The Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) was founded in 1983.
It is the premier multidisciplinary research institution in Greece with well-organized facilities, highly qualified personnel and a reputation as a top-level research institution worldwide.
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Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis is honoured with the FEBS Datta Medal at the 50th FEBS Congress that will take place in Maastricht, The Netherlands
The FEBS Datta Medal is a prestigious award, bestowed annually by the Federation of European Biochemical Societies to a distinguished senior scientist for outstanding achievements in the fields of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, or related sciences. It is one of the top three awards given by FEBS at the annual FEBS Congress, and includes a silver medal and funding for accommodation and travel to the Congress.
New Research by FORTH and the University of Crete
ALBUMIN: The most abundant human blood protein acts as a shield against deadly fungal infections
Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-FORTH) and the University of Crete, together with collaborators from Greece, Europe, the USA, and India, have discovered a novel role of albumin, the most abundant protein in human blood, in protecting against a rare and often deadly fungal infection called mucormycosis. The study is published in Nature.
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Listening to the Universe: A Decade of Discoveries!
An event organized by the Institute of Astrophysics of FORTH
The event will take place on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at 18:00, at the FORTH Science & Cultural Center and will be held on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science celebrated annually on February 11th, as well as the 10th anniversary of the publication of the first direct detection of gravitational waves. The speech will be given by Dr. Maria Charisi, a research fellow at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), who will present a decade of discoveries, from colliding black holes and neutron stars to gargantuan mergers of supermassive black holes in galaxy centers—shedding light on the most extreme and violent phenomena in the Universe.
Contact point: "Back to the Future: When Yesterday meets Tomorrow"
The activities of “Contact Point” at FORTH is an original series of public discussions, each featuring a FORTH scientist and a distinguished artist. “Contact Point” brings Science and Culture into Creative Dialogue, fostering open and meaningful communication of science through art. The third event of the series, entitled entitled “Back to the Future: When Yesterday meets Tomorrow”, will take place on Monday, January 26, 2026, at 18:00 at the Cultural Conference Center of Heraklion, in the Experimental Theatre Hall, co-organized with DEPANAL S.A.
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Listening to the Universe: A Decade of Discoveries!
An event organized by the Institute of Astrophysics of FORTH
“Crete and the Sea"- a two-day event co-organized by HCMR and FORTH
Outreach activities and exploration of potential collaborations
ΕIC Ιnfo Day: Work Programme 2026
FORTH's responses to COVID-19 pandemic
The Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) and its Institutes have been made available to the State and Public Health Authorities, in order to contribute to the common effort to address the pandemic of COVID-19, with their top-level infrastructure and expertise.
