About Biocenter Finland

Biocenter Finland is an umbrella organisation of biocenters in six Finnish Universities (Helsinki, Kuopio, Oulu, Tampere and Turku, and the Åbo Akademi University). When established in the 1980’s and 1990’s, Finnish biocenters represented new types of multidisciplinary research organizations bringing together life scientists and biomedical researchers working in universities, research institutions, hospitals and industry. Establishment of biocenters marked the first stage in the restructuring of basic research; multidisciplinary research programs were initiated, research infrastructure was strengthened through joint core facilities, and researcher training and technology transfer were reorganized.

Establishment of Biocenter Finland in 2006 marked the second stage in the restructuring of biological and medical research infrastructure at the national level. Today the most visible activity of Biocenter Finland is provision of funding for nationwide technology services in the partner biocenters for the benefit of the entire scientific community. The aim is to avoid unnecessary overlaps and invest into the newest technologies and equipment. Technology services are provided by Biocenter Finland infrastructure networks in bioinformatics; biological imaging; genome-wide methods; model organisms; proteomics and metabolomics; stem cells and biomaterials; structural biology and biophysics; translational research technologies; and viral gene transfer and cell therapy.

Biocenter Finland also supports emerging technologies, and promotes international researcher training and recruitment, research career development, and commercial exploitation of research results. Through its infrastructure networks Biocenter Finland is actively involved in the development pan-European infrastructures on the ESFRI Roadmap.

Biocenter Filnand statutes (pdf; in Finnish)

Annual reports

Biocenter Finland Annual Report 2011 (pdf)

Biocenter Finland Annual Report 2010 (pdf)

Establishment

The founding charter of Biocenter Finland was signed by the Directors of the Finnish Biocenters at the 20th Anniversary of Biocenter Oulu on the 21st of August 2006 and formally accepted by the Rectors of Host Universities in February 2007.

The founding contract as pdf-file. (In Finnish)

Proposal for restructuring and development of biosciences in Finland in English and in Finnish (pdf).

Events

BF Materials

Annual reports

BF Annual Report 2011

BF Annual Report 2010

BF presentation pdf (04/2011)

BF brochure pdf (10/ 2010)

BF in a nutshell leaflet pdf (9/2010)

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