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06.05.2025 - 08.05.2025 Crete hosts a prestigious International Neurosciences Conference of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
11.02.2025 Nektarios Tavernarakis: The First Greek President of the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC)
24.01.2025 Artificial Neural Networks with Dendrites: A Solution for Energy-Hungry AI Systems
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
09.12.2024 Creation of a Center of Excellence at FORTH to promote innovative solutions for the detection of infectious diseases
27.08.2024 Seed longevity is controlled by metacaspases
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
10.07.2024 John Vontas and Christos Delidakis are elected as new members of EMBO
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
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
27.05.2024 IMBB-FORTH researchers identify the 18 World War II executed civilians of Adele, Rethymnon
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
31.01.2024 Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to IMBB-FORTH Researcher Dr. Panagiotis N. Moschou
08.11.2023 Hellenic Network of Molecular Oncology: A new era in the fight against cancer
30.10.2023 Stories from Young IMBB researchers: How the RAS robber was trapped
23.10.2023 Stories from Young IMBB researchers: Our complex world and how to recognize objects in it
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
16.10.2023 Stories from Young IMBB researchers: The happy liver cell
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
08.08.2023 New study reveals the mechanisms that drive neural tumour progression to malignancy
31.07.2023 Dual academic distinction for Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis
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
04.07.2023 FORTH Researcher, Prof. Electra Gizeli, new elected member of the European Organization for Molecular Biology (EMBO)
04.05.2023 Prestigious HFSP Research Grant awarded to FORTH Researcher Dr. Anastasios Pavlopoulos
12.04.2023 Το ΙΤΕ συντονίζει το Ελληνικό Δίκτυο Μοριακής Ογκολογίας με χρηματοδότηση από το Ταμείο Ανάκαμψης και Ανθεκτικότητας
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
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
19.10.2022 ERA Chair in Green Biotechnology - Microbial Biopesticides at IMBB- FORTH
01.06.2022 Pathogenic bacteria inhibit host cell secretion to manipulate host immunity
30.03.2022 Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis elected Chair of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology
03.02.2022 FORTH researchers reveal how metabolic reprogramming in mitochondria promotes or undermines survival and longevity
30.11.2021 International collaboration between IMBB-FORTH and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany)
22.11.2021 IMBB researchers reveal that DNA damage in tissue-infiltrating macrophages triggers an exosome-based metabolic reprogramming leading to chronic inflammation
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
23.07.2021 New Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH
13.07.2021 The Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (IMBB FORTH - Greece) becomes a full member of EU-LIFE
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
09.02.2021 An evolutionary rare strategy for circumventing pesticide resistance in the major bee parasite
03.02.2021 Biosensors Lab receives funding from HFRI to develop a rapid diagnostic tool for Covid-19 antibodies detection
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
09.11.2020 Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis elected Vice President of the European Research Council
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
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
16.06.2020 Neuroimplants to treat spinal cord injuries
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
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
02.01.2020 New scientific discovery by researchers at FORTH DNA damage triggers metabolic reprogramming, leading to aging
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
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
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”
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
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
10.05.2019 The Proteomics Facility of FORTH among the leading European Proteomics Research Groups
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
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
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
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
12.07.2018 IMBB Researcher Vassiliki Nikoletopoulou became a member of the FENS-KAVLI network for excellence scholars
31.05.2018 IMBB Researchers Identify a Novel Immunological Function of Melanin implicated in Pathogenesis of Human Fungal Diseases
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
31.01.2018 IMBB and UCLA researchers show how synaptic turnover facilitates learning and memory
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
16.06.2017 IMBB - FORTH’s Researcher Panayiota Poirazi elected as member of EMBO
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
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
06.06.2016 Inauguration of Ancient DNA Analysis Unit & International Meeting “Ancient DNA Analysis: A new view in the past”
25.04.2016 Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis earns an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant for the second time
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
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
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
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
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
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
12.12.2013 Motions of a nanomotor get proteins out of the cell, an essential mechanism for cellular function
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
24.04.2013 Panayiota Poirazi becomes a member of AcademiaNet after nomination by EMBO
19.12.2012 IMBB researcher receives the Empeirikeion Foundation Academic Excellence Prize
14.11.2012 EMBO Young Investigator award at IMBB-FORTH
12.09.2012 IMBB researchers uncover a universal and potent protective mechanism against neuronal necrosis
13.07.2012 ERC Starting Grant
08.03.2012 Research at the IMBB reveals similarities in the development of insect and vertebrate body segments
14.12.2011 IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism underlying necrotic neurodegeneration
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
08.10.2009 IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism regulating metabolism and ageing
04.11.2008 NeuronAge research earns Tavernarakis an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant
05.02.2007 IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism modulating ageing
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

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