The Barcelona Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory is recognised again as Singular Scientific and Technological Infrastructure

Support to scientific community and public and private sectors

The laboratory, located at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB-UB), is included on the new map of ICTS in the area of life sciences and biotechnology. Researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB) as well as those from other public and private centres are able to use the facility. The objectives of the Laboratory are to facilitate the development of experiments based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in order to study the structure and dynamics of complex molecules of biological interest and to give advice to the business sector on NMR applications to different scientific fields.

The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Technological Unit of CCiTUB —in which LRB is included— supports research in different fields (chemistry, molecular biology, genetics, food technology, pharmacy, biotechnology, etc.). It emerged from the Interdepartmental Service of NMR, created in 1982, which was included into the former Scientific-Technical Services (todayʼs CCiTUB). In 2002, the Singular Scientific Infrastructure —finally, named Barcelona Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory— was created. Like the rest of CCiTUB facilities, LRB has been certified by ISO since 2005 (ISO 9001-2008).

ICTS: a new map of infrastructures opened to the scientific community

The new map is composed by 29 ICTS which gather a total of 59 infrastructures (56 of them are operative and the other three are in a development phase). All of them have undergone a rigorous evaluation process that also assesses their economic sustainability and considers high-quality scientific, technological and innovation criteria. ICTS are opened to any member of the scientific community, from private and public sectors. They are public facilities that strategically contribute to the development of research and technology. This new map enables to plan how to invest funds provided by the autonomous communities, the State and the European Union —particularly the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)— between 2014 and 2020.

It is important to remember that the Centre Nacional dʼAnàlisi Genòmica (CNAG) —located at PCB too— and the  Centre for Omics Sciences (COS) have been included in the Map of ICTS in the area of life sciences and biotechnology as the Infrastructure for OMICS Technologies.

• The Barcelona Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory - CCiTUB (in Catalan)
• Infrastructures of the Map of ICTS by areas (in Spanish)