Presentation

     The Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB) is a strategic institute of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) in the area of Biology and Biomedicine. It is located within the premises of the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) in a markedly academic environment in the Pedralbes area of Barcelona city, close to the campuses of the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). The IBMB comprises one of the most important groups of researchers in biosciences in Catalonia and is one of the largest CSIC institutes in the area in the Spanish state.

    The institute is developing its project in the framework of an increasing participation of local institutions in planning and financing scientific research in Catalonia. The Barcelona area aims to play a central role in developing biological research in Southern Europe, the BioRegion. This aim has stimulated the creation of new research poles and centres, as well as science and technology parks. In this context, research at the IBMB is being reinforced through the establishment of strategic alliances with local institutions (universities, research centres, spin-off companies, etc.) resulting from common scientific objectives. In this way, the institute seeks to organise its research more efficiently, creating new research synergies, and gaining access to additional resources.

    The institute’s objective is to contribute both at the academic and technology transfer levels and its mission is to perform high quality research, which should contribute to the understanding of molecular biology and biomedicine processes and solve key problems through the production of new knowledge of high added value. The IBMB is also committed to form ongoing researchers and future specialists in distinct areas of biological sciences. For this, an integrated research facility structured in four Departments, spanning from structural biology to molecular mechanisms of cellular and developmental biology, has been set up.