Finland’s universities are banding together to establish a national network for cooperation in life sciences, Biocenter Finland.
The founding partners are the A.I. Virtanen Institute of Molecular Sciences at the University of Kuopio, Biocenter Oulu at the University of Oulu, Biocentrum Helsinki at the University of Helsinki, BioCity Turku at the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University and the Institute of Medical Technologyat the University of Tampere.
Biocenter Finland may also be joined by other institutions such as the Institute for Molecular Medicine, which is to be launched this year.
The purpose of Biocenter Finland is to strengthen and internationalise research in the life sciences, biomedicine and biotechnology and to promote a more efficient translation of research results and implementation of new technologies in Finland.
Biocenter Finland will collaborate with university hospitals and will create close contacts with clinical research, technical sciences, business and industry. It will make recommendations to the universities concerning the development and funding of the research infrastructure, and it be active in developing training for researchers in the field.
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