DxHub at the Excellence Hubs Community Joint Seminar in Ioannina | dx-hub DxHub took part in the Joint Meeting of the Excellence Hubs. This significant event convened leading EU-funded initiatives,

DXHub was in Ioannina for the Joint Seminar hosted by @interregeurope projects ACCESS & SILVER SMEs!💡We shared insights on digital transformation & SME support, policy & innovation.
More here👉 dx-hub.eu/dxhub-at-the...
#SMEs @forth-ite.bsky.social @imbb-forth.bsky.social @gizeligroup.bsky.social

👩‍🔬🔬On Wednesday, July 9, in the framework of the Onassis Lectures 2025, Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold delivered a compelling–open to the public-speech on harnessing the power of evolution to engineer enzymes and proteins with new or improved functions.
@imbb-forth.bsky.social

➡️ bit.ly/3UgEQ21

What happens when researchers from Europe’s top scientific institutes come together, mix in a dash of courage, a sprinkle of creativity, and a touch of music? 🎤
CEITEC hosted a competition unlike anything the Czech science scene has seen before.
🔗 www.ceitec.eu/when-science...
@eu-life.bsky.social

"If Europe is to stay competitive and sovereign, we need a sound foundation of early-stage, cross-border collaboration at lower to mid- TRL level that fosters open-ended exploration and strong scientific communities. FP10 is the only programme where such collaborations can thrive," said Marta Agostinho, EU-LIFE Executive Director.

🚨 European research organisations including EU-LIFE call the European Commission, European Parliament and Member States for enhanced and transformed early-stage collaborative research in #FP10.

🔎 Find out more ➡️ eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...

@ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu #EUcompetitiveness

Meet @yiotapoirazi.bsky.social, Research Director at @imbb-forth.bsky.social 🇬🇷 & ELLIS Member. Her work bridges Computational Neuroscience & Bioinspired ML to build more efficient, brain-like AI.

She champions women in science: "Representation matters; it can inspire others to join."

#WomenInELLIS

📢 IMBB Alumni Summer Newsletter is now out.

Stay in the loop this season with the latest from IMBB, at @forth-ite.bsky.social .

Meet the new faculty members!
Read about exciting research breakthroughs & events!
Learn more about the Mentoring and Career Track Scheme!

👉 mailchi.mp/63e99ac51b01...

👏 Congratulations to Tasos, Theodoros, all the winners and participants for their courage to go on stage and communicate their science in so many innovative and fun ways. Many thanks to the EU-LIFE Alliance and CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology for organizing such a fantastic event.

YouTube video by EU-LIFE 'From Genome to Form: Investigating the Origins of Biological Shape', by T. Pavlopoulos (IMBB-FORTH)

✨ 🎤 🎉 On May 22, Tasos Pavlopoulos (Head of the Developmental Morphogenesis Lab) and Theodoros Kosteas (Head of the Animal Facility) gave an amazing performance at the @eu-life.bsky.social #ScienceVision Talk Contest in Brno.

Watch their performance!

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uml6...

Yesterday, young scientists at IMBB had the opportunity to attend an inspiring seminar from Nikos Kyrpides,
@biosci.lbl.gov l.gov, @berkeleylab.lbl.gov ,🇺🇸. He offered useful advice on how to have a successful career in Science.
#CareerGrowth, #CareerGuidance, #ProfessionalDevelopment, #IMBB_MCTS

Prof. Arnold will also give an open lecture to the general public on Wednesday July the 9th , at 20:00 at FORTH’s main auditorium “Giorgos Lianis” with the title “Innovation by Evolution".

This year keynote speaker will be Prof. @francesarnold.bsky.social from @caltech.edu who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018 for her pioneer work demonstrating that laboratory evolution can reliably outperform rational design in engineering complex molecular functions.

📅July 7-11
The 2025 Onassis Lectures in Biology and Chemistry will be held @forth-ite.bsky.social, Heraklion, Crete. This year’s Lectures are devoted to the advances, challenges, and future prospects of #Re-engineeringBiology through #DirectedEvolution and #Synthetic cellular pathways.

This Thursday, 26 June, IMBB members @nassipapoutsi.bsky.social and Domna Karagogeos participated in ‘Advancing Brain Research in Europe’ at @europarl.europa.eu. Supported by @eubrain.bsky.social, this event brought together leaders to advocate stronger EU action on #BrainHealth & #Research. 🧠🔬

Did you miss the @eu-life.bsky.social #ScienceVision Talk Contest last month? You have the opportunity to watch it now!!

📌 Thursday 3/7/2025
📍 FORTH Seminar Room 1
Nikos Kyrpides from @biosci.lbl.gov @berkeleylab.lbl.gov,🇺🇸 is invited to give a seminar for young IMBB researchers as part of IMBB's Mentoring and Career Track Scheme Seminar series.

#CareerGrowth, #CareerGuidance, #ProfessionalDevelopment, #IMBB_MCTS

We had the honor to welcome at FORTH today, a delegation from the National Innovation Center Par Excellence (NICE) and the Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI), headed by Prof. Qing Liu, President of NICE/JITRI. The visit included presentations by Prof. Qing Liu and Prof. Dimitris Plexousakis, FORTH’s Vice President and ICS Director, focusing on the mission, research activities, and strategic priorities of both organizations, followed by a fruitful discussion on possible areas of collaboration, and a guided lab tour at the Institute of Computer Science and the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, visiting the Distributed Computing Systems and Cybersecurity lab, the Ambient Intelligence Program, the Photonics for Heritage Science Group and the Ultrafast laser Micro and Nano-processing group. This visit builds upon a Memorandum of Understanding signed between FORTH and NICE/JITRI in 2019, which set the framework for bilateral cooperation in high technology and industrial research, including joint projects in informatics, biotechnology, energy, materials, lasers, and other cutting-edge fields. We would like to warmly thank the NICE/JITRI Delegation members: Prof. Qing Liu, President of NICE/JITRI, Dr. Paul Burrows, Former Vice President of JITRI and Secretary General of the WAITRO, Ms. Xin Yao, Assistant Director of the Overseas Cooperation Department and Representative in the Netherlands, Mr. Cheng Xu, Representative in Northern Europe and Ms. Lilly Liu, Senior Manager of the Overseas Cooperation Department, for their visit and strong interest in fostering long-term scientific collaboration. On behalf of FORTH, Dr. Emmanuel Stratakis, Acting Director of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Prof. Electra Gizeli, Vice-Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology and Prof. Vasiliki Pavlidou, Acting Director of the Institute of Astrophysics, participated in the meeting.

🤝We had the honor to welcome at FORTH today,a delegation from the National Innovation Center Par Excellence (NICE) & the Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI), headed by Prof.Qing Liu, President of NICE/JITRI.
More info: www.facebook.com/FORTH.ITE/po...

@imbb-forth.bsky.social

The renowned #BrainConferences are coming to Crete, Greece for the first time! This is a unique opportunity for young scientists in Greece and abroad to learn all about the Adaptive Mind from the best scientists in the field.

📯We, the Poirazi Lab at IMBB-FORTH, are thrilled to announce an open PhD Student position!

🗝️Key Research Areas: AI, Machine Learning, Brain-Inspired Computing, Neuronal Circuits.

📅Application Deadline: July 7, 2025.

Find out more about the position on our webpage: dendrites.gr?p=2825

This week, Charles Robin, Associate Professor at University of Melbourne, gave an interesting seminar at IMBB on new genetic biocontrol strategies which may offer a better way to control pest insects than chemical insecticides.

#pestcontrol, #pestmanagement, #insecticides, #biocontrol, #entomology

They described the role of a Scientific Manager in the past and in the present, the daily tasks and challenges they tackle and offered very useful advice on how to pursue a career in Science Management.

Last week, young scientists at IMBB had the opportunity to attend a very insightful seminar from Mireia Monras Pèlach and Javier Gonzalo Ruiz,PhD,PMP, scientific and project managers respectively at @vhio.bsky.social.

#CareerGrowth, #CareerGuidance, #ProfessionalDevelopment #IMBB_MCTS

📌 Thursday the 5/6/2025
Mireia Monras Pelach and Javier Gonzalo Ruiz from
@vhio.bsky.social are invited to give a seminar for young IMBB researchers on "The Science of Management: the journey of a Scientific Manager ".
#CareerGrowth, #CareerGuidance, #ProfessionalDevelopment, #IMBB_MCTS

Many thanks to our contestants, the one and only Tasos Pavlopoulos and his aid Theodoros Kosteas for presenting how hexagonal cells become square in shrimp Parhayle! Many thanks to our hosts at @ceitec.eu for organizing such a successful event!

🎊What an amazing afternoon with scientists from 16 institutes of @eu-life.bsky.social communicating their projects at the #ScienceVision Contest in unique ways with fantastic costumes! Congrats to all the winners!

Congrats to the winners!!

🪩🎤✨ All ready for the EU-LIFE #ScienceVision Talk Contest!!

This year, inspired by the Eurovision contest, researchers from EU-LIFE institutes will engage in a friendly competition for the most innovative, compelling and impactful scientific talk.

Stay tuned!

We're seeking a #postdoc with skills in cellular biology and/or #immunology and/or non-coding RNAs. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team and conduct innovative research on #tick -host molecular (immune) interactions under the mentoring of Dr. Michail Kotsyfakis.

#vector borne #disease

YouTube video by EU-LIFE What do EU-LIFE members value most of being part of the alliance?

🎙️ Watch testimonials of EU-LIFErs explaining what they value most of being part of EU-LIFE ➡️ youtu.be/XcnqXr97srg?...

17 enthusiastic scientists, one from each EU-LIFE member institute, will present their science, in the funniest and most unusual way, fighting for the first place! Music, Song, Dance and Costumes will be their weapons on the way to the top! Tassos Pavlopoulos will represent IMBB.

📸𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨

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