Regea Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Research activity in the field of tissue engineering; tissue bank services were started in 2005

Regea is a joint institute that operates under the University of Tampere. It was founded by the University of Tampere, Tampere University of Technology, University Hospital in Tampere, Pirkanmaa Polytechnic and Coxa Hospital for Joint Replacement in 2004.

The tissue bank business commenced its operations in spring 2005 and the construction of the tissue bank cleanrooms will be completed at the beginning of 2006.

Riitta Suuronen,MD, DDS, PhD, Director
Katriina Aalto-Setälä, MD, PhD, Medical Director
Outi Hovatta,MD, PhD, Director of Stem Cell Research

Esa Ala-Uotila
Matti Lehto
Timo Lahti
Markku Sotarauta, Prof.
Minna Kellomäki, Prof.
Jorma Pajamäki
Riitta Suuronen, Prof.

Street Address:

Biokatu 12, (6th floor)
33520 Tampere
Finland

Postal Adress:

University of Tampere
FM5 / Regea
33014 University of Tampere
Finland

Phone: +358-3-3551-8495
Fax: +358-3-3551-8498

Regea’s Stem Cell Unit is led by Professor Outi Hovatta and is primarily working on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine for clinical applications. Major research concentrates on the development of cell culture conditions for clinical applications.

Regea runs the first tissue bank in Finland that meets the new EU tissue establishment directive (2004/23/EC) and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) requirements.