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Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research is a private research institute, funded and maintained by the Minerva Foundation. Minerva Foundation and Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research - 60th Anniversary Report 2019.pdf
/ref> The Minerva Foundation was founded in 1959. The research institute is located in
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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 ...
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, in a large conglomerate of modern laboratories with research groups in the biomedical and medical research fields. The institute features seven research groups with about 40 employees.


Research groups

* Cardiovascular disease in the young research group, principal investigator: adjunct professor Taisto Sarkola * Cellular neuroscience research group, principal investigator: adjunct professor Pirta Hotulainen * Cardiovascular research group, principal investigator: adjunct professor Päivi Lakkisto *
Endocrinology Endocrinology (from '' endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental event ...
research group, principal investigator:
professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...
Hannele Yki-Järvinen *
Metabolism Metabolism (, from el, μεταβολή ''metabolē'', "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms. The three main functions of metabolism are: the conversion of the energy in food to energy available to run c ...
research group, principal investigator: adjunct professor Heikki Koistinen * Lipid signaling and homeostasis research group, principal investigator (and director of the institute):
professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...
Vesa Olkkonen *Membrane biology research group, principal investigator:
professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...
Elina Ikonen *Associated group: Neuronal signaling research group, principal investigator:
professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...
Dan Lindholm


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