The ongoing technological and digital revolution will transform Life Sciences research and provides new ways to support health and well-being and biodiversity. This development places increasing demands for state-of-the-art infrastructures and at the same time challenges for sustaining and developing them. Biocenter Finland has a key role to the long-term viability and coordination of Life Sciences sector and attractiveness of Finland for collaboration partners.

• Forward-looking provider of national Life Science services to develop and establish emerging technologies and create an internationally attractive environment for the best talents in Life Sciences.
• Vital supporter of research for sustainable development and green transition. The infrastructures are used by the entire Life Sciences sector from ecology to green energy and clinical research allowing implementation of digital data and molecular level understanding of the environment to the benefit of the society and resilience to current and future health challenges.
• Active supporter of innovation, translation and cooperation with industry and healthcare with focus on closer interaction and harmonization of service practices.
• Active partner in European research infrastructures with focus on stronger coordination and collaboration of national activities with Scandinavian and pan-European organizations.
  Forerunner in digital research data and open science to develop secure data ecosystem, open-access protocols, and the harmonization of research methods in close partnership with researchers and stakeholders.
• Developer of attractive career tracks for core facility personnel in partnership with universities.
• Long-term funding and developmental scheme developed together with stakeholders to increase the competitiveness of Finland’s Life Sciences sector.

Vision and action plan 2022-2026