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All news, events and calls for tenders from the Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry.
Il workshop ed il convegno rappresentano un'importante occasione di aggiornamento e confronto multidisciplinare sugli avanzamenti nel campo...
Ricerca, Tecnologie e Imprese per la Crescita del Territorio L’Area Territoriale di Ricerca del CNR di Catania...
Nell’ambito dei Seminari ICB organizzati dal GdL Outreach, giorno 07 ottobre 2026, ore 10:30 si terrà il...
The Group Leader will develop and implement research programs focused on the discovery and optimization of bioactive...
Il 25 settembre, l’Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare (ICB) del CNR parteciperà alla Notte Europea dei Ricercatori a...
Giornata dedicata alle biotecnologie all’Area della Ricerca di Catania in occasione dell’European Biotech Week 2026. Gli istituti...
Research activities
The research carried out in the 4 offices of the ICB is distributed over four lines of activity through which the research staff collaborates and coordinates
Human Health and Well-being
The ICB-HEALTH research activity includes multidisciplinary projects in the pharmaceutical field for pathologies with a high social impact or for the development...
Green Chemistry and Sustainability
Green Chemistry responds to human needs by design the development of environmentally friendly products and processes, taking into account a more efficient use of...
Biotechnologies
The activities of ICB-BIOTEC concern the research and transfer of technologies based on biological processes and the study of ecological interactions. This includes the...
Nature and environment
The Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry pursues the study of natural substances with the aim of understanding their ecological role and their phyletic and geographical...
Partnership
L’ Istituto chi Chimica Biomolecolare svolge attività di ricerca anche in collaborazione con aziende private ed enti pubblici.
Some ICB researchers have contributed to the establishment of new innovative startups...
The infrastructures of the Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry constitute...
As part of the technology transfer activity, the ICB collaborates with various...
The Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry has agreements both with industries and...
Institute Facilities
The ICB technological facilities allow the institute to open up to new collaborations with industries and other public research institutions
Advanced technologies for the identification, separation and determination of the ...
Instruments for the separation of organic compounds from mixtures for the...
Analysis of microstructures in biomedical research through microscopy and...
The ICB has decades of experience in studying the microbial diversity...
The Institute has expertise in bioenergy measurements and is equipped with...
The ICB has many years of experience in the field of organic synthesis of both...
The Institute carries out scientific activities for ...
The ICB has decades of experience in pharmaceutical research which ...
The ICB headquarters library, included in the NILDE circuit since 2011 and also...
StOrMoDB is a database containing information on molecules discovered...
Outreach and Training
The Institute carries out advanced training and collaboration activities at different levels of education. In particular, the ICB is involved in training initiatives in bachelor, master and doctorate courses, post-university activities, and non-university higher education activities. This kind of task is regulated by agreements with national and foreign university departments, favors the association of university professors, welcomes students for their thesis internships as well as doctoral students.
In this context, there are many higher education projects in which the ICB is entailed through programs funded by MIUR.
The ICB partecipate salso in inactivities within the Regional Competence Centers projects, with the aim of systemically disseminating and transferring knowledge and technologies in favor of technological development, employment and enhancement of the territory at a regional and national level.
As part of the framework agreements with both national and foreign university departments, the ICB laboratories are open to...
ICB collaborates with secondary schools to implement transversal guidance pathways (PCTO), formerly known as alternance school ...
ICB is committed to the promotion of its research activities through the organization and active participation of both specialist...
The idea of this type of exhibition was born a few years ago former as a mean to support various educational initiatives in favor to...
The ICB structure
The Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry (ICB) is characterized by a remarkable cultural homogeneity and an extensive territorial distribution: the Institute is based in Pozzuoli (Naples) but also has secondary offices in Catania, Padova and Sassari. Overall, the staff is made up of more than 200 units (CNR personnel: 115; over 100 external personnel). The headquarters of the ICB is in Pozzuoli (Naples, former Institute for the Chemistry of Molecules of Biological Interest, 51 units of CNR staff).
The secondary offices are at:
- Catania, former Institute for the Study of Natural Substances of Food and Chemical-Pharmaceutical Interest, 25 units of CNR personnel;
- Padova, former Center for the Study of Biopolymers, 5 units of CNR personnel;
- Sassari, former Institute for the Application of Advanced Chemical Techniques to Agrobiological Problems, 34 staff units.
Get in touch
Contacts
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p: (+39) 0818675026
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direttore.icb@cnr.it
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protocollo.icb@pec.cnr.it
