Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis newly elected Member of the German National Academy of Sciences LeopoldinaNektarios Tavernarakis, Research Director at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), and Professor at the Medical School of the University of Crete, was elected Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

DISTINCTION AT SCIENCE ON STAGE EUROPE 2019 FESTIVALThe 1st Prize in the category “Digital Literacy in Science Education” at the 11th Science on Stage Europe 2019 Festival was awarded, to members of the Biophotonics and Molecular Imaging Group of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser of FORTH. This year’s festival was entitled “Skills for the future” and was held in Cascais Portugal from 31 October – 3 November 2019.

Crashing Galaxies Drive Huge Shockwaves into Deep SpaceResearch conducted by an international team of astronomers, published in the international scientific journal Nature, revealed an enormous nebula around an extreme form of a merging galaxy.

Gold Healthcare Business Award for the Center for eHealth Applications and Services of FORTHThe Center for eHealth Applications and Services of the Institute of Computer Science of FORTH received the GOLD Healthcare Business Award in the category ‘e-Health: Digital applications for the management/ support of health units’ for its Integrated Care SolutionsTM application suite.