Biocenter Finland (BF, www.biocenter.fi) is a nationwide Life Science (LS) research infrastructure organization owned and operating in six Finnish universities. BF coordinates 17 technology platforms to cover key technologies that are used to study the most pressing global challenges from loss of biodiversity to pandemics and other severe healthcare challenges. BF provides open access services to 17,000 academic, healthcare, and industry researchers across Finland and abroad. BF is widely considered an example in coordination and strategic use of financial and human resources within a discipline. The rapid technological and digital advancements have revolutionized LS research, creating an increasing need for state-of-the-art research infrastructures. In the Roadmap call BF applies for updates on critical instrumentation and personnel resources for bioinformatic and artificial intelligence-based analysis that are vital for the international competitiveness of the life science sector.

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