Dear all,

Gentle remainder to attend BCO highlights and brainstorming event tomorrow Thursday Jan 28 https://oulu.zoom.us/j/62927407614 .

After presentations of BCO core facilities, there will be time for open discussion.  Please see below some points to discuss.

1) University internal funding model for Faculties has changed so that the funding allocated for the maintenance of old and purchase of new investments is less than a third of the year 2020 level → Future funding model for standard laboratory equipment?

2) There is no national funding element for especially expensive research  instruments (> ~ 3 000 000 €) → Funding model for i.e. state-of-the art Cryo EM, in vivo imaging instrumentation,…?

3) What are urgently needed technologies taking national accessibility and local userbase into account (infrastructures hosted by a single research group / Faculty / University / Biocenter Finland / ESFRI -level) → Nessessary new technologies in Oulu that may benefit many research groups?

4) In Kontinkangas campus (FMed, FBMM, Biobank, Nordlab, UO hospital) should there be common long-term investment strategy for joint investments and prevention of overlaps? → Vision: In future one building in Kontinkangas where laboratory space and research infrastructure is shared.

5) One major factor affecting our local activities and national/international visits will be COVID-19  restrictions for some time →  Innovative solutions for remote access to research infrastructures.

6) Preparation to Academy of Finland FIRI call → BCO-infra coordinators be active in your networks!

7) Ideas for European Regional Developmental Funding →  Successful application requires co-funding from the non-academic partners; this we are not particularly strong.

8) iLab reservation and management software → Feedback from users?

If there are other research infrastructure issues, please bring up in the meeting.

Lauri Eklund

Ph.D., Professor

Director of Biocenter Oulu Infrastructures

Biocenter Oulu

University of Oulu

P.O. Box 5000

FI-90014 Oulu

FINLAND

Phone: +358 50 350 1782

e-mail: lauri.eklund@oulu.fi

Aihe: BIOCENTER OULU HIGHLIGHTS and BRAINSTORMING, Jan 14, 21 and 28

Dear all,

On Thursday Jan. 28 there is a great possibility to hear what type of services, including the newest updates, Biocenter Oulu research infrastructure https://www.oulu.fi/biocenter/core-facilities provides for researchers. Participate in discussion about further development of services. Everybody is welcome to join in Zoom!

https://oulu.zoom.us/j/62927407614

Thursday, January 28, 2021

General Biocenter Oulu Core facility matters

12.00-12.10         Director Lauri Eklund

Biocenter Oulu Core facilities (15 min +5 min discussion)

12.10-12.30         André Juffer, Biocomputing and Bioinformatics

12.30-12.50         Katri Pylkäs, Biocenter Oulu Sequencing Center

12.50-13.10         Lari Lehtiö, Structural Biology

13.10-13.30         Ilkka Miinalainen, Electron Microscopy

5 min break

13.35-13.55         Reetta Hinttala, Transgenic and Tissue Phenotyping

13.55-14.15         Lloyd Ruddock, Proteomics and Protein Analysis

14.15-14.35         Aki Manninen, Virus Core Laboratory

14.35-14.55         Veli-Pekka Ronkainen, Light Microscopy

Open discussion

14.55-15.15         Development and needs

Kind regards

Pirkko Huhtala