 |
|
|
Contact information
Elina Ikonen Tel: +358-9-1912 5277 E-mail: firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi |  |
Helsinki Functional Imaging Center (HFIC) is an imaging center providing analysis tools, services and training for a wide scope of imaging methods including X-ray microtomography (mCT), electron microscopy (EM), cryo-EM and tomography, scanning EM, scanning probe microscopy (SPM), a large set of fluorescence and light microscopy applications, as well as small animal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These facilitate ultrastructural and structural analyses of molecules, organelles and materials, and respective molecular analyses of their functional and dynamic properties in live cells and animals in various biological, physiological and disease models.
HFIC integrates the activities of twelve core facilities, several member laboratories and has 23 full-time support personnel. HFIC currently supports over 730 customers in the academia and commercial ventures all over Finland. These include end-users at four universities (Helsinki, Turku, Jyväskylä, Joensuu), two technical universities (Helsinki, Tampere), three private research institutes, the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS), and abroad. The aim of HFIC is to coordinate imaging activities in the Helsinki area, and to provide an user-friendly interphase for distribution of information on resources, activities and training. Its future key development areas include development of sophisticated image analysis tools and software utilizing mathematical modeling and computational image analysis. HFIC is a member of the European Light Microscopy Initiative (ELMI), European Institute of Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR), and Nordic Network on Imaging in Medicine and Biology (funded by Nordforsk). In 2009, the final report of the Steering Group of the Finnish Research Infrastructure Survey and Roadmap Project (appointed by the Ministry of Education) listed HFIC as one of the 24 significant national-level research infrastructures in Finland.
Page updated February 13, 2009 |
|||||
