Hasse Karlsson appointed as Chair of Neurocenter Finland’s National Steering Board
Professor, Chief Physician Hasse Karlsson has been appointed as the new chair of Neurocenter Finland’s National Steering Board, effective from 1 January 2023. Karlsson works as Professor of Integrative Neuroscience and Psychiatry at the University of Turku, having previously served as Director of Turku Brain and Mind Center, and as Professor of Psychiatry at the University of […]
Business Finland granted Co-creation funding for e-FINGERS project, which aims to find new and sustainable solutions for early diagnostics of memory disorders
Business Finland has granted Co-creation funding for the University of Eastern Finland and the e-FINGERS project. The aim of the Co-creation phase is to build a network of collaborations between academic partners and companies. e-FINGERS aims to develop new and more sustainable approaches to identify people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Based on […]
Neurocenter Finland – the pathway to regional and national innovation ecosystems
Neurocenter Finland is an active player in national and regional innovation ecosystems. We promote boundary crossing partnerships, a culture of innovation, and the availability and usability of data in neuroscience research. The objective of Neurocenter Finland is to promote national and international research collaboration in neurosciences, thereby contributing to the emergence of innovations related to the […]
Health sector growth strategy: better therapies and economic growth on the horizon
The Health Sector Growth Strategy for Research and Innovation Activities was published in 2014. The Ministries of Economic Affairs and Employment, Social Affairs and Health and Education and Culture co-created the strategy, which has already been adopted by three consecutive coalition Governments. The Academy of Finland and Business Finland are participating in the planning and […]
The Neurosciences publication search engine is now open
Neurocenter Finland has compiled Finnish publications from the field of neurosciences from the PubMed database. The latest articles in neuroscience can be searched by keywords, author name, and organization. The database utilizes an algorithm developed by the Turku NLP group that predicts keywords for PubMed articles before they are officially published in PubMed. The algorithm […]
Save the Date: BrainBreak meetings
BrainBreaks are regularly organized, relaxed afternoon coffee breaks especially for the neuroresearchers, but also for other operators interested in brain health. The main aim is to offer networking possibilities for both pre-clinical and clinical researchers with as wide range as possible. BrainBreaks will be organized online or as “hybrid” meetings (both face to face and […]