.2010 4th Protein Biotechnology Summerschool
13.05.2010 New Advanced Multiphoton Confocal Microscopy facility established at IMBB
19.11.2009 IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism that controls protein secretion
13.10.2009 Proteomics symposium
08.10.2009 IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism regulating metabolism and ageing
07.09.2009 New proteomics facility at IMBB
09.12.2008 A new mechanism for memory has been discovered
04.11.2008 NeuronAge research earns Tavernarakis an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant
13.10.2008 Photos from George Papandreou, President of PASOK, visited FORTH
31.08.2008 SAC Review meeting
14.05.2008 Photos from Karolos Papoulias, President of the Hellenic Republic, visited FORTH
04.06.2007 Two new researchers will soon establish their activities at IMBB
11.02.2007 The secret of well being has been discovered
10.02.2007 Enterprises with high tech products and solutions
06.02.2007 The secret of Aging
05.02.2007 IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism modulating ageing
30.01.2007 Microchip for blood glucose measurement
17.12.2006 They weave.. A net against cancer
23.11.2006 Light is shed on the secrets of the cell
12.09.2005 GSRT SAC 2005
12.09.2005 The IMBB received a 4.9/5.0 grade
18.07.2005 Prof. Dr. Fotis C. KAFATOS elected member of the Scientific Council of the ERC
15.06.2005 Bodossakis Prize
01.06.2005 Stem Cell Workshop
13.05.2005 IMBB Retreat 2005
02.05.2005 Scientific program 2005
05.03.2005 Unexpected and untimely death of a distinguished IMBB-FORTH researcher, Martin Tabler
01.07.2002 New Researchers for the Bioinformatics Group of FORTH
-- Quaternary Dynamics of the SecA Motor Drive Translocase Catalysis
-- Endocytosis and intracellular trafficking contribute to necrotic neurodegeneration in C. elegans
-- A versatile strategy for gene trapping and trap conversion in emerging model organisms
-- Small heat-shock proteins protect from heat-stroke-associated neurodegeneration
-- DNA Damage Triggers a Chronic Autoinflammatory Response, Leading to Fat Depletion in NER Progeria
-- The role of VEGF Signaling and UPR in Angiogenesis
-- IMBB researchers develop innovative computational tools to unravel the role of dendrites in the brain
-- Reproductive status regulates the mitochondrial stress response
-- Endonucleosis mediates internalization of cytoplasm into the nucleus
-- Spermidine is vital for inducing autophagy and extending longevity during intermittent fasting
-- Seed longevity is controlled by metacaspases

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