The Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB) is already a scientific ecosystem, an international benchmark where the connection between people makes the difference. 

It is a community of communities of 1,700 people from 70 countries, a catalyst for interconnection between eight different institutions and the people who work in them, who all share common values: research as a collective good, science as a tool for transformation, and the community as a source of strength. 

The critical mass between the new centres in the Antic Mercat del Peix and the current PRBB will at least double. This will create opportunities for synergies, for scenarios of far more cross-fertilization between disciplines and institutions.

The PRBB Citadel will be a large and fertile new ecosystem. It will increase the capacity to attract resources and the best talent in the world.

The scientific programme, conceived by BIST and five of its partner centers, is a model of collaboration with a specific focus on "Precision Medicine". The building will have about 24,000 m² (of which 3,300 are below ground level). The entire IRB (Institute of Biomedical Research) and also a section of the IBEC (Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia) will move there. Other centres such as the CRG, the ICFO and ICN2 will also have their own laboratories and facilities. Finally, office spaces are envisaged for the PRBB and the BIST.

The PRBB Citadel building will drive close collaboration among leading researchers in diverse fields such as genetics and molecular biology, biocompatible materials, nanoscience, artificial intelligence, and photonics. Together, they will address the global challenge of developing tools for precision medicine, to:

  • develop new and more accurate diagnostic tools
  • discover new, safer and more effective personalized treatments
  • understand the keys for healthy aging

From here, collaboration with the best Catalan hospitals will be established to promote the translation of advanced knowledge into medical practice.

This project will help to multiply the potential of the city of Barcelona as a scientific hub of excellence in biomedical research. The building that the PRBB will manage will be a further piece of the Citadel of Knowledge, a long-term vision for a park and its surroundings promoted by Barcelona City Council with the collaboration of the Generalitat of Catalonia, the Government of Spain, the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), the University of Barcelona (UB), the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), the Pasqual Maragall Foundation (FPM), the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), and the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST). 

This great initiative is a shared commitment to life sciences, social sciences and the humanities; a space of confluence for scientific centres and institutions, where the Museum of Natural Sciences and the Zoo are already established.

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