The title of "Docteur Honoris Causa de l' Universite de la Mediterranee", Marseille, France.Professor Costas Fotakis, Director of IESL/FORTH, has been awarded the title of "Docteur Honoris Causa de l' Universite de la Mediterranee", Marseille, France.

Public Lecture by Professor Adi Shamir (TURING AWARD 2002) in the framework of 2010 Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series on Computer ScienceOn 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.

Art Exhibition of the Visual Arts Group of FORTH at Vitturi bastionFrom the 1st until the 10th of June 2010, the Visual Arts Group of FORTH organizes an Art Exhibition entitled "Group Escape" at Vitturi bastion, Pediadios str. in Heraklion. The opening of the Exhibition will take place on Wednesday 2 June, 2010 at 19.00. The Art Exhibition includes artwork from various artistic fields such as photography, painting, jewellery, holography and multimedia.

Advanced Multiphoton Confocal Microscopy facility established at IMBB/FORTHThe 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.