Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research

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Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research is a private research institute, which is located on the Meilahti campus in Helsinki, Finland. It was founded in 1959. The institute is funded and maintained by the Minerva Foundation. The institute features eight research groups with about 40 employees. By the end of 2011, 62 doctoral theses have been written in the institute.

Research groups

Neuroscience research group, principal investigator: professor Dan Lindholm

Cardiovascular disease research group, principal investigator: adjunct professor Ilkka Tikkanen

Endocrinology research group, principal investigator: professor Hannele Yki-Järvinen

Metabolism research group, principal investigator: adjunct professor Heikki Koistinen

Cell physiology research group, principal investigator: professor Kid Törnqvist

Targeted gene expression analysis research group, principal investigator: adjunct professor Jakob Stenman

Lipid signaling and -homeostasis research group, principal investigator (and director of the institute): adjunct professor Vesa Olkkonen

Membrane biology research group, principal investigator: professor Elina Ikonen

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Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research Wikipedia

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