The Campus Biotech is a

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institution hosting research institutes and

biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...

companies. The Campus Biotech is located in the former

Merck Serono Merck Serono (EMD Serono in the United States and Canada) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and a brand and division of Merck focused on biopharmaceuticals. In September 2006, Merck KGaA announced its intent to ...

building, in

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( Switzerland). The Campus Biotech is a part of the

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History

End of June 2013,

left its headquarters in

and the building was bought by

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and Hansjörg Wyss (for more than 300 million Swiss francs) to create the Campus Biotech.Dejan Nikolic, "Genève récupère le Human Brain Project, au détriment de Lausanne", ''

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'', Wednesday 30 October 2013, p. 7.

Structure

* EPFL- UNIGE Biomedical Center (14000 m²) ** Center for Neuroprosthetics ( EPFL) * Human Brain Project and Blue Brain Project ( EPFL) (5000 m²) * Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering (8000 m²) *

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(FIND) * Biotech Innovation Square (12000 m²)
Health 2030 Genome Center

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* {{authority control Buildings and structures in Geneva Engineering research institutes Biotechnology in Switzerland Laboratories in Switzerland Research institutes in Switzerland Multidisciplinary research institutes

History

Structure

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