IGBMC
About IGBMC
IGBMC’s mission is to decipher living organisms, theirbiologicalmechanisms, and diseasesthrough large-scalescientificprojectscarried out in collaboration with international teams.
The Institute brings value to its discoveries by contributing to the development of innovative treatments through partnerships with academic and industrial sectors.
IGBMC is home to nearly 600 research staff divided into 4 scientific departments dedicated to research in genetics, developmental and structural biology, and translational medicine.
With its high-level equipment and scientific platforms, the Institute also offers a quality environment for the training of young researchers.
A fertile ground for creativity and knowledge, the research carried out at the Institute has regularly led to numerous publications in leading scientific journals and many innovations have emerged, notably through the creation of several start-ups.
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The Institute is a public research laboratory under the supervision of the University of Strasbourg, the CNRS (UMR 7104) and the INSERM (UMR-S 1258). It is also part of an economic interest group (GIE CERBM) mandated by the supervisory authorities to manage the unit. Located in the heart of the university campus of lllkirch, it is also an integral part of the Innovation Campus.
IGBMC, an acronym meaning...
I for INSTITUTE: an establishment dedicated to research, teaching, or a specific scientific mission. Here, it is a scientific research center.
G for GENETICS: the science that studies genes, their organization, function, transmission between generations, and expression in an individual.
B for BIOLOGY: the science that studies living organisms, their functions, development, and interactions with their environment.
M for MOLECULAR: a branch of biology that explores the mechanisms of life at the molecular level, such as DNA, RNA, and proteins.
C for CELLULAR: a branch of biology that studies the cell, its functions, life cycle, structure, and its role as the basic unit of all living organisms.
Summery with a mental image
Imagine your body is a house, cells are the bricks, DNA is the blueprint, genes indicate what to build, and the IGBMC is a team of experts trying to understand how it all works to better understand diseases and improve our health.