STRATIS V. SOTIRCHOS Memorial Lectureship 2013The Board of Trustees of the SVS Trust Fund selected MICHAEL S. STRANO, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, for the Recipient of the Stratis V. Sotirchos Lectureship.

Panayiota Poirazi becomes a member of AcademiaNet after nomination by EMBODr. Panayiota Poirazi, Principal Researcher of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB / FORTH) has become a member of AcademiaNet after nomination by the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

A full laser treatment has been provided to an old paintingWithin the last month a thorough laser treatment has been performed to a painted panel by the research groups of the Photonics for Cultural Heritage activity of IESL-FORTH. The painting, which was “excavated” from the storage of the conservation laboratories of the National Gallery in London, is traveling around Europe in order to be examined by the latest developments in instrumentation and methodologies as regards scientific conservation of Cultural Heritage assets.

Three proposals of FORTH were shortlisted in the 2nd round of the “Greece Innovates” Applied Research and Innovation CompetitionThree proposals of FORTH were shortlisted in the 2nd round of the "Greece Innovates" Applied Research and Innovation Competition, which is jointly sponsored by SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterpises and Eurobank member of NBG Group.