Rich experiences and networking were some of the gains of this year’s participation in the eHealth Forum 2016 for the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH). The event was held at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre, on October, 25th and 26th, 2016.

Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis, Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the Foundation for Research and Technology and Professor at the Medical School of the University of Crete, was unanimously elected yesterday Director of the Central Administration and President of FORTH, by a 7-member Evaluation Committee consisted of highly recognised Greek scientists, headed by Prof. Gregory Stephanopoulos (MIT).

MIT Enterprise Forum Greece, in cooperation with FORTH, is organizing an open event for the presentation of MITEF Greece Startup Competition 2017, in order to inform startups operating in the field of technology and research, on the new competition.

The Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of Foundation for Research and Technology –Hellas (FORTH) participates at the Annual Meeting for stakeholders and specialists in eHealth ecosystems, eHealth forum 2016...

Nektarios Tavernarakis, Researcher at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) and Professor at the Medical School of the University of Crete, is one of just 45 scientists from across Europe, and the only one in Greece, that recently secured funding from the innovation-supporting Proof of Concept Programme of the European Research Council (ERC).

The Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) organizes the 2nd Israel-Greece Joint Meeting on Nanotechnology and BioNanoscience (http://www.iesl.forth.gr/conferences/ignbn2016/), in collaboration with the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The event will take place at Aquila Atlantis Hotel in Heraklion Crete on October 25-28, 2016.

The Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) organizes the 11th ETPN 2016 (Nanomedicine European Technology Platform General Assembly and Annual Event 2016, http://www.etpn2016.eu/) in collaboration with the Nanomedicine European Technology Platform (http://www.etp-nanomedicine.eu/public).

Dr. Apostolos Delis has earned a prestigious Horizon 2020 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant 2016. The program entitled Seafaring Lives in Transition. Mediterranean Maritime Labour and Shipping during Globalization, 1850s-1920s’ explores the transition from sail to steam navigation and the effects of this technological innovation on seafaring populations in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, between the 1850s and the 1920s, whose lives were drastically changed by the advent of the steam.

The integrity of monuments, historical centers and archaeological landscapes is nowadays increasingly threatened by the climatic change, the extreme meteorological phenomena and the natural hazards.

Dr. Vassiliki Nikoletopoulou, Researcher at the IMBB, earned a highly competitive ERC starting grant. This grant is a funding scheme that supports young talented research leaders to gain independence and build their own research laboratory in Europe. The research interests and expertise of Dr. Nikoletopoulou bridge over the fields of neurobiology and metabolism.