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Dendritic plasticity links memories across time
How does the brain weave together subsequent memories? In a new Nature Neuroscience study, UCLA, Ohio State and IMBB researchers found that linked memories activate shared dendrites, causing synapse clustering as a result of local plasticity. The study reveals how dendrites enable memory linking,...
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Artificial neural networks with dendrites: a possible solution for modern, energy-hungry, AI systems
IMBB researchers introduce a new type of artificial neural networks that incorporate characteristics of biological dendrites and can discriminate images accurately and robustly while using much fewer parameters. This new architecture paves the way for more compact and energy-efficient AI systems....
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Activity-dependent K+ hotspots selectively boost the dendritic excitability of neurons, acting as 'volume knobs'
An international collaboration between scientists from IMBB, University of Copenhagen in Denmark and University of Bordeaux in France brings forward the novel concept that activity-dependent changes in the extracellular potassium concentration create local dendritic hotspots that transiently and ...
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Distinct trafficking routes of polarized and non-polarized membrane cargoes in Aspergillus nidulans
In a study published in eLIFE Diallinas team established a genetic system to show the existence of distinct parallel trafficking routes for polarized and non-polarized membrane proteins, initiating early upon exit from the ER and bypassing the Golgi. This work provides a paradigm shift in membran...
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Seed longevity is controlled by metacaspases
IMBB researchers uncover the crucial role of a novel proteolytic pathway with metacaspases in maintaining protein homeostasis and lipid droplet function in seeds, processes which are vital for their longevity. Understanding these molecular mech...
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Spermidine is vital for inducing autophagy and extending longevity during intermittent fasting
An international scientific collaboration between IMBB researchers, scientists from Paris Cité University in France, and the University of Graz in Austria reveals the conserved role of spermidine in regulating autophagy and extending lifespan during intermittent fasting.
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Endonucleosis mediates internalization of cytoplasm into the nucleus
IMBB Researchers identified novel cellular survival mechanisms involving hyperploidization and endonucleosis, a membrane assisted internalization of cytoplasm into the nucleus. These cellular actions control genome instability caused by defective epigenetic regulation....
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Reproductive status regulates the mitochondrial stress response
International collaboration between researchers at IMBB and University of Cologne reveals that germline reproductive signals impact the ability of somatic tissues to induce the mitochondrial unfolded protein response, highlighting the decline in reproductive capacity as a primary cause of proteos...
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Crete hosts a prestigious International Neurosciences Conference of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Fodele Beach Hotel, 6-8 May 2025 Τhe International Neurosciences Conference of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), entitled "Cell biology of the nervous system”, is held at the Fodele...
06.05.2025
Professor Nicholas Katsanis, co-founder of Galatea Bio and Antithesis Therapeutics, joins IMBB as adjunct faculty
Dr. Katsanis is an internationally recognized scientist and executive in genetics, cell biology, and drug discovery. Over a significant career in both academia and the private sector, he has led...
23.04.2025
The 2025 Gairdner Award went to the chairman of IMBB-FORTH’s Scientific Advisory Committee
Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, chairman of IMBB-FORTH’s Scientific Advisory Committee (IMBB-SAC), has been awarded the 2025 Gairdner International Prize, together with Iva Greenwald (Columbia University) and Gary Struhl (Columbia University). They...
15.04.2025
Prestigious HFSP Research Grant Awarded to IMBB Researcher, Dr. Michail Kotsyfakis
Dr. Michail Kotsyfakis has been awarded a prestigious Research Grant from the 2025 Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) to investigate the eco-epidemiological dynamics of tick-borne pathogens, particularly the Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic...
02.04.2025
Seminars
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“Building bridges between science and business”
Karen J Huebscher
PhD, MBA, Board Member and Vice Chair, Sandoz, Switzerland
May 13, 2025 @ 12:00 - 13:00
Online & Orfanoudakis room
IMBB Lectures / Regulation of innate immunity in health and disease
"Inflammatory Circuits in Innate Immune Memory"
Triantafyllos CHAVAKIS
Director, Center for Laboratory Diagnostics
Director, Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
May 13, 2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00
Seminar Room "Costas Fotakis", FORTH’s bldg
Host: C. Tsatsanis & P. Verginis
IMBB Lectures / Regulation of innate immunity in health and disease
"Immunometabolic circuits that control cell viability"
Peter MURRAY
Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
Faculty of Medicine, Technical University of Munich
May 13, 2025 @ 15:00 - 16:00
Seminar Room "Costas Fotakis", FORTH’s bldg
Host: C. Tsatsanis & P. Verginis
IMBB Colloquium
"Cross-species comparisons reveal the conservation and divergence in limb patterning mechanisms among pancrustaceans"
John RALLIS
PhD candidate, Pavlopoulos lab
May 09, 2025 @ 13:00 - 14:00
“Seminar Room 1 "Costas Fotakis”, FORTH’s bldg
Joint Seminar Series UoC Medical School, IMBB-FORTH and UCRC
"Genetically Guided Mediterranean Diet for Personalized Nutrition"
Professor Aristides G. Eliopoulos
Head of Department of Biology, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
This particular lecture has been scheduled in collaboration with the Region of Crete for the Project “Crete, European Region of Gastronomy 2026”.
May 07, 2025 @ 15:00 - 16:00
Platform link: https://uoc-gr.zoom.us/j/89869751561?pwd=3G4IYrL3fibgnoYCP4eVQ2r5aH7i3x.1
IMBB Seminar
"Time to wake up: Regulation of neural stem cell quiescence"
Andrea H. Brand
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016
May 05, 2025 @ 10:00
“Seminar Room 1 "Costas Fotakis”, FORTH’s bldg
Host: C. Delidakis
IMBB-MCTS lectures
“Building a Career in Science: Paths,Challenges, and Alternatives”
Dr Nikolaos Konstantinidis
PhD, Group leader of the Comparative Developmental Neurobiology team, Institut Jacques Monod in Paris, France
Apr 28, 2025 @ 12:00 - 13:00
“Seminar Room 1 "Costas Fotakis”, FORTH’s bldg
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"Increasing tissue specificity in optical 3D imaging of samples through multispectral measurements"
Prof. Jorge Ripoll
Dept. of Bioengineering
University Carlos III de Madrid
Spain
Apr 14, 2025 @ 12:00 - 13:30
Seminar Room "A.Pagiatakis", FORTH Main Building, 1st Floor
Host: N. Tavernarakis, G. Zacharakis
IMBB Colloquium
"Molecular sensing of diatom CO2 fixation"
Frederic VERRET
PostDoctoral Researcher,
Gizeli lab
Apr 11, 2025 @ 13:00
“Seminar Room 1 "Costas Fotakis”, FORTH’s bldg
IMBB Seminar
"Causes and consequences of adaptation to chemical stressors in changing environments"
Marianna (Marianthi) KARAGEORGI
Candidate for the IMBB Researcher Position
Biology Department, Stanford University
Apr 04, 2025 @ 13:00
“Seminar Room 1 "Costas Fotakis”, FORTH’s bldg
IMBB-MCTS lectures
How to design an effective job (chalk) talk
Dr. Erik Snapp
Mar 26, 2025 @ 15:00 - 16:30
Orfanoudakis room
Joint Seminar Series in Translational and Clinical Medicine - UoC Medical School - IMBB-FORTH - UCRC
The neural basis of motivated reasoning: the role of mentalizing, value-encoding, and error detection networks
Ioannis Lois
BSc, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Psychology at the University of Crete
Platform: Link
Mar 19, 2025 @ 15:00 - 16:00
Online
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