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2013_McGroddy_Prize_for_New_Materials
24.09.2012
2013 McGroddy Prize for New Materials
Award

John Pendry, David Smith and Costas Soukoulis (IESL-FORTH) won the 2013 McGroddy Prize for New Materials, awarded by the American Physical Society

International_Award_to_the_Acropolis_Museum_and_FO
19.09.2012
International Award to the Acropolis Museum and FORTH for the laser cleaning of Caryatids
Award, Laser

The Acropolis Museum and the Institute of Electronic Structure and Lasers (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) have been awarded the biennial Keck Award by the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC) for their common project regarding “Laser rejuvenation of Caryatids opens to the public at the Acropolis Museum: A link between ancient and modern Greece”. The award was given jointly to the team of the Acropolis Museum / the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas and for their contribution “towards the promotion of public understanding and appreciation of the accomplishments of the conservation profession”. The ceremony took place on Friday 14th of September 2012, at the closing session of the biennial IIC congress in Vienna, which attracted 350 delegates.

ERC_Starting_Grant
13.07.2012
ERC Starting Grant
ERC, Funding, Memory

Panayiota Poirazi, a researcher in the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), was recently awarded the prestigious Starting Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) for her proposal entitled "Dissecting the role of dendrites in memory".

Best_Paper_Award_at_the_EHB_2011_international_con
12.12.2011
Best Paper Award at the EHB 2011 international conference to researchers of the Institute of Computer Science of FORTH
Award

The paper entitled "An image analysis framework for the early assessment of hypertensive retinopathy signs", presented by Dr. Vangelis Sakkalis, researcher at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on e-Health and Bioengineering 2011 (EHB 2011, Iasi, Romania, 24-26 November 2011).

Magnetofluidically_Tunable_Microstructured_Optical
06.12.2011
Magnetofluidically Tunable Microstructured Optical Fiber Grating Devices

In the December issue of Optics and Photonics News, the Optical Society of America highlighted exciting and significant research findings that characterized the year 2011 in Optics and Photonics. Among these annual highlights (see video), the work of the FORTH-IESL, research group of Dr Stavros Pissadakis, focused on the development of Magnetofluidically Tunable Microstructured Optical Fiber Grating Devices was included.

EuroRec_EHR_Quality_Seal_Level_2_granted_to_EHR_sy
06.10.2011
EuroRec EHR Quality Seal Level 2 granted to EHR system developed by FORTH
e-Health

Nursing and Medical Applications (under the product name ICS-M), which are part of the software suite "Integrated Care Solutions" developed by the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), have been certified with the Seal of Quality Electronic Health Record (EHR) Level 2 (EuroRec EHR Quality Seal Level 2) by the European Institute for Health Records EuroRec (http://www.eurorec.org/).

"Solar_Innovation_2010"_-_The_Grand_Challenge_in_P
08.04.2011
"Solar Innovation 2010" - The Grand Challenge in Photovoltaics
Award

Prof. Nikos Pelekanos, Collaborating Faculty Member in IESL-FORTH, is one of the recipients of "Solar-Innovation 2010" for his proposal "III-V nanowires for next generation photovoltaics". The prize is awarded by the French Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique), after an Open Call and selection among dozens of proposals, and includes funding and technical support to carry out the proposed research for three years.

L Oreal_-_UNESCO_2008_Fellowship_for_Women_in_Scie
12.11.2008
L'Oreal - UNESCO 2008 Fellowship for Women in Science
Award

This year's national L'Oreal - UNESCO Fellowship for Women in Science was awarded to Katerina Andreopoulou.

International_distinctions_for_the_Foundation_for_
20.07.2006
International distinctions for the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
Award, Funding

Two researchers of FORTH, Dr. Christos Panagopoulos and Dr. Stelios Tzortzakis, have been recently awarded with two Excellence Grants in the field of Physics

Best_Paper_Award_in_the_10th_International_Symposi
10.10.2005
Best Paper Award in the 10th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research
Award, e-Health

The Centre for eHealth Technologies of FORTH received the Best Paper Award for the presentation of the paper "Innovation practices in the Emergency Medical Services in Crete"

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