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IHB Visits Medix Biochemica

Antibodies are one of the biggest industries in biotechnology, being essential not only in medicine but for many life-science related investigations. When manufacturing antibodies, quality is of upmost importance. With the Integrative Health Biosciences course, the students got the opportunity to visit Medix Biochemica, company specialized in the production of antibody-based test and bioreagents. During the visit, students could learn about the production process, quality control techniques and see the company’s facilities.

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What is Innovation?

Lotta Ljungqvist from GE Testa Center talks about enabling innovation at Slush.
Photo by Johanna Puutio.

If there is one word in the health science sector that is in everyone’s mouth, it must be innovation. The use of this word is not always correct, and its meaning seems to get lost. To learn about this very popular topic, we had a lesson in the Integrative Health Biosciences course imparted by Otto Kari, vice-president of the Finnish Red Cross and with expertise in both pharmacy and R&D management and research administration.

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Slush Y Science 2018

The IHB students were greeted by this sight when arriving to the Slush Y Science event!
Photo by Johanna Puutio.

One of the biggest problems that life sciences students face nowadays is that education and real life seem to be in two different planes that doesn´t mix. No matter how well trained you are in microbiology, genetics, neurobiology, etc., once you finish your studies and are released into the world, you just don’t know what to do. Universities are very good at producing great (and not so great) researchers and teachers, no doubt about that, but what about entrepreneurs? What about scientist with knowledge in administration and bureaucracy? Students are just helpless when trying to get into the industry world. This is the reason why courses such as “integrative health biosciences” and events like Slush Y Science are so important, as they bring the academic plane to real life.

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