The call has now opened for the 21st Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching in memory of Vassilis Xanthopoulos and Stephanos Pnevmatikos, both professors at the University of Crete and members of the Foundation for Research & Technology (FORTH).

It was with shock and great pain that the Scientific Council of IMBB learned of the sudden demise on January 20, 2011 of the former Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and Vice-President of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Dr. George Thireos.

The ceremony of the Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching "Vassilis XANTHOPOULOS - Stephanos PNEVMATIKOS" will be held at the main Hall of the Old Parliament in Athens on December 14 2010, at 19.00 p.m.

Researchers from the Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, participate in PlanetData together with teams from another 6 European countries.

The Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation in collaboration with the Institut de France, Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies, Oxford University, Stanford University, the Academia dei Lincei, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the German Archaeological Institute and the Academy of Athens, is organizing from 24 - 27 November 2010 the innovative international, interdisciplinary conference on the role of Greek culture in modern society entitled:

"T H E A T H E N S D I A L O G U E S"

On Sunday, September 19th 2010, at 17.45 p.m., the inauguration of the new building of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies will take place. It will be named after the deceased President of the Foundation for Research and Technology, native from Rethymno, the late Stelios Orphanoudakis.

On Wednesday 30 June, 8 p.m. at FORTH Amphitheater, Professor Adi Shamir (The Weizmann Institute of Science and winner of the Turing Award 2002) will give public lecture on "How Cryptosystems Are Really Broken" in the framework of 2010 Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series on Computer Science.

Following the success and experience of the past decade, the 2010 Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series will take place from 28 June to 4 July 2010 at FORTH premises in Heraklion. This year’s Lectures, organized by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation and the Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas are on Computer Science and will focus on Network and Information Security.

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"