Finland

The Republic of Finland, a founding member of Euro-BioImaging, is host to the Statutory Seat and to two Nodes across Helsinki, Turku, Espoo, Kuopio and Oulu: Finnish Advanced Microscopy Node (FiAM) and Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node (FiBI). Learn more about the Nodes and get an overview of news and interactions with Finland below.

Finnish Advanced Microscopy Node - Key figures 2023

Facilities

135

External Users

181

User Publications

Remote Users

Training courses

Staff involved

Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node - Key figures 2023

Facilities

170

External Users

276

User Publications

Remote Users

Training courses

Staff involved

News about Finland

Euro-BioImaging Finland team members celebrate their successful grant.

April 8, 2025

Congratulations, Euro-BioImaging Finland!

In early 2025, Euro-BioImaging Finland, the Finnish national infrastructure that brings together the Finnish Advanced Microscopy Node (FiAM) and the Finnish Biomedical Imaging (FiBI)…

Marja Lohela, Biomedicum imaging core facility, Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node

February 27, 2025

Perspectives on remote access for animal research projects

To make imaging technologies more accessible, and with respect to climate and sustainability considerations, many Nodes within the Euro-BioImaging family have developed the capacity…

Estefanía Calvo Alvarez in the sample prep room at the University of Milan.

February 27, 2025

Shedding light on the pathogenic potential of Leishmania tarentolae parasites

Leishmania are protozoan parasites responsible for causing leishmaniasis, a spectrum of severe immunopathologies that affect both humans and animals worldwide. These diseases, which manifest…

Raw image and cell segmentation masks from S-BIAD1076

June 12, 2024

Combining image-based serology and machine learning to screen for SARS-CoV-2

One step at a time, the team at Euro-BioImaging is working hard to make the world of bioimaging more FAIR every day. Here's an example of a Covid-19 dataset.

March 11, 2024

STAGETOOL: Deploying deep learning for a wider audience

Many Euro-BioImaging Nodes are working on innovative image analysis and image data management solutions and the next Euro-BioImaging User Forum is designed to highlight…

Irina Belaia (right) with FiAM Node colleagues from Turku BioImaging Junel Solis (right) and Dado Tokic (left) at the CytoData 2023 Symposium in Helsinki, organized by FiAM Node collaborators Lassi Paavolainen of the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), the University of Helsinki, and Pekka Ruusuvuori of the University of Turku. The poster presents the Mouse Brain Alignment Tool developed by the FiAM Node in collaboration with FiBI Node and Euro-BioImaging user Zuzana Čočková, who took the picture. Photo by Zuzana Čočková.

February 9, 2024

FiAM awarded 7.22M Euros to upgrade instruments and develop 3D microscopy applications

In February 2023, Irina Belaia started her new position as Manager of the Finnish Advanced Microscopy Node (FiAM) and Project Coordinator of Turku BioImaging.

November 15, 2023

An open source image analysis tool for studying neuroinflammation linked to COVID-19

COVID-19 infection has been associated with many neurological manifestations, from neuroinflammation to impaired brain energy metabolism. In the Turku PET Centre, which is part…

September 7, 2023

3D micro-CT to resolve fine structures in plants: a case of Gerbera hybrida

Imaging technologies support research into the structure and function of plants, shed light on plant health, resilience and adaptability, and help answer agroecology-related research…

Developing larva of Hymenolepis microstoma. Image by Uriel Koziol, Ilya Belevich, and Eija Jokitalo.

May 5, 2023

High-end Electron Microscopy to understand tapeworm life cycle & larval anatomy

Uriel Koziol, a professor at the Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay, studies parasitic tapeworms (such as Echinococcus and Taenia), a type of worm…

View of the commercial CARS system at the Biomedical Facility of the University of Helsinki.

January 24, 2023

Fruitful scientific exchange with Euro-BioImaging

David Vondrasek is a biologist at the Institute Of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Advanced Light and…