The Campus Biotech is a
Swiss
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institution hosting
research institute
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s and
biotechnology
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companies. The Campus Biotech is located in the former
Merck Serono
Merck Serono (EMD Serono in the United States and Canada) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and a brand and division of Merck focused on biopharmaceuticals.
In September 2006, Merck KGaA announced its intent to pu ...
building, in
Geneva
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(
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
).
[
The Campus Biotech is a part of the Swiss Innovation Park.
]
History
End of June 2013, Merck Serono
Merck Serono (EMD Serono in the United States and Canada) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and a brand and division of Merck focused on biopharmaceuticals.
In September 2006, Merck KGaA announced its intent to pu ...
left its headquarters in Geneva
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...
and the building was bought by Ernesto Bertarelli
Ernesto Silvio Maurizio Bertarelli (born 22 September 1965) is an Italian-born Swiss billionaire businessman and philanthropist.
The 2017 edition of the Sunday Times Rich List estimated the family's wealth at £11.5 billion, an increase of £1 ...
and Hansjörg Wyss
Johann Georg Wyss known as Hansjörg Wyss (born 19 September 1935) is a Swiss billionaire businessman and donor to politically liberal and environmental causes in the United States. He is the founder and the former president and chairman of Syn ...
(for more than 300 million Swiss franc
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s) to create the Campus Biotech.[Dejan Nikolic, "Genève récupère le Human Brain Project, au détriment de Lausanne", '']Le Temps
''Le Temps'' (literally "The Time") is a Swiss French-language daily newspaper published in Berliner format in Geneva by Le Temps SA. It is the sole nationwide French-language non-specialised daily newspaper of Switzerland. Since 2021, it has b ...
'', Wednesday 30 October 2013, p. 7.
Structure
* EPFL- UNIGE Biomedical Center (14000 m2)
** Center for Neuroprosthetics ( EPFL)
* Human Brain Project
The Human Brain Project (HBP) is a large ten-year scientific research project, based on exascale supercomputers, that aims to build a collaborative ICT-based scientific research infrastructure to allow researchers across Europe to advance knowl ...
and Blue Brain Project
The Blue Brain Project is a Swiss brain research initiative that aims to create a digital reconstruction of the mouse brain. The project was founded in May 2005 by the Brain and Mind Institute of ''École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne'' (EP ...
( EPFL) (5000 m2)
* Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering
The Wyss Center is a not-for-profit neurotechnology research foundation in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Center was founded by Hansjörg Wyss, who previously created the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in the United States. T ...
(8000 m2)
* Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) is a global health non-profit based in Geneva, Switzerland. FIND functions as a product development partnership, engaging in active collaboration with over 150 partners to facilitate the develo ...
(FIND)
* Biotech Innovation Square (12000 m2)
Health 2030 Genome Center
See also
* Lausanne campus
The Lausanne campus or Dorigny university campus (French: ''campus lausannois'' or ''campus de Dorigny'') is a large area in Switzerland where the University of Lausanne (UNIL), the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and several o ...
Notes and references
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