Research carried out at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology-FORTH and published today in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA reveals that proteins involved in Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) activate the expression of key growth factors during postnatal development.

Today, Tuesday, February 7, 2012, Safer Internet Day is internationally celebrated. The slogan of this year's celebration "Discover the digital world together ... safely!" refers to the convergence of generations, indicating the urgent need for all of us to familiarize ourselves with the Internet, in order to be able to protect our children from the pitfalls effectively, giving them at the same time all the skills needed to surf online in a responsible and safe manner.

The Signal Processing Laboratory of the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) organized the international Winter School on Speech and Audio Processing for Immersive Environments and Future Interfaces of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (IEEE SPS Winter School on SAIE 2012, http://www.s3p-saie.eu/), which took place from January 16th to 20th 2012, at FORTH, in Heraklion Crete, Greece.

The call has now opened for the 22nd Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching in memory of Vassilis Xanthopoulos and Stephanos Pnevmatikos, both professors at the University of Crete and members of the Foundation for Research & Technology (FORTH).

Article by Irini Veniou published in VIMA Science (in Greek).

Article by Irini Veniou published in VIMA Science (in Greek) regarding the Ambient Intelligence Programme of ICS-FORTH. Ambient Intelligence: how can it change our way of living and thinking? Intelligent patient room. Smart office. Interactive screens made of .... paper. Touch screen made of ... plexiglass. (in greek)

Wednesday, 8th February 2012, FORTH's amphitheatre "Georgios Lianis"

The Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) is pleased to invite you to an event honoring the former Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB)

A wine tasting session took place at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser of FORTH, on Wednesday, the 21st of December, with the generous support of Domaine Paterianakis Winery.

Research carried out at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, published today in the international scientific periodical EMBO Journal, reveals a novel molecular mechanism required for the degeneration of nerve cells.

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).