Biocenter Finland

Biocenter Kuopio is an active member of Biocenter Finland (BF), which is a national network of biocenters.

Research Infrastructures of Biocenter Finland

Biocenter Finland has established nine national networks in research infrastructures.

Infrastructure	Representative of BCK	Vice-representative
Bioinformatics	Garry Wong	Mikael Peräkylä
Biological imaging	Olli Gröhn	Michael Courtney
Genome-wide methods	Jorma Palvimo	Sami Väisänen
Model organisms	Heikki Tanila	Leena Alhonen
Proteomics & metabolomics	Seppo Auriola	Antti Poso
Stem cells and biomaterials	Mikko Lammi	Jari Koistinaho
Structural biology	Juha Rouvinen	Janne Jänis
Translational technologies	Asla Pitkänen	Hilkka Soininen
Viral gene transfer and cell therapy	Seppo Ylä-Herttuala	Jonna Koponen

Within Biocenter Finland network, Biocenter Kuopio is specifically focused on gene transfer, small animal imaging, genetics of chronic, noncommunicable diseases and production of transgenic rats.

National research infrastructure networks

Other biocenters

Biocenter Oulu
Biocentrum Helsinki
BioCity Turku
Institute of Biotechnology (Helsinki)
Institute of Biomedical Technology (Tampere)
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (Helsinki)