The Research Infrastructure for Photosynthesis
(Fotosynteesin tutkimuskeskus)
Currently operates under the national FIRI FIN-BioFoundry umbrella
About PHOTOSYN
PHOTOSYN covers the infrastructure for the basic and applied photosynthesis research conducted at the Molecular Plant Biology, as part of the Department of Life Technologies, Faculty of Technology at the University of Turku.
Since 2025, PHOTOSYN has operated under the national roadmap infrastructure funded by the Research Council of Finland (decision #367614) – the Finnish Biofoundry for Synthetic Biology and Biomanufacturing (FIN-BioFoundry).
Equipment
PHOTOSYN provides a comprehensive suite of state-of-the-art instrumentation and infrastructure supporting research in plant biology, photosynthesis and algae biotechnology.
Research
PHOTOSYN supports molecular research on oxygenic photosynthetic organisms, including plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. It covers diverse research areas such as biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology, synthetic biology, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and biotechnology.
