Bayer and IMBB-FORTH in Greece collaborate to support discovery of novel insect control solutions Monheim, September 13, 2017 – Bayer and the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas in Greece (IMBB-FORTH) today announced the start of a five-year collaborative research project.

FORTH Chairman, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis, receives the prestigious Helmholtz International Fellow AwardThe Association has set the cooperation with the world's best scientists as a key objective. To this end, the organization has established the Helmholtz International Fellow Award, which targets outstanding senior scientists and research managers based outside Germany who have excelled in fields relevant to the Helmholtz Association, including science management at large international research institutions.

2nd Community of Practice meeting in Heraklion.On July 14, 2017, the second Community of Practice meeting for the URBANFLUXES project was organized in Heraklion. The event took place in the facilities of the Municipality of Heraklion. Participants of the meeting included, besides the URBANFLUXES scientists, representatives of the Municipality of Heraklion, the Region of Crete and the Decentralized Administration of Crete.

The Summer School on Scientific Data Management of the EUDAT European Program has been successfully completed at the Institute of Computer Science of FORTHThe management of the scientific data is of paramount importance as it can help to verify, reuse and exploit the scientific results.