AlzTrans challenges research groups with new kinds of cooperation | Alzheimer’s disease
The underlying objective of the AlzTrans project is to identify changes at cell level that are relevant to the inception and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. In autumn of 2018, at the invitation of Neurocenter Finland, the University of Eastern Finland, Turku PET Centre, and the University of Helsinki launched the AlzTrans project, which is funded […]
Researcher, tailor, father, foodstuff chemist … researchers wear many hats | EEG cap
Sampsa Vanhatalo, leading researcher of the BABA Center and Professor in Clinical Neurophysiology, is a man of many talents. By the early 2000s, it had become necessary to obtain better measurement results of the cerebral functions of both premature infants and full-term babies. This led Vanhatalo to develop caps to record electric brain activity (EEG) […]
A world beyond academia: From researcher to CEO | Drug development
Antti Nurmi, Managing Director of Charles River Discovery Research Services Oy, graduated from the University of Joensuu at the turn of the millennium. Back then, he intended to pursue an academic career. A job announcement in the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat prompted Nurmi to submit an application to the A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences in […]
From idea to innovation – it is a marathon, not a sprint | AiVoni Service
The AiVoni Service consists of a sensor solution implemented in cooperation with Suunto, the AiVoni mobile application, and a cloud service, wherein algorithms based on artificial intelligence automatically detect arrhythmias. Seven years ago, the moment of a fatal heart attack in a patient’s living room led Helena Jäntti, an emergency care physician, toward the path […]
At the intersection of art, dance and rehabilitation | Experts
Neurocenter Finland brings together experts in rehabilitation, art, and RDI. In early 2019, Tuija Sairanen, a specialist in neurological rehabilitation, joined the ranks of Neurocenter Finland. Sairanen is a lecturer in physiotherapy at Savonia University of Applied Sciences (UAS), specializing in neurological physiotherapy. “This ERDF-funded project will hopefully bring with it lasting changes to the […]
Data and network expertise | Experts
“Multidisciplinarity is an asset. Collaborative development requires a multidisciplinary team to bring forth the best ideas,” says Antti Kotimaa. He works as an innovation coordinator for an ERDF-funded development project at Neurocenter Finland’s Center of Expertise for Northern Savo. Regional know-how in these scientific fields has developed with ongoing doctoral research in molecular medicine at […]