Irb Barcelona

the institute for research in biomedicine (irb barcelona) is a public institution engaged in basic and applied research at the unique interface between molecular and cell biology, computational and structural biology and chemistry, with experts in proteomics, genomics, biostatistics and advanced digital microscopy. research at irb barcelona is carried out by 22 groups, organized into five programmes, which work together with the common goal of conducting multidisciplinary projects that address important biomedical problems affecting our society. approximately 450 scientists, and technical and administrative staff from 38 countries currently work at irb barcelona. irb barcelona's ultimate objective is to translate research results to the clinic and has already established three biotechnology spin-off companies to this end. the institute was created by the catalan government in october 2005, and is located at the barcelona science park. in 2011, irb barcelona was named a "severo ocho