IRB Barcelona

IRB Barcelona’s research purpose is to address fundamental biological questions in order to provide groundbreaking solutions to unmet medical needs. Our institute is organised around three major research challenges, namely Cancer Science, Aging and Metabolism, and Mechanisms of Disease, with the aim to decipher why diseases develop and find new ways to diagnose, prevent and treat them. At IRB Barcelona, 400 outstanding scientists from diverse disciplines and technical support staff come together to develop knowledge that will ultimately allow society to overcome these challenges. Research at IRB Barcelona is carried out by 28 groups, organised into three programmes, which work together with the common goal of conducting multidisciplinary projects that address important biomedical problems affecting our society. Approximately 400 scientists, and technical and administrative staff from 29 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 is a CERCA center, and was named a "Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence" by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Since 2015, IRB Barcelona is a member of The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).