Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular
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The Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular) in Porto
, Portugal
, was founded in the 1990s as a multidisciplinary research
institution in the fields of genetic diseases, infectious diseases and immunology, neuroscience, stress and structural biology.
Most of its investigators are University of Porto
's faculty and many work also at the two university's teaching Hospitals, as well as other national biomedical and environmental research institutions, other public and private universities and a couple of enterprises. Bial
, a well known Portuguese pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Porto region is one of that associated enterprises.
Its first director and co-founder was Alexandre Quintanilha
.
Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, was founded in the 1990s as a multidisciplinary research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
institution in the fields of genetic diseases, infectious diseases and immunology, neuroscience, stress and structural biology.
Most of its investigators are University of Porto
University of Porto
The University of Porto is a Portuguese public university located in Porto, and founded 22 March 1911. It is the largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students and has one of the most noted research outputs in Portugal...
's faculty and many work also at the two university's teaching Hospitals, as well as other national biomedical and environmental research institutions, other public and private universities and a couple of enterprises. Bial
Bial
Bial is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in S. Mamede do Coronado, in Trofa, Porto district, Portugal. It was founded in 1924, being among the largest companies of its kind in Portugal....
, a well known Portuguese pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Porto region is one of that associated enterprises.
Its first director and co-founder was Alexandre Quintanilha
Alexandre Quintanilha
Alexandre Tiedtke Quintanilha, GOSE is a Portuguese scientist, former director of the Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular of the University of Porto and Professor at ICBAS - Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences.-Biography:Alexandre Tiedtke Quintanilha, GOSE was born in Lourenço...
.