The Campus Biotech is a

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institution hosting

research institute A research institute, research centre, research center or research organization, is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often i ...

s and

biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...

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

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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,

left its headquarters in

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

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s) to create the Campus Biotech.Dejan Nikolic, "Genève récupère le Human Brain Project, au détriment de Lausanne", ''

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'', 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

Notes and references

External links

* {{authority control Buildings and structures in Geneva Engineering research institutes Biotechnology in Switzerland Laboratories in Switzerland Research institutes in Switzerland Multidisciplinary research institutes

History

Structure

See also

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