Core Facility Services supporting Bioscience Research When: October 9, 2026 at 9:00 am – 4:40 pm Where: Alhopuro auditorium, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Medisiina D, Turku, 20520 Event Details The diversity of core facilities on the Turku campus supporting bioscience research has expanded in recent years. This event showcases the breadth of available services, and the role of European research infrastructures in …
Biocenter Finland Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology Symposium 8.10.2026
When: October 8, 2026, 12:00 am – 4:00 pm Where: Medisiina D, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Turku, 20520 Event Details The Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology Platform coordinates infrastructure and expertise in the areas of drug discovery and chemical biology and makes it available to the scientific community. The DDCB platform provides services in assay development and chemical screening from medium to …
Bioinformatics webinar series 28.9.2026: Building accessible tools for bioimage analysis
The Biocenter Finland Bioinformatics platform invites you for a webinar series to introduce the various types of bioinformatics services offered by the platform. The webinar series aims to provide insight into the technology employed and a deeper understanding of the purpose of a given technology and how it is used in research. Topic: Building accessible tools for bioimage analysis Speaker: Guillaume Jacquemet is a …
Biocenter Finland’s Director Olli Silvennoinen to conclude his term
Biocenter Finland’s Director, Olli Silvennoinen, will conclude his term following its completion. We would like to express our warmest thanks to Olli for his dedicated and inspiring leadership during his tenure. It has been a pleasure to work with him. Under his guidance, collaboration between Finnish universities has been further strengthened and the activities of Biocenter Finland have continued to …
FinE Electrophysiology Course Brings Together Researchers from Across Finland
The Finnish Electrophysiology Platform (FinE) organized its second national training course at Tampere University on 8–9 June 2026. The event attracted 65 participants from universities, research institutes, and industry across Finland and abroad, highlighting the growing interest in advanced electrophysiological methods and technologies. Participants of the FinE course in the lecture room on the second day of the course. Photo: …
35th BioCity Symposium is arranged 27–28 August 2026. Registration is now open.
This year, BioCity Symposium is arranged on-site in Mauno Koivisto Centre, BioCity in 27–28 August 2026, with the title VISION, EXPANDED. Registration is open until Friday, 14 August 2026. Annual BioCity Symposium is a series of meetings organized since 1991 by BioCity Turku organization and it has become the most important annual get-together in the fields of biosciences and molecular …
Bioinformatics webinar series 18.5.2026: Identifying driver genes for angiogenesis in the heart using large language models
The Biocenter Finland Bioinformatics platform invites you for a webinar series to introduce the various types of bioinformatics services offered by the platform. The webinar series aims to provide insight into the technology employed and a deeper understanding of the purpose of a given technology and how it is used in research. Topic: Identifying driver genes for angiogenesis in the heart using …
Registration is now open for the ”From Cells to Systems: Advances in High-Content Imaging and 3D Image Analysis” symposium, on 12.5.2026 in Helsinki
Session I: 3D Imaging and analysis in complex systems Session II: High-content drug screening & phenotypic discoveries in disease Session III: Cell Painting Assay Technology and Integrative Omics Registration link: https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/from_cells_to_systems_2026 Further inquiries: Vilja Pietiäinen, Adjunct Professor, PhD, Senior Scientist E-mail: vilja.pietiainen@helsinki.fi Mob.cell: +358-40-5102546 Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine Biomedicum Helsinki 2U (D302b) P.O.Box 20 (Tukholmankatu 8) FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Katja Kivinen appointed as the new Director of Biocenter Finland – the new leader aims to drive innovation in life science research infrastructures
HELSINKI, Finland — Biocenter Finland is pleased to announce the appointment of Katja Kivinen as its new Director. Kivinen will begin her five-year term on April 1, 2026, succeeding Olli Silvennoinen, who will remain in his role until the end of June to ensure a seamless leadership transition. Kivinen joins Biocenter Finland from DeepScan Diagnostics, where she will continue to …
FinE Course on Electrophysiology for In Vitro Models, 8-9 June 2026, Tampere University
FinE Course on Electrophysiology for In Vitro Models. Electrophysiology allows us to directly measure electrical activity in cells and tissues, providing functional insights that cannot be obtained through molecular or imaging-based approaches alone. As a core methodology in biomedical sciences, it has become increasingly important for research involving stem cell–derived disease models, organoids, organ-on-chip systems, and bioengineered tissues. BioCenter Finland …
