Professor Costas Fotakis, Director of IESL/FORTH, has been awarded the title of "Docteur Honoris Causa de l' Universite de la Mediterranee", Marseille, France.

The first worldwide exhibition of interactive systems dedicated to ancient Macedonia, developed in cooperation by the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki (AMTH) and the Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas (ICS-FORTH), opens the doors on Monday, 1st November 2010 at AMTH.

The close collaboration of FORTH/ICE-HT with the 2010 Nobel Prize Laureates in Physics is another example of the forefront scientific research conducted at the Institute in the field of nanomaterials and their applications.

The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, announces today the establishment of its advanced Multiphoton Confocal Microscopy Facility. This state-of-the-art facility is currently the only one in Greece and the first of its kind in Europe.

On Monday 22nd of March 2010, 18:00 hrs, at the FORTH Amphitheatre in Heraklion (Crete), Dr. Peter Freeman will give the 2nd lecture in the context of "Stelios Orphanoudakis" Distinguished Lecture series. This year, the Lecture is in the area of Computer Science, Information and Communications Technologies, and is entitled:
"The Interaction of Science and Society as Illustrated by the Internet"

The Institute of Chemical Engineering and High Temperature Chemical Processes of the Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT) has recently received a new distinction at European level, as the European Committee selected for funding four (4) proposals in the field of fuel cells and hydrogen production. This is a field in which a large group of FORTH/ICE-HT researchers focuses its efforts.

The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of FORTH participates in the effort to understand a fundamental biological problem, namely how cells regulate trafficking of their proteins. Some of the research results are presented in today's edition of Nature, one of the most authoritative international scientific journals. They stem from intercontinental cooperation between the research teams Tassos Economou, IMBB Researcher and Associate Professor at the Biology Department of the University of Crete and that of Charalambos Kalodimou, Associate Professor at Rutgers University (New Jersey, USA).

FORTH has recently received a new distinction at European level, as the project "ADAPTIVES/ Algorithmic Development and Analysis of Pioneer Techniques for Imaging with waVES" submitted by Dr. Chrysoula Tsogka has been selected for granting by the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Fund 2009.

Research at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, published today in the international scientific journal Nature, reveals a novel molecular mechanism that regulates cellular metabolism and ageing.

A network of scientists led by the Foundation of Research & Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Greece, have been awarded a grant from the European Commission Seventh Framework Program, aiming to increase our understanding of how chronic inflammation in the body can lead to cancer. It is anticipated that this research program, code-named INFLA-CARE, for Inflammation and Cancer Research in Europe, will also lead to the development of novel approaches for the treatment and improved management of inflammation-associated malignancies, such as liver and colon cancer.