Funding decisions November 15, 2011 - 2nd call for bioscience technology platform grants
In its meeting on November 15, 2011, the Board of Biocenter Finland made the last funding decisions on proposals for technology platforms and emerging technologies (2nd call for bioscience technology platform grants).
Bioscience technology platform grants 2011 call
List of infrastructure networks and technology platform services receiving funding from Biocenter Finland
Call opened April 5, 2011 and closed June 10, 2011
Decision dates September 2, October 12 and November 15, 2011
Details on the services provided and on the instrumentation in the different laboratories can be found on their webpages. A comprehensive collection of links is available on Biocenter Finland technology platform pages.
Infrastructure network: Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics services for data and computing intensive bioresearch (decision date November 15, 2011)
Chair of the consortium: Sampsa Hautaniemi, Systems Biology Unit, Research Program in Genome-Scale Biology, University of Helsinki
BCH: Sampsa Hautaniemi, Systems Biology Unit, University of Helsinki
BI: Liisa Holm, Bioinformatics Group, Institute of Biotechnology
BCK: Garry Wong, Kuopio Bioinformatics Group, University of Eastern Finland
BCO: André Juffer, Biocenter Oulu Biocomputing and Bioinformatics Core Facility
IBT: Mauno Vihinen, IBT Bioinformatics Group
BioCity Turku: Mark S. Johnson, Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory
FIMM: Imre Västrik, FIMM Technology Center / Bioinformatics
Infrastructure network: Biological imaging
National Imaging Infrastructure Network: Electron microscopy (decision date September 2)
Chair of the consortium: Eija Jokitalo, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
BI: Eija Jokitalo BI-EM Unit and Sarah Butcher BI-cryoEM Facility, Institute of Biotechnology
Consolidation of advanced toolboxes for biomedical imaging: Light microscopy consortium of the National Imaging Infrastructure Network (decision date October 12, 2011)
Chair of the consortium: John Eriksson, Department of Biology, Åbo Akademi University
BCH: Elina Ikonen, Biomedicum Helsinki Imaging Unit
BI: Maria Vartiainen, Institute of Biotechnology Light Microscopy Unit
BCK: Michael Courtney, Multimodal Imaging Core of Biocenter Kuopio, MUIC-BIC
BCO: Lauri Eklund and Matti Pietikäinen, Biocenter Oulu Tissue Imaging Center, BCO-TIC
IBT: Susanna Narkilahti, Tampere IBT Imaging Facility
BioCity Turku: Daniel Abankwa and John Eriksson, Turku Bioimaging
Further development of the National in Vivo Imaging Platforms (decision date October 12, 2011)
Chair of the consortium: Olli Gröhn, Biocenter Kuopio, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland
BCH: Turgut Tatlisumak, Experimental MRI Laboratory, Department of Neurology and Helsinki University Central Hospital; Anu Wartiovaara, Research Program of Molecular Neurobiology, Biomedicum Helsinki
BCK: Olli Gröhn, Biomedical Imaging Unit and National Bio-NMR facility
BioCity Turku: Juhani Knuuti, Turku PET Centre
Small animal molecular imaging: RTI Unit (decision date October 12, 2011)
Chair of the consortium: Kim Bergström, Centre for Drug Research, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki
BCH: Kim Bergström and Raimo K. Tuominen, Centre for Drug Research
Infrastructure network: Genome-wide methods
Genome-wide technologies: emerging technologies and automation (decision date September 2, 2011)
Chair of the consortium: Tomi Mäkelä, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
BCH: Outi Monni, Biomedicum Functional Genomics Unit (FuGU)
BI: Tomi Mäkelä and Petri Auvinen, Genome Biology Unit & DNA Sequencing and Genomics Laboratory - BI-DNAGEN
BioCity Turku: Riitta Lahesmaa, Finnish DNA Microarray Centre
FIMM: Janna Saarela, FIMM Technology Center; DNA Sequencing and genotyping laboratory; High-throughput Screening Facility
Infrastructure network: Model organisms
National mouse, zebrafish and Drosophila infrastructure (decision date October 12, 2011)
Chair of the consortium: Raija Soininen, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu
BCH: Matti Airaksinen, Experimental Animal Center, University of Helsinki; Ville Hietakangas, Institute of Biotechnology; Eero Lehtonen, Experimental Animal Center, University of Helsinki; Pertti Panula, Neuroscience Center, Zebrafish Unit; Heikki Rauvala, Neurophenotyping Center (NCP), Neuroscience Center
BCK: Heikki Tanila, Neurophenotyping Center (NCP), University of Kuopio
BCO: Raija Soininen, Oulu Model Organisms Center (OMOC), TG/GM Core Facility and Phenotyping Services
IBT: Mika Rämet: Tampere Zebrafish Core Facility
BioCity Turku: Matti Poutanen, TCDM Mouse Biology and Genetics Unit; Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku
Infrastructure network: Proteomics & metabolomics
Further restructuring and strategig developments in proteomics and protein characterization (decision date October 12, 2011)
Chair of the consortium: Garry Corthals, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, BioCity Turku, University of Turku & Åbo Akademi University
BCH: Marc Baumann, Protein Chemistry/Proteomics and Peptide Synthesis and Array Unit
BI: Markku Varjosalo, Protein Research Group and Core Facility
BCO: Kalervo Hiltunen, Proteomics and Protein Analysis Core Facility
IBT: Vesa Hytönen, Bioreactor Core Laboratory
BioCity Turku: Garry Corthals, Turku Proteomics Facility
Proteome-wide profiling of kinase substrates/membrane proteins: High throughput methodology development and transfer to the Finnish Proteomics Platform (decision date October 12, 2011)
BioCity Turku: Eleanor Coffey, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku & Åbo Akademi University
Infrastructure network: Stem cells and biomaterials
Stem cells: Improved derivation and safety of human iPS cells (decision date October 12, 2011)
Chair of the consortium: Timo Otonkoski, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center (BSCC)
BCH: Timo Otonkoski, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center (BSCC)
BCK: Jari Koistinaho, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
IBT: Olli Silvennoinen, Institute of Biomedical Technology
Infrastructure network: Structural biology
Gateways to structures: Filling the gap in protein production (decision dates October 12 and November 15, 2011)
Chair of the consortium: Pirkko Heikinheimo, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku (non-funded)
BCH: Olli Ritvos, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki
BCO: Rik Wierenga, Oulu X-ray, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu
IBT: Markku Kulomaa, Institute of Biomedical Technology
The state-of-the-art infrastructure for high-resolution structural studies of proteins in native state: NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (decision dates September 2 and November 15, 2011)
Chair of the consortium: Perttu Permi, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
BI: Perttu Permi, Finnish Biological NMR Center
BCK: Juha Rouvinen, Structural Biology Center, High-resolution Mass Spectrometry Facility
Infrastructure network: Translational technologies
Drug discovery and chemical biology network + (decision date October 12, 2011)
Chair of the consortium: Olli Kallioniemi, FIMM
BCH: Arto Urtti, Centre for Drug Research
BioCity Turku: Pia Vuorela, BioCity Turku/Åbo Akademi Facility
FIMM: Olli Kallioniemi and Krister Wennenberg, FIMM Facility
University of Jyväskylä: Olli Pentikäinen, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology
Recombinant antibody generation platform (decision date November 15, 2011)
BioCity Turku: Urpo Lamminmäki, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, Molecular Biotechnology and Diagnostics, University of Turku
Infrastructure network: Viral gene transfer
New emerging technology platform in viral gene transfer and cell therapy network (decision date October 12, 2011)
Chair of the consortium: Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, Biocenter Kuopio, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland
BCH: Kari Alitalo and Akseli Hemminki, Helsinki Virus Vector Core Facility
BCK: Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, BCK / AIV Virus Vector Core Facility
BCO: Aki Manninen, Oulu Gene Transfer Core Facility
IBT: Eric Dufour, Tampere Virus Vector Core Facility
BioCity Turku: Ketlin Adel, Turku Virus Vector Core Facility
University of Jyväskylä: Maija Vihinen-Ranta, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology and Nanoscience Center