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 The A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences (AIVI) at Kuopio University
is a research institute, one of the six Finnish biocenters and a founder member
of the Biocenter Finland consortium.
The research profile of AIVI is on
molecular medicine of major diseases of high importance for health care,
including cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and
metabolism-related diseases. The strong research subareas include:
- molecular and cellular mechanisms of the diseases
- disease modelling
- prevention and therapy of the diseases: gene and cell-based therapy,
pharmaceutical intervention
- in vitro and in vivo imaging
AIVI harbors
the Center of Excellence for Research in Cardiovascular Diseases
and Type 2 Diabetes and is included in
the Nordic Center of Excellence in
Neurodegeneration.
AIVI holds a status as a Centre of Excellence in Teaching awarded by
FINHEEC
for the period of 2007 - 2009. Doctoral training and education are carried out
at the
Graduate School of Molecular Medicine which is a Graduate School
combining the expertise of AIVI and the Faculty of Medicine at Kuopio
University. AIVI has also a Master's School with two
international MSc degree
programs.
The total number of personnel, including the students, is 220. The proportion
of foreigners is 20 %. | 
