Centre of Excellence
in Cell-Extracellular Matrix Research

The Centre of Excellence in Cell-Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Research granted by the Academy of Finland for years 2012 - 2017 is an integrated consortium of six research groups led by Drs. Taina Pihlajaniemi, Johanna Myllyharju, Seppo Vainio, Robert Winqvist, Aki Manninen, and Lauri Eklund. The consortium aims to understand how cell‐ECM interplay and the ECM microenvironments contribute to tissue development and homeostasis as well as how disruption of these essential conditions and interactions influence the integrity of tissues and malignancy development.