The Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB) is an Iranian

research institute A research institute, research centre, or research organization is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often implies natural ...

founded in 1976 to conduct research in cellular and

molecular biology Molecular biology is a branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecule, molecular basis of biological activity in and between Cell (biology), cells, including biomolecule, biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactio ...

. It is affiliated with

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

and is located in the university campus. IBB is an educational and research oriented center for training postgraduate students both nationally and internationally.

Interdisciplinary research Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several fields such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, economi ...

is one of the main themes at the institute.

History

At first, IBB was known as the Department of Cellular and

Molecular Biology Molecular biology is a branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecule, molecular basis of biological activity in and between Cell (biology), cells, including biomolecule, biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactio ...

, but later separated to three departments of

Biochemistry Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, a ...

, Biophysics and Bioinformatics as will be described below. Master's degrees in Biochemistry and Biophysics were established in 1986 and 1990, respectively and PhD degrees in Biochemistry and Biophysics were established in 1989 and 1996, respectively. Initially IBB was divided into two independent educational groups of Biochemistry and Biophysics in 2002. The department of Bioinformatics was established in 2005 just for training Ph.D. students.

Research and Facilities

Currently, IBB is composed of three departments of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Bioinformatics with 21 full-time faculty members of which 10 members are Professors. The department also has 35 administrative staff members. IBB has 17 research laboratories, a general communal use equipments laboratory, a greenhouse, an animal house, a number of computer laboratories, a library and a restaurant. ''National and international forum affiliated at IBB:'' 1. IBB is an affiliated Center of The World Academy of Science(

TWAS The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS) is a merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting more than 1,400 scientists in some 100 countries. Its principal aim is t ...

) in Iran 2. Iranian Secretariat of UNESCO chair on Interdisciplinary Research in Diabetes, (UCIRD) located at IBB 3. Iranian Secretariat of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) located at IBB 4. Iranian Secretariat of the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB) 5.Center of Excellence in Biothermodynamics (CEBiotherm) is located at IBB 6. The Secretariat of the Iran Society of Biophysical Chemistry is located at IBB 7. The Secretariat of Iranian BioInformatics Society 8. IBB is affiliated with the Nanotechnology Laboratory Network

Library

The Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics' (IBB) library was founded in 1976. IBB's library contains 10,000 professional books and 900 thesis in the fields of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Bioinformatics. This library is one of the libraries at the

Notable faculty and alumni

* Ali Akbar Moosavi-Movahedi *

Alireza Mashaghi Alireza Mashaghi is a physician-scientist and biophysicist at Leiden University. He is known for his contributions to single-molecule analysis of chaperone assisted protein folding, molecular topology and medical systems biophysics and bioeng ...

* Mohammad Nabi Sarbolouki

References

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History

Research and Facilities

Library

Notable faculty and alumni

See also

References