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

Detecting genetic connections in the Ancient Greek Colonial World

Tracing Genetic Connections Across the Ancient Greek Colonial World

Another major distinction for Nektarios Tavernarakis

Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis is honoured with the FEBS Datta Medal at the 50th FEBS Congress that will take place in Maastricht, The Netherlands

Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis will be honored with the FEBS Datta Medal

DNA damage in macrophages drives immune autoreactivity via nuclear antigen presentation

[Nature Aging]

IMBB hosts the INCLUDE Study Visit in Heraklion

G. Chamilos leads new research by FORTH and the University of Crete on albumin

An important discovery for the treatment of deadly fungal infections

New impressive research can put an end to the "black fungus"

Albumin: The most abundant protein in human blood

Albumin, the most abundant protein in human blood - a shield against deadly fungal infections

ALBUMIN: The most abundant human blood protein acts as a shield against deadly fungal infections

The IMBB Science Advisory Committee visits IMBB 7-9 January 2026

ALBUMIN: The most abundant human blood protein acts as a shield against deadly fungal infections

[Nature] [Press Release]

New mechanism discovered that makes mosquitoes resistant to insecticides

A novel carboxylesterase drives insecticide cross resistance in the malaria mosquito

[Nature Communications] [Press Release]

Μosquito vectors of malaria rapidly develop resistance against new generation insecticides

Prof. Domna Karagogeos receives the Academy of Athens Award in the field of “Multiple Sclerosis”

IMBB Junior Scientists Retreat

Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis Receives Honorary Doctorate from Ionian University

Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis awarded an honorary doctorate of the Ionian University

Podcast "επικοινωνITE", Επεισόδιο 4, Δρ. Γιώτα Ποϊράζη «Εγκέφαλος: Το πιο έξυπνο σύστημα στο σύμπαν»

Crete raises a "shield" for protection of olive trees - New research project in Houdetsi and Georgioupolis

Honoring the Distinguished Scientist of Molecular Systems Biology, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis

Nektarios Tavernarakis, receives a honorary doctorate from the Department of Informatics at the Ionian University

The IMBB Junior Scientists Retreat on 13–14 November 2025 at FORTH

Prof Electra Gizeli receives the Fulbright Visiting Scholars Award 2025-2026

The role of genetics in the development of obesity

The great gamble of brain gain

Promising studies for treating neurodegenerative diseases

Τhe 3rd meeting of Greek ERA Chairs at FORTH

Τhe 3rd meeting of Greek ERA Chairs at FORTH

Bacteria, folates and ageing

DNA damage and innate immune signaling during aging

What the genetics of long-lived individuals teaches us about living a long and healthy life

Aging Rate Indicators: The Bridge from Mice to Humans

For the love of frontier research, or why Elon’s rockets keep blowing up

Nucleophagy promotes longevity and preserves germline immortality

ΙΜΒΒ participated in the Researcher’s Night 2025 at FORTH

ΙΜΒΒ participated in the Researcher’s Night 2025 at FORTH

Phase separation meets energy generation to boost longevity

ΙΜΒΒ participates in "Researcher's Night 2025" organized by FORTH

CONTACT POINT: “And They Lived Happily Ever After: Ageing and Well-being”

CONTACT POINT: “And They Lived Happily Ever After: Ageing and Well-being”

FENS KAVLI Network of Excellence Scientific Symposium 2025

The historic opportunity for a radical change

A disinvestment that makes us less safe

New Board of the FORTH Employees' Association

Linking the scientific community with business

They are better off getting older away from "civilization"

Bacteria in Crete act as insecticides!

“Re-engineering Biology: Directed evolution of Enzymes and Cellular Pathways” The 2025 Onassis Lectures in Biology and Chemistry are held on July 7-11, at FORTH

Redesign of plant protection practices in vineyards. Climate change "changes" the conditions for production in Crete

Working group for the restart of the Cretan vineyard. The difficulties, methods and prospects discussed at a meeting

Nektarios Tavernarakis Lecture at the Free Open University of the City of Ierapetra

About agricultural production - New conditions - Challenges and tools for the primary sector were presented at an interesting workshop in Chania

The most advanced formulations approved in the last 5 years

The EU-LIFE “Rock your science” Science Vision Talk Contest

Protection mechanism for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

Crete hosts the International Neuroscience Conference of the European Molecular Biology Organization

Crete hosts a prestigious International Neurosciences Conference of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

The ‘battle’ with insects in the midst of the climate crisis - The role of biotechnology

Revolutionary developments in genetics, crucial for human survival

Environmentally friendly practices for the control of the olive fruit fly in Crete

Professor Nicholas Katsanis, co-founder of Galatea Bio and Antithesis Therapeutics, joins IMBB as adjunct faculty

The Gairdner 2025 International Award went to the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of IMBB - FORTH

The 2025 Gairdner Award went to the chairman of IMBB-FORTH’s Scientific Advisory Committee

Honorary sponsorship to Dr. Kochyfakis of IMBB - FORTH and his team

Nektarios Tavernarakis - The Mystery of Aging

Prestigious HFSP Research Grant Awarded to IMBB Researcher, Dr. Michail Kotsyfakis

Alzheimer: an epidemic of the disease is expected in the coming decades due to an ageing population

Artificial neural network inspired by the brain

Workshop on gastroenteritis

Two insightful seminars at IMBB on “Systems Therapeutics Drug Discovery by M. Dermitzakis and N. Katsanis

Speech by Dr. Panagiotis Sarris on the issue of sustainable food security in the light of climate change

Lectures in the new field of "Systems Therapeutics Drug Discovery", by Prof. Manolis Dermitzakis and Prof. Nikos Katsanis

Dendritic plasticity links memories across time

[Nature Neuroscience]

INCLUDE Project: Advancing Intersectional Gender Equality in Biomedical Research and Innovation

Nektarios Tavernarakis: The First Greek President of the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC)

Two pioneering scientists talk about systemic therapeutics

Inspired by the human brain advanced artificial intelligence systems

The time to find a solution for the weed resistance problem is over

A solution for energy-intensive AI systems

Artificial neural networks with dendrites: a possible solution for modern, energy-hungry, AI systems

[Nature Communications] [Press Release]

Artificial Neural Networks with Dendrites: A Solution for Energy-Hungry AI Systems

George Garinis is honored with the The University of Crete Research Award

NEW RESEARCHER POSITION (B OR C GRADE)

Award-winning Professor Ioanna Keklikoglou joins IMBB - FORTH

Ioanna Keklikoglou, Assistant Professor of the Department of Biology, University of Crete, joins IMBB as a collaborating faculty member

Preventing dangerous tick-borne viruses

Development of innovative tools for tackling ticks and the diseases they transmit in the context of climate change

Daphne Bazopoulou, Assistant Professor of the Department of Biology, University of Crete, joins IMBB as a collaborating faculty member

Alzheimer's disease: Research by the University of Crete and FORTH is changing the facts

The research at FORTH that is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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

In an interview with Cretalive, C. Spilianakis analyzes "how the bad choices of our grandmothers affect us today"

Ε. Gizeli speaks to KRITI TV about the pioneering Dxhub program that puts infectious diseases for humans, animals and crops under the "microscope"

Creation of a Center of Excellence at FORTH to promote innovative solutions for the detection of infectious diseases

Yale chose to hold its international symposium on olive oil and health in Heraklion

Activity-dependent K+ hotspots selectively boost the dendritic excitability of neurons, acting as 'volume knobs'

6th International Yale Symposium on Olive Oil and Health

Distinct trafficking routes of polarized and non-polarized membrane cargoes in Aspergillus nidulans

16th Advanced Scientific Programming in Python

Seed longevity is controlled by metacaspases

[Press Release] [Nature Communications]

Summer School: 16th Advanced Scientific Programming in Python

Prestigious H.F.R.I. – SNF grant “Always strive for excellence – Theodoros Papazoglou” to IMBB researcher

International scientific collaboration reveals how intermittent fasting regulates ageing through autophagy

Spermidine is vital for inducing autophagy and extending longevity during intermittent fasting

International workshop “Vector Control: Insecticides and Beyond” at IMBB

Endonucleosis mediates internalization of cytoplasm into the nucleus

Nature Communications PubMed

John Vontas and Christos Delidakis are elected as new members of EMBO

Successful completion of two EMBO courses at IMBB

Μarie Curie RISE 'neuronsXnets': 1st Miniaturised microscopes (miniscopes) workshop

ReNeuroCell Therapeutics, IMBB-FORTH and University of Crete’s new spin-off, receives award at the START Smart Forum

Novel solutions for the detection of infectious diseases: New excellence hub at FORTH in collaboration with Oeiras - Portugal

Reproductive status regulates the mitochondrial stress response

Cell Reports PubMed

EMBO Solutions Courses

New study uncovers a link between reproduction and a key mitochondrial stress response

Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis is honored with the Bodossaki Excellence Award for his outstanding contribution to Biomedical Sciences

Cancer associated fibroblasts form immune synapses with T regulatory cells, promoting tumor expansion

[PubMed]

IMBB-FORTH researchers identify the 18 World War II executed civilians of Adele, Rethymnon

ANNOUNCEMENT: PROCEDURE OF THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTION AND THE RESPECTIVE IMBB-FORTH PERSONNEL REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION on 14/06/2024

Διάλεξη για το φαινόμενο του εργασιακού εκφοβισμού από την κα Πετσαλάκη, Σύμβουλο Ακεραιότητας στην Περιφέρεια Κρήτης, προς τους Εργαζόμενους του ΙΤΕ.

Transcription stress leads to paracrine senescence

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

10th International Course - “Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: mice, rats and zebrafish” _ April-June 2024

Brain And Artificial Intelligence: A Fascinating Dynamic Interplay

DNA damage in microglia leads to neurodegeneration

[PNAS]

FORTH-ONRG Conference - Exploiting protein evolution for protein engineering

Greek researchers from FORTH, NKUA and Harvard University reveal a new mechanism that regulates intestinal stem cells

CINVESTAV, the largest Research Organization of Mexico, visits FORTH, in the presence of Mexico’s Ambassador in Greece

Polycomb-mediated silencing of miR-8 is required for maintenance of intestinal stemness in Drosophila melanogaster

[Nature Communications]

Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to IMBB-FORTH Researcher Dr. Panagiotis N. Moschou

Detection of isothermally-amplified DNA by naked-eye observation

[Analytical Chemistry]

Modeling apical and basal tree contribution to orientation selectivity in a mouse L2/3 V1 pyramidal cell

[eLife]

RNA interference and maintenance of heterochromatin in a marine phytoplankton

[New Phytologist]

IMBB Emeritae Despina Alexandraki and Inga Siden-Kiamos honored as Women in Research

Hellenic Network of Molecular Oncology: A new era in the fight against cancer

XPF interacts with TOP2B for R-loop processing and DNA looping on actively transcribed genes

[Science Advances]

First workshop of the Hellenic Network for (Precision Medicine) Molecular Oncology

Stories from Young IMBB researchers: "How the RAS robber was trapped"

Cretan RNA Workshop

Stories from Young IMBB researchers: "Our complex world and how to recognize objects in it"

Interesting article focusing on the career progression of women in neuroscience

40 years of IMBB – FORTH celebration

Stories from Young IMBB researchers: A story for Maria

New study profiles the chromatin dissociation dynamics of newly transcribed RNA

Profiling the dynamics of chromatin release of newly transcribed RNA

[Cell Systems]

Stories from Young IMBB researchers: The happy liver cell

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

Stories from Young IMBB researchers: The legacy of an extinct pygmy hippo from Cyprus

Stories from Young IMBB researchers: Co-habitation with malaria

Prestigious Horizon Europe grant to FORTH, for the development of Next Generation Biopesticides and Novel Approaches for Precision Plant Protection

Announcing the selection of the 2023 FENS-Kavli Scholars

IMBB leads EU call to step up preparedeness for the next pandemic

Caloric restriction mimetic enhances remyelination by promoting a less inflammatory environment

[PubMed]

A transporter in mosquito legs acts like a pump, exporting insecticide out of the organism

[PLOS]

New study reveals the mechanisms that drive neural tumour progression to malignancy

A study of brain tumor progression in a Drosophila model

[Press Release] [PNAS]

Dual academic distinction for Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis

Unlocking the Potential of PML: A Defender Against Breast Cancer Metastasis

[Molecular Oncology]

EU grant awarded to IMBB-Biosensors lab

New study reveals a key role of mRNA metabolism determinants in ageing and disease, through the regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis and function

Balanced mRNA storage and degradation modulates mitochondrial biogenesis, ageing and stress responses

[EMBO Journal]

IMBB is mourning the loss of Tassos Economou

FORTH Researcher, Prof. Electra Gizeli, new elected member of the European Organization for Molecular Biology (EMBO)

Ανοιχτή Εκδήλωση ΙΤΕ «Η Ιατρική Ακριβείας στη Σύγχρονη Ζωή»

Prestigious HFSP Research Grant awarded to FORTH Researcher Dr. Anastasios Pavlopoulos

Remote control of autophagy and metabolism in the liver

[Cell Metabolism]

40 years of IMBB – FORTH celebration

Το ΙΤΕ συντονίζει το Ελληνικό Δίκτυο Μοριακής Ογκολογίας με χρηματοδότηση από το Ταμείο Ανάκαμψης και Ανθεκτικότητας

Revealing the structure and function of a cytoskeletal actin in malaria parasites

[Plos Pathogens]

An innovative, non-invasive optical imaging technology allows monitoring of cellular lipid metabolism in live cells and organisms, during ageing

Impaired glucose metabolism and liver-α-cell axis in mice with ablation of the HNF4A gene in the liver

[PubMed]

ΙΜΒΒ scientists uncovered the molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of the neurodegenerative disorder Wolfram Syndrome

[Nature CDDis]

Discovering a disinhibitory microcircuit responsible for contextual information processing in the hippocampus

[Cell Reports]

Age-dependent nuclear lipid droplet accumulation is a cellular hallmark of ageing

[Aging Cell]

An IL-10/DEL-1 axis supports granulopoiesis and survival from sepsis in early life

[Nature Communications]

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

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

IMBB-FORTH scientists uncovered a novel cellular mechanism that regulates ageing and fertility

[Nature Aging]

IMBB Alumni Community (IMBB-AC) launched

Professor Yiannis Dalezios was invited by OSI to give a lecture to IMBB post-doctoral researchers and Ph.D. students on 7 December 2022.

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

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

Deregulation of the 3D-genome structure of T cells causes autoimmunity

[PubMed] [Nature]

Very interesting workshop on sexist language (09/11-21/12/2022), organized by UOC:

DNA damage responses drive the autoreactivity of B cells

[PubMed]

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

Kafatos Lecture 2022

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

IMBB Workshop: “Personal Career Development Plan”

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

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

Professor Christos Louis honored for contributions to malaria mosquito biology

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

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

Two new interesting papers regarding gender equality and related biases

Pathogenic bacteria inhibit host cell secretion to manipulate host immunity

Pathogenic bacteria inhibit host cell secretion to manipulate host immunity

[Plant Cell]

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

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

Συνάντηση της Επιτροπής Επιστημονικής Ακεραιότητας του ΙΜΒΒ με το προσωπικό στις 31 Μαρτίου 2022.

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

OSI meeting with IMBB post-doctoral researchers 17 February 2022.

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

Reduction of mitochondrial mass extends lifespan and protects against glucotoxicity

International collaboration between IMBB-FORTH and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany)

Structural dynamics in the evolution of a bilobed protein scaffold

[PNAS]

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

R-loops trigger the release of cytoplasmic ssDNAs leading to chronic inflammation upon DNA damage

[Pubmed]

Interesting new paper on publishing ethics in the new communication environment:

IL-33-decorated neutrophil extracellular traps promote IFNα production in SLE

[JCI Insight]

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

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

Base excision repair causes age-dependent accumulation of single-stranded DNA breaks that contribute to Parkinson disease pathology

[Pubmed]

International Conference on Neurotrophic Factors and Neurodegenerative Disorders

Uncoupling IL-6 signaling and LC3-associated phagocytosis drives immunoparalysis during sepsis

[Pubmed]

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

Interesting new paper from:

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

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

Lupus or not? SLE Risk Probability Index (SLERPI): a simple, clinician-friendly machine learning-based model to assist the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus

[Pubmed]

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

The splicing factor XAB2 interacts with ERCC1-XPF and XPG for loop processing

[Pubmed]

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

IMBB-FORTH organizes the 7th Seminar on Laboratory Safety

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

Prof. Nikos Poulakakis joins IMBB as Collaborating University Faculty Member

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

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

Reduced proinsecticide activation by cytochrome P450 confers coumaphos resistance in the major bee parasite Varroa destructor

[Pubmed]

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

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

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

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

Dissecting Hes-centred transcriptional networks in neural stem cell maintenance and tumorigenesis in Drosophila

[Pubmed] [Journal]

Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis elected Vice President of the European Research Council

Regionalized tissue fluidization is required for epithelial gap closure during insect gastrulation

[Pubmed] [Nature Communications]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Neuroimplants to treat spinal cord injuries

Neural Stem Cell Delivery via Porous Collagen Scaffolds Promotes Neuronal Differentiation and Locomotion Recovery in Spinal Cord Injury

[Pubmed]

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

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

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

Researchers provide new insights into the pathogenesis of epilepsy

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

Breakdown of spatial coding and interneuron synchronization in epileptic mice

[Pubmed]

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

Tissue-infiltrating macrophages mediate exosome-based metabolic reprogramming upon DNA damage

[Pubmed]

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

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

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

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

Contribution of apical and basal dendrites to orientation encoding in mouse V1 L2/3 pyramidal neurons

[Pubmed]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Challenging the point neuron dogma: FS basket cells as 2-stage nonlinear integrators

[Pubmed]

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

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

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

Mitochondrial maturation drives germline stem cell differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans

[Pubmed]

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

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

IMBB scientists describe a novel mechanism of interchromosomal gene regulation

Combined genetic and transcriptome analysis of patients with SLE: distinct, targetable signatures for susceptibility and severity

[Pubmed]

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”

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

The Role of Insulators in Transgene Transvection in Drosophila

[Pubmed]

In a collaborative work IMBB and Columbia University researchers revealed how VIP interneurons in the hippocampus regulate spatial learning

[Pubmed]

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

Mitophagy inhibits amyloid-β and tau pathology and reverses cognitive deficits in models of Alzheimer's disease

[Pubmed]

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

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award to IMBB researcher Panayiota Poirazi

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

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

A step closer to understanding plant defence mechanisms

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

IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism regulating protein synthesis and ageing

Maintenance of Proteostasis by P Body-Mediated Regulation of eIF4E Availability during Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans

[Pubmed]

FORTH organizes a symposium to honor the memory of Fotis Kafatos

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

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

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

Iron restriction inside macrophages regulates pulmonary host defense against Rhizopus species

[Pubmed]

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

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

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

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

Second Announcement for the Election of Members of the Scientific Council and the Representative of the Scientific Council of IMBB-FORTH - Online voting

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

Calcium sequestration by fungal melanin inhibits calcium-calmodulin signaling to prevent LC3-associated phagocytosis

[Pubmed]

Announcement for the Election of the Members of the Scientific Council and the Representative of the Scientific Council of IMBB-FORTH

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

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

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

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

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

Aspirin Recapitulates Features of Caloric Restriction

[Pubmed]

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

Hotspots of dendritic spine turnover facilitate clustered spine addition and learning and memory

[Pubmed] [F1000]

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

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

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

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

Regulation of brain autophagy by BDNF signaling and nutritional stress

[Pubmed]

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

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

FORTH - IMBB postdoctoral researcher receives the AXA Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship

Crete hosted an important European Neuroscience Conference

FORTH - IMBB researcher and University of Crete Medical School Professor receives the Galien Scientific Research Award

IMBB researchers reveal a novel function for DNA repair proteins during mammalian development

Novel functions of DNA repair proteins during mammalian development

[Pubmed]

Event for the 10th year of the European Research Council (ERC)

FET-OPEN grant awarded to Biosensors group

IMBB researchers decipher the role of mossy cells in recognizing different environments with the use of computational models

Prof. E. Gizeli and Dr G. Papadakis from IMBB-FORTH receive the 1st Award at the 2016 competition on Excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Scientists at IMBB discover two proteins necessary for transmission of malaria parasites by mosquitoes

A single mutation causing striking, unpredictable resistance against mites and insects, reveals the common mode of action of putative different insecticide classes

Researchers of IMBB-BR/Ioannina show that specific cellular internalization routes play critical role in blood vessel formation

IMBB researchers build models that predict how memories become linked across time

Election of New President of FORTH

The IMBB participates in major Horizon 2020 project, aiming to build European infrastructure to control insect vector - borne disease

Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis earns an ERC Proof of Concept Grant

Dr. Vassiliki Nikoletopoulou, Researcher at the IMBB, earned a highly competitive ERC starting grant

Dr. Vassiliki Nikoletopoulou wins Starting Investigator ERC grant.

Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis appointed new member of the ERC Scientific Council.

A novel insecticide resistance mechanisms in malaria vectors

Establishment of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) with support from the European Union’s investment bank

Election of IMBB-FORTH Scientific Council Members. Update on change of room and closing time

REMINDER: Election of Members of the Scientific Council of IMBB-FORTH

Election of Members of the Scientific Council of IMBB-FORTH

Inauguration of Ancient DNA Analysis Unit & International Meeting “Ancient DNA Analysis: A new view in the past”

IMBB Retreat 2016

Διεθνής Επιστημονική Ημερίδα: Ανάλυση Αρχαίου DNA

Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis earns an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant for the second time

InnovCrete Workshop 2016

Forth’s Innovative Research for food safety makes European citizens proud

Identification of insulin pathway components that delay Age-related Memory Impairment (AMI)

Plant Molecular Biology group of IMBB wins prize in the Research and Innovation competition organized by REDESTOS group

Biosensors Group is one of the winners in NOKIA Open Innovation Challenge 2015

Nobel Prize Awarded for Fight against Malaria, an IMBB Research Priority

IMBB researcher Panayiota Poirazi elected as the Chair of the FENS-KAVLI Network of Excellence

New genome sequence to provide insight into tiger mosquito and how deadly diseases are transmitted to humans

Biosensors Group at IMBB receives two EC grants within Horizon2020 to develop diagnostic platforms for DNA analysis

Major European Research Project, coordinated by IMBB-FORTH, receives prestigious Horizon 2020 grant for the development of molecular diagnostics for mosquito - malaria vectors

Undergraduate student at IMBB wins Google EMEA Scholarship

Plant RNA Pathogens Workshop

Controlling longevity by coordinating mitochondrial biogenesis and turnover during ageing

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IMBB researchers uncover a novel mechanism that controls longevity by coordinating mitochondrial biogenesis and turnover in the cell, during ageing

IMBB-FORTH will be the Coordinator for the Research and Training Network “Chromatin3D”

Minotech-Post-Genomics Unit Analysis

IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism of long non-coding RNAs in the regulation of mammalian immune responses

Long noncoding RNAs regulate allelic gene expression

IMBB researcher earns an ERC Consolidator Grant

IMBB researcher elected member of the Young Academy of Europe

Developing new drugs against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) using a biological Chip (ALS-on-a-Chip)

Nature: New Greek government raises hopes for science

Greek science haunted by hydra of problems

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

IMBB researchers receive the prestigious BioMedical Research Award of the Academy of Athens

Γονιδιωματική ανάλυση κουνουπιών από το ΙΤΕ για την κατανόηση της μετάδοσης της ελονοσίας

IMBB is mourning the loss of Yannis Papanikolau, teacher at the University of Crete, a former Postdoctoral Fellow at IMBB and a beloved colleague

Three new Researches elected at IMBB

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

IMBB is mourning the loss of Zoi Tampaki, a former PhD Student at IMBB and a beloved colleague

2014 European Fly Neurobiology (Neurofly) Biennial Conference

22nd Euroconference on Apoptosis Cell Death & Rejuvenation

Onassis Lectures 2014

IMBB researcher is elected member of the Academy of Europe

Dr. Poirazi to represent ERC at the World Economic Forum’s Meeting of New Champions

Food Behavior: The bacterial metabolite 2-aminoacetophenone promotes association of pathogenic food bacteria with flies

Ανάλυση «αρχαίου DNA» στο ΙΤΕ

InnovCrete at FORTH

It is with deep sorrow that the IMBB announces the passing of the great geneticist Walter Gehring

FORTH is mourning the sudden loss of Thanasis Loukeris, an outstanding researcher of IMBB and a beloved colleague

Call for applications for the academic year 2014-15, Brain and Mind Sciences

Application Form Call for the academic year 2014-15, Brain and Mind Sciences

VEGF Signaling Integrates the UPR Machinery of the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Physiological Responses such as Angiogenesis

From amputation to regeneration – researchers identify shared features of limb regeneration in crustaceans and vertebrates

From amputation to regeneration – researchers identify shared features of limb regeneration in crustaceans and vertebrates

Motions of a nanomotor get proteins out of the cell, an essential mechanism for cellular function

New post-doctoral position in the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Biomedical Research, Ioannina

Nektarios Tavernarakis is the new Director of FORTH's Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

IMBB researchers reveal that DNA damage triggers a chronic auto-inflammatory response leading to fat depletion

Professor Tokatlidis elected as member of EMBO

ARTreat Workshop – Atherosclerosis: From Clinical Diagnosis to Multiscale Modelling of Plaque Progression

Panayiota Poirazi becomes a member of AcademiaNet after nomination by EMBO

Call for applications, Faculty of Medicine, 'Cellular & Genetic Etiology, Diagnosis & Treatment of Human Diseases'

TPL2 kinase is a suppressor of lung carcinogenesis

Reduced dosage of ERF causes complex craniosynostosis in humans and mice and links ERK1/2 signaling to regulation of osteogenesis

IMBB researcher receives the Empeirikeion Foundation Academic Excellence Prize

EMBO Young Investigator award at IMBB-FORTH

63ο Συνέδριο Ελληνικής εταιρείας Βιοχημείας & Μοριακής Βιολογίας

IMBB researchers uncover a universal and potent protective mechanism against neuronal necrosis

ERC Starting Grant

The Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series 2012 in Biology

FEBS/EMBO Course on Mitochondria

Computational molecular evolution

2nd Greek Orbitrap Users Meeting

A segmentation clock with two-segment periodicity in insects.

Research at the IMBB reveals similarities in the development of insect and vertebrate body segments

3rd Hands-on 'Protein to Proteomics' Workshop

bHLH-O proteins are crucial for Drosophila neuroblast self-renewal and mediate Notch-induced overproliferation

Defective transcription initiation causes postnatal growth failure in a mouse model of nucleotide excision repair (NER) progeria

Photos from the event honoring Professor Fotis C. Kafatos that took place at FORTH

Event honoring Professor Fotis C Kafatos

Cell necrosis and neurodegenerative diseases

IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism underlying necrotic neurodegeneration

Distinct intracellular motifs of Delta mediate its ubiquitylation and activation by Mindbomb1 and Neuralized

Structural Instability Tuning as a Regulatory Mechanism in Protein-Protein Interactions

Humans and mosquitoes

GSRT's secretary visit to FORTH

Workshop on Functional & Structural Proteomics, Athens (6-7 October 2011)

Greek crisis spurs research reforms (4 July 2011)

Open doors at FORTH

3rd International Conference from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems

Gel-based Proteomics Hands On Workshop

Obituary for George Thireos

New Postdoctoral Applications

1st International Proteomics Conference on Crete

1st Inflamation & Cancer Summer School

Workshop on X-FEL Radiation and its Applications

4th Protein Biotechnology Summerschool

New Advanced Multiphoton Confocal Microscopy facility established at IMBB

IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism that controls protein secretion

Proteomics symposium

IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism regulating metabolism and ageing

New proteomics facility at IMBB

A new mechanism for memory has been discovered

NeuronAge research earns Tavernarakis an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant

Photos from George Papandreou, President of PASOK, visited FORTH

SAC Review meeting

Photos from Karolos Papoulias, President of the Hellenic Republic, visited FORTH

Two new researchers will soon establish their activities at IMBB

The secret of well being has been discovered

Enterprises with high tech products and solutions

The secret of Aging

IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism modulating ageing

Microchip for blood glucose measurement

They weave.. A net against cancer

Light is shed on the secrets of the cell

GSRT SAC 2005

The IMBB received a 4.9/5.0 grade

Prof. Dr. Fotis C. KAFATOS elected member of the Scientific Council of the ERC

Bodossakis Prize

Stem Cell Workshop

IMBB Retreat 2005

Scientific program 2005

Unexpected and untimely death of a distinguished IMBB-FORTH researcher, Martin Tabler

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

Reproductive status regulates the mitochondrial stress response

Endonucleosis mediates internalization of cytoplasm into the nucleus

Seed longevity is controlled by metacaspases