The Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) is an international research institute which investigates the molecular mechanism of diseases by methods involving genetics and medical systems biology. The research combines technology and high-level research with unique patients and biobank materials. The aim of FIMM is to transfer research data to medical use in healthcare, i.e. improving and promoting personalised medicine. FiMM is member of EU-LIFE, an alliance of leading life sciences research centres in Europe.

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FIMM was founded in 2007 as a joint research institute of

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...

, the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS),

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL, fi, Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos, sv, Institutet för hälsa och välfärd; until 2019, National Institute for Health and Welfare) is a Finnish research and development institute operating ...

(THL) and the

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd is a state-owned and controlled non-profit limited liability company. VTT is the largest research and technology company and research centre conducting applied research in Finland. It provides resear ...

. In 2017, FIMM became an independent operational unit of the new section of University of Helsinki, the Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE). FIMM is located in the

Biomedicum Helsinki The Biomedicum Helsinki is a research and teaching center located in the Meilahti district of Helsinki, Finland. It contains two buildings (Biomedicum Helsinki 1 and 2), and features research and teaching facilities of the University of Helsinki ...

research cluster. The current director of FIMM is Mark Daly, who was recruited from Harvard University. Daly started his work in the spring of 2018. The previous directors of FIMM include professor Olli Kallioniemi (2007-2015) and

academy professor In some countries, an academy professor is a scientist appointed to function as professor and/or conferred to the official professor rank by the academy of sciences of that country, rather than by any university establishment. Such scientists are ...

Jaakko Kaprio (2016-2018). Professor Kallioniemi transferred to the

Karolinska Institute The Karolinska Institute (KI; sv, Karolinska Institutet; sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English) is a research-led Medical school, medical university in Solna Municipality, Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden. ...

in 2015 to become a Professor of Molecular Precision Medicine and Director of the Swedish research institute,

SciLifeLab SciLifeLab (Science for Life Laboratory) is a world-leading Swedish national center for large-scale research and one of the largest molecular biology research laboratories in Europe at the forefront of innovation in life sciences research, comput ...

. Professor Eero Saksela acted as a project leader during the FIMM establishment phase (2007).

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* {{Authority control Medical research institutes in Finland Organisations based in Helsinki 2007 establishments in Finland University of Helsinki

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