The new research project ResTick, aiming to study and address ticks as vectors of pathogens that pose a threat to public health and livestock, will be implemented by the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), with a budget of 6 million euros, funded by the European Commission.

The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas in Greece (IMBB-FORTH) announced the initiation of a three-year research project to be carried out at IMBB-FORTH, funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The project aims to develop innovative insecticides for the control of malaria mosquitoes and will be carried out by John Vontas, Director of IMBB-FORTH and Professor at the Agricultural University of Athens, and his team.

Prof. Athanasios Nenes, Affiliated Researcher at ICEHT/FORTH and Professor of Atmospheric Processes at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, has been invited as an expert for the Scoping meeting of the 7th Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that will define the chapters and the content of this critical assessment. Nenes is one of the 230 experts to participate in this event (that takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 9-13 December) whο altogether cover all activities of the report that will be put together over the next 5 years. Nenes will be acting as an expert in Working Group I: The Physical Science Basis, which examines the physical science underpinning past, present, and future climate change.

Τhe Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee (GEAD) of FORTH is organizing an event entitled "Women Researchers in Positions of Responsibility". The event will take place on Monday, December 9 at 11:00-14:00 in the "Georgios Lianis" Auditorium, Central Building of FORTH, in Heraklion.

A new Center of Excellence (DxHub) for the promotion of innovative solutions for the detection of infectious diseases will start at the Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH), from January 1, 2025, under the coordination of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-FORTH).

Mr. Panagiotis Deloukas, Professor of Cardiovascular Genomics and Director of the William Harvey Research Institute at the Queen Mary University London, was unanimously elected Director of the Greek Institute of Human Genomics (GIHG), on June 4, 2024.

The Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas - Institute of Computer Science achieved again great distinctions at the Healthcare Business Awards 2024, the institution that highlights and awards best practices and innovative actions across the spectrum of Healthcare.For its overall performance, the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas – Institute of Computer Science received the "Top Research Center" prize.

A new state-of-the-art optical telescope has been operating since 20 November at Skinakas Observatory, the joint research infrastructure of the University of Crete and the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, made possible by the donation of land on the homonymous peak of Psiloritis, by the historic Municipality of Anogeia.

Α new European program, "Lasers4EU", was recently launched with the participation of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), continuing the long tradition of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of FORTH in the field of lasers. In the framework of the kick off meeting which took place on 21-22 October 2024, directors of European research centers from all around Europe met at FORTH’s facilities in Heraklion.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (FORTH/ICE-HT) and Hubei University (HUBU), Wuhan, China, on Saturday 9 November 2024, in Patras.