The Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Medical School of the Department of Medicine of the University of Ioannina, in collaboration with the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), announce the opening of the application period for the Interinstitutional Postgraduate Program (MSc) in Digital Health for the academic year 2025–2026.

The University of Ioannina proudly announces the launch of its cutting-edge, two-year full-time MSc program in Digital Health, inviting future innovators and leaders to shape the next era of healthcare.

We are pleased to announce that the Unit of Medical Technology and Intelligent Information Systems (MEDLAB), a collaborating laboratory of FORTH-BRI, is now an official member of Adra – the AI, Data and Robotics Association!

The Call for Expressions of Interest for admission to the
Inter-Institutional Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program (I.I.I.P.P.)
“Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biotechnology”
is hereby announced.

Professor Dimitris Fotiadis, has been honored with a Certificate of Membership from the National Academy of Artificial Intelligence

Professor Dimitris Fotiadis, has been appointed as an EMBS Distinguished Lecturer for 2025

BRI hosts 2 new MSCA Fellows

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network

BRI congratulates Prof. Vassilis Charmandaris on his unanimous election.

The European Commission awarded Evi Vasili with one of the prestigious and highly competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) postdoctoral fellowships to work at BRI under the supervision of Savvas Christoforidis.

Cellular functions (such as proliferation, apoptosis, migration, differentiation, tissue formation etc) are controlled by extracellular ligands. Binding of the ligands (e.g. growth factors) to their receptors at the plasma membrane initiates signal transduction. Subsequent internalisation of the ligand/receptor complexes plays crucial role in regulating the signalling output.

The ER is the major intracellular reservoir of calcium and is important in the biogenesis of peroxisomes and autophagosomes. Moreover, it plays a key role in metabolic processes, such as gluconeogenesis, lipid synthesis and protein folding of the secretory pathway.