{"id":26,"date":"2020-04-23T09:23:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T09:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/bioimaging\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2023-11-11T16:31:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T14:31:06","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobiu\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuopio BIU &#8211; Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1660\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobiu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2020\/07\/bioteknia__.png\" alt=\"Kuopio-BIU\" width=\"1000\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobiu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2020\/07\/bioteknia__.png 1000w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobiu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2020\/07\/bioteknia__-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobiu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2020\/07\/bioteknia__-768x230.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to Kuopio Biomedical Imaging Unit (Kuopio-BIU)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Intro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuopio Biomedical Imaging Unit (Kuopio-BIU) provides open access services for biological research. It provides excellent facilities for small animal in vivo imaging and ex vivo MRI microscopy in different areas of basic and applied research. The strength of Kuopio-BIU is international level small animal MRI and strong combination of different imaging modalities together with the excellent quality and variety of different animal models, biotechnology and contrast molecule synthesis found at the University of Eastern Finland. Kuopio-BIU is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/service\/biocenter-kuopio\">Biocenter Kuopio<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurobioimaging.fi\/FiBI\/\">Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node (FiBI)<\/a> in the pan-European <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurobioimaging.eu\/\">Euro-BioImaging<\/a> consortium, and serves as the national pre-clinical MRI center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The imaging unit is located in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/unit\/ai-virtanen-institute-for-molecular-sciences\">A.I.Virtanen Institute<\/a>, University of Eastern Finland, and it consists of five MRI scanners operating from 0.7 T to 11.7 T, a dDNP hyperpolariser, a microCT and two PET systems, one of which allows simultaneous PET\/MRI, for small animal imaging. For further information see our <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobiu\/services\/\">services<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobiu\/facilities\/\">facilities<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Access Policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The unit is open to both academic research and companies. Contact us to discuss how our services can help your research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobiu\/contact\/\">Contact Information.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to our <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobiu\/open-access-policy\/\">Open Access Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"funders grid\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/service\/biocenter-kuopio\" class=\"funders__link grid__item hover-scale-down\" title=\"\">\n                            <div class=\"funders__image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobiu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/BiocenterKuopio.png\" alt=\"Biocenter Kuopio\" \/>\n                <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"funders__arrow\">\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"25px\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\" ><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M200-120q-33 0-56.5-23.5T120-200v-560q0-33 23.5-56.5T200-840h280v80H200v560h560v-280h80v280q0 33-23.5 56.5T760-120H200Zm188-212-56-56 372-372H560v-80h280v280h-80v-144L388-332Z\"\/><\/svg>                    <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                            \n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/eurobioimaging.fi\/FiBI\/\" class=\"funders__link grid__item hover-scale-down\" title=\"\">\n                            <div class=\"funders__image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobiu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/FiBI-logo_vertical_RGB-01.png\" alt=\"Finnish Biomedical Imaging note at EuroBioImaging\" \/>\n                <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"funders__arrow\">\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"25px\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\" ><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M200-120q-33 0-56.5-23.5T120-200v-560q0-33 23.5-56.5T200-840h280v80H200v560h560v-280h80v280q0 33-23.5 56.5T760-120H200Zm188-212-56-56 372-372H560v-80h280v280h-80v-144L388-332Z\"\/><\/svg>                    <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                            \n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurobioimaging.eu\/\" class=\"funders__link grid__item hover-scale-down\" title=\"\">\n                            <div class=\"funders__image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobiu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/eubi_logo_black.png\" alt=\"EuroBioImaging\" \/>\n                <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"funders__arrow\">\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"25px\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\" ><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M200-120q-33 0-56.5-23.5T120-200v-560q0-33 23.5-56.5T200-840h280v80H200v560h560v-280h80v280q0 33-23.5 56.5T760-120H200Zm188-212-56-56 372-372H560v-80h280v280h-80v-144L388-332Z\"\/><\/svg>                    <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                            \n            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Kuopio Biomedical Imaging Unit (Kuopio-BIU) Intro Kuopio Biomedical Imaging Unit (Kuopio-BIU) provides open access services for biological research. 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