Institute for Research in Biomedicine

The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)[1] is an institution engaged in fundamental research at the interface between molecular and cell biology, computational and structural biology and chemistry, with experts in proteomics, genomics, biostatistics and advanced digital microscopy. The institute was created by the Government of Catalonia in October 2005 and is located at the Barcelona Science Park (Parc Científic de Barcelona - PCB). The director of the Institute is Prof. Francesc Posas and the Prof. Joan Massagué Solé is scientific advisor. IRB Barcelona was recently named a "Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence"[2] by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (2011), current Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)
Founded2005; 15 years ago
FounderGovernment of Catalonia, University of Barcelona, Barcelona Science Park
FocusBiological, Chemical and Medical research
Location
  • Baldiri Reixac, 10. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Key people
Francesc Posas (Director)
Website

References
  1. Presentation section at IRB Barcelona Archived 2012-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence

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