Biocenter Finland Day

Last Wednesday I was participating in Biocenter Finland Day, where we, the platform representatives, met the scientific advisory board (SAB). Since I am a newbie in our Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology platform (DDCB, led by Prof. Päivi Tammela from Helsinki University), this was the first time I had the privilege to be part of this very big but crucial network of infrastructure that we luckily have in Finland. The funny thing was that the question of sufficient medicinal chemistry support and service in Finland was raised immediately, since I was the only one who represented that part (other platform members give all kind of screening services). And the answer is simple and short, no, it is not, we need more, especially if we want Finland to be globally competitive in medical innovations. But at least, this is a huge step for me, our group, and the School of Pharmacy at the UEF, but I hope it is only the first step and others will follow!

The other funny thing was that several of us who came from Kuopio said the same thing, it is nice to get out of Kuopio to finally meet F2F the colleagues and collaborators from Kuopio. 😍