News (2008)

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December 5, 2008	Press Release IMBB researchers uncover a novel mechanism, important for learning and memory Press release covering work of the lab on learning and memory in C. elegans. Publication Relevant article in the Greek national daily To Vima Info: Nektarios Tavernarakis
December 3, 2008	The Greek edition of the brilliant book "A Universe Of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination" by Gerald Edelman and Giulio Tononi has just been published by Crete University Press. (Read the Preface to the Greek edition here)
November 26, 2008	IMBB Seminar: Dr. Alexander Pintzas "Distinct Oncogenic RAS and BRAF signatures in colon cancer cells, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and sensitisation pathways to TRAIL" Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece Place/Time: FORTH Seminar Room 1, 2 pm Info: Nektarios Tavernarakis
October 31, 2008	Artemis Andreou was awarded the prestigious Bodossaki Foundation long-term fellowship to pursue her postdoctoral studies in the lab!
October 10, 2008	The lab was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Investigator Grant! ERC news (Interdisciplinary Research domain) (see also a relevant Press Release and some Press coverage bits: Eleftherotypia & Patris 1, 2, 3, 4)
October 8, 2008	A Third Nobel Prize for Worms!
May 2008	Nikos Kourtis and Markella Katidou have been awarded the Manasaki Doctoral Fellowship for 2008-2009! (see also some relevant Press coverage bits: Patris 1, 2 , 3)
May 29, 2008	Seminar: Dr. Takis Benos "What can evolution tell us about gene regulation?" University of Pittsburgh, USA and University of Crete, Greece Place/Time: IMBB Common Room, 12 noon Info: Nektarios Tavernarakis
May 20, 2008	IMBB Seminar: Dr. Nikos Chronis "Lab-on-chip technologies for biological and medical applications" University of Michigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ann Harbor, USA Place/Time: Mediterranean Studies Room, 2 pm Info: Nektarios Tavernarakis
June 28 - July 3, 2008	33rd FEBS Congress & 11th IUBMB Conference Athens, Greece
March 29 - April 2, 2008	European C. elegans Meeting 2008 Carmona, Spain
March 6-8, 2008	ENINET PhD Symposium Berlin, Germany
January 17, 2008	Seminar: Dr. Theofilos Papadopoulos "Getting overexcited in the absence of a guanine-nucleotide exchange factor: An analysis of collybistin knockout mice" Max-Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany Place/Time: IMBB Common Room, 12 noon Info: Nektarios Tavernarakis
January 10, 2008	Seminar: Dr. Artemisia Andreou "T-box, SUMO and head development" Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College, London, UK Place/Time: IMBB Common Room, 12 noon Info: Nektarios Tavernarakis