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Τελετή Αναγόρευσης του Καθηγητή Νεκτάριου Ταβερναράκη (Διευθυντή Ερευνών στο IMBB- ΙΤΕ) σε Επίτιμο Διδάκτορα της Σχολής Θετικών & Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών την Τρίτη, 27 Οκτωβρίου 2026 και ώρα 19:00 στην Αίθουσα «Εύη Σοφιανού» στo Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου

🔬 Planning an ERC Starting, Consolidator or Advanced Grant? Build your independent research group at IMBB @forth-ite.bsky.social in Heraklion, Crete 🇬🇷 ✨ Proposal support, cutting-edge facilities & a permanent research position for successful grantees. 📩 vontas@imbb.forth.gr

A remarkable day at IMBB! 🧬 The 2026 Kafatos Lecture & a symposium on ancient biomolecules, with talks by Skourtanioti, Somel, Skoglund & Douka, capped by Nobel Laureate Svante Pääbo on Neanderthals, Denisovans and what ancient DNA reveals about us. #AncientDNA @forth-ite.bsky.social @embl.org

IMBB welcomed Dr. @inoagrafioti.bsky.social (erc.europa.eu Executive Agency) on 8–9 October for an insightful session on ERC grants, featuring tips for applicants and a testimonial from ERC grantee Panagiotis Moschoo. Thank you both! #ERC #Research @forth-ite.bsky.social

🧬 ONE DAY TO GO! Tomorrow in Heraklion: exploring ancient DNA, human evolution & health. 🔬 IMBB International Symposium | 15:00 🎙️ Kafatos Lecture 2026 with Svante Pääbo | 19:00 📍 FORTH, Heraklion ✨ The Kafatos Lecture is open to the public. @embl.org @forth-ite.bsky.social #AncientDNA

📢 Two successful training workshops at IMBB! On 23–24 September, researchers joined @David del Alamo and Thiago Carvalho from Fellowsherpa for sessions on AI in scientific writing and strategies for stronger grant applications. Part of the IMBB Mentoring & Career Track Scheme (MCTS). #IMBB_MCTS

🧬 A day of ancient biomolecules in Heraklion! Friday, 9 Oct: 🔬 IMBB Symposium | 15:00–18:00 🎙️ Kafatos Lecture with Svante Pääbo | 19:00–20:10 📍 FORTH, Heraklion The evening lecture is open to the public. #AncientDNA #HumanEvolution #Science

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 📝 By Ioanna Soufleri Exploring humanity’s shared history through paleogenetics www.embl.org/news/people-... @imbb-forth.bsky.social

🧬 🧬 Call for Applications| Researcher Grade B/C IMBB @forth-ite.bsky.social Join our international research community and lead your own research programme in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology. 📍 Heraklion, Crete #IMBB #FORTH #ResearchJobs

Μια νέα ανασκόπηση μελετών με ελληνική υπογραφή ρίχνει φως στους μηχανισμούς που οδηγούν κάποια είδη στο να ζουν εκατοντάδες ή και χιλιάδες χρόνια, ανοίγοντας δρόμους και για την έρευνα στην ανθρώπινη αντιγήρανση. www.tovima.gr/print/scienc...

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟗 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 ✨ 𝐊𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 🕖 19:00–20:10 EEST The lecture by Nobel Laureate Svante Pääbo is open to the public and is entitled “A Neanderthal Perspective on Human Origins and Health: How Ancient DNA is Revealing New Insights into Disease and Biology.” 👉 www.forth.gr/en/news/show...

The Lecture will also be combined with the: ✨IMBB International Symposium on Ancient DNA & Proteins The Symposium entitled “Unfolding our history through ancient biomolecules” will take place earlier on the same day 🕒 15:00-18:00. 📍FORTH, Vassilika Vouton,Heraklion,Crete @imbb-forth.bsky.social

🧬 The Bioinformatics Unit at IMBB-FORTH has launched its new website. 🌐 Explore the new website: bioinformatics.imbb.forth.gr #Bioinformatics #IMBBFORTH #FORTH #UniversityOfCrete #ComputationalBiology #HPC #LifeSciences #Research

- Προκήρυξη 1 Θέσης Ερευνητή/τριας Β’ ή Γ’ βαθμίδας με γνωστικό αντικείμενο: «Μοριακή Βιολογία και Βιοτεχνολογία». www.imbb.forth.gr/files/reposi... - One (1) Researcher B Grade or Researcher C Grade Position in the field of "Molecular Biology and Biotechnology". www.imbb.forth.gr/files/reposi...

📈 #TrendingWithImpact: A new #Review was published on September 8, titled “How to live for centuries: common denominators of organisms with exceptional longevity.” @imbb-forth.bsky.social 🔗 https://bit.ly/4hnfJ8V #Aging #Quote #Longevity #Lifespan #Healthspan #OA #PeerReviewed #Journal #Publishing

Μια νέα ανασκόπηση μελετών με ελληνική υπογραφή ρίχνει φως στους μηχανισμούς που οδηγούν κάποια είδη στο να ζουν εκατοντάδες ή και χιλιάδες χρόνια, ανοίγοντας δρόμους και για την έρευνα στην ανθρώπινη αντιγήρανση. www.tovima.gr/print/scienc...

𝗜𝗠𝗕𝗕 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗡𝗔 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀, 9 October 2026 🕒15:00–18:00 EEST ➡️ ancientbiomolecules.gr 🌟Kafatos Lecture 2026, 9 October 2026 🕖19:00–20:10 EEST www.embl.org/.../alumni/e... There is no fee for participating in the two events but registration is required.

A brand New story form #WeAreEULIFE campaign of @eu-life.bsky.social about #EngagingSociety!!!

Registration is still open‼️ Join us for IMBB's Symposium on Ancient Biomolecules & the Kafatos Lecture 2026, with Nobel Laureate Svante Pääbo. 📅 9 October 2026 🕒 Symposium: 15:00–18:00 EEST 🕖 Lecture: 19:00–20:10 EEST

🔬🧪 A recent study by the Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology of FORTH @imbb-forth.bsky.social reveals the genetic mechanisms that enhance mosquito resistance to insecticides. 👉 www.forth.gr/en/news/show...

🧠 IMBB researchers use computational models to show that clustered synapses strongly activate dendrites, helping neurons learn spatial position with fewer active connections. An elegant, energy-efficient way to map space. @dendritesgr.bsky.social #Neuroscience #BrainResearch

Dr. Panagiotis Sarris, Professor at the University of Crete & Head of the Microbiology & Plant Biotechnology group @imbb-forth.bsky.social, spoke to "TO VIMA-Science" about his team's research, which is published in the scientific journal "Frontiers in Microbiology." www.tovima.com/stories/deep...

The research team, postdoctoral researchers Angeliki Sotiriou and Giorgos Konstantinidis, working under the guidance of Prof. @ntavernarakis.bsky.social, research director @imbb-forth.bsky.social, recently published its findings, in the journal Nature Communications. www.tovima.com/science/a-ce...

📣 Registration is open! Join us on 9 October 2026 for the IMBB International Symposium on Ancient DNA & Proteins, followed by the Kafatos Lecture 2026 by Nobel Laureate Svante Pääbo. 🔗 Symposium & registration: ancient-biomolecules.gr 🔗 Kafatos Lecture registration: www.embl.org/about/info/a...

👏 Congrats to Simone Tasciotti on the defense of his Ph.D. thesis "Role of synaptic topology in CA1 place cell encoding". He was supervised by Panayiota Poirazi, Research Director at IMBB-FORTH. We wish him every success in his future scientific endeavors. #PhD #ComputationalNeuroscience

👏👏Congrats to the team!!!

👏 Congratulations to Roman Makarov on the successful defense of his Ph.D. thesis titled: "A single-neuron perspective on brain function". The project was supervised by @yiotapoirazi.bsky.social, Research Director at IMBB-FORTH. We wish him every success in his future scientific endeavors.

Warm congratulations to Domna Karagogeos for her election as an EMBO member. A well deserved recognition of her outstanding scientific career.

🔬 On 29 June, IMBB welcomed Marco Milán (ICREA Research Professor, @irbbarcelona.org) for a seminar on “Tissue Biology of Chromosomal Instability.” 🧬 The talk sparked lively discussions. Thanks to @scentinel.bsky.social for supporting the event! #CancerResearch #ChromosomalInstability #Aneuploidy

🔬 Over 60 researchers joined the #ZEISSLSM990 Confocal Workshop (15–17 June 2026), co-organized by IMBB’s Mentoring & Career Track Scheme and ANTISEL. Participants brought their own samples and explored advanced confocal imaging with guidance from certified ZEISS trainers and ANTISEL specialists.

We are highlighting voices from EU-LIFE member institutes that embody the alliance's priorities. Today, we showcase #Technology with Vanessa Linke, Head of the Mass Spectrometry Facility at @iimcb.bsky.social in #Warsaw ➡️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #WeAreEULIFE

👏 Congrats to Dimitra Tsakireli on the successful defense of her Ph.D. thesis titled: "Functional Analysis of Crop Pest Resistance Mechanisms to Insecticides, with Emphasis on Cytochrome P450s". The project was supervised by John Vontas, Director of IMBB-FORTH.

The @gizeligroup.bsky.social at @imsforth.bsky.social, coordinates #AquaBioSens project, which develops simple, portable analyzers for use in the field, to enable quick results & timely decisions when #water #quality is at risk. #OceanScience #EnvironmentalMonitoring 👉 bit.ly/World_Oceans...

⚠️ EU-LIFE is concerned by the Council Presidency proposal to reduce Horizon Europe to €167.9bn, below the European Commission’s €175bn and far from the €200bn minimum called for by leading voices on Europe’s competitiveness & innovation agenda. More about EU-LIFE's advocacy for FP10➡️ bit.ly/3SqIlFw