Research at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, published in the international scientific journal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, revealed a novel molecular mechanism that modulates mitochondria biogenesis.

Crete University Press (CUP) invites you to a book presentation-event: "Brain & Neuroscience" on Wednesday February 18, 2009 at 19hrs.

Forth Photonics, a spin-off company of the Foundation for Research & Technology Hellas (FORTH), raised £ 6.1m in order to intensify the marketing of DySIS in the UK and Europe.

The Programme of Turkish Studies of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas announces its 7th International Symposium. The topic of the Symposium will be Political initiatives "From the Bottom Up" in the Ottoman Empire. The sessions are scheduled for January 9 - 11, 2009 and will take place at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (Melissinou and Nikiforou Foka 130, Rethymno.)

On Tuesday, December 2 at 7pm at the residence of the Spanish ambassador to Greece, Mr. Miguel de Fuertes and his spouse's, Ms. Aurora de Fuertes, the latter a professor at the University of Oviedo, Mr. Nikos Hadjinicolaou was awarded the Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, a Spanish civil order granted in recognition of services that benefit the country. Mr. Hadjinicolaou received this honor for his extensive service to the study and promotion of the works of Dominikos Theotokopoulos as well as of modern spanish art.

Research at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, published today in the international scientific periodical EMBO Journal, reveals an important molecular mechanism that facilitates learning and the formation of memories by the nervous system.

Crete University Press (CUP) recently announced their new edition, "In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind" by the Nobel prize recipient Eric R. Kandel, translated and edited by Azarias Karamanlidis, and featuring an introduction by Elias Kouvelas.

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

Celebration of the Foundation's 25th Anniversary, Heraklion, Crete

Nektarios Tavernarakis, a researcher at the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), has recently been awarded the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Investigator Grant for his research proposal titled "Molecular Basis of Neuronal Ageing - NeuronAge."