Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL)

The Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) is a research foundation that was set up on 16 June 2004 as a separate legal entity, as a result of the change in name of the former August Pi i Sunyer Foundation (FAPS), which had been founded in 1988. IDIBELL has scientific cooperation agreements with the following institutions and centres:

• The University of Barcelona (UB) and the Barcelona Science Park (PCB)
• Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB)
• Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)
• Institute of Diagnostic Imaging (IDI)
• Transfusion Centre and Tissue Bank (BST)

Six major areas or programs have been defined at IDIBELL:

• Area 1. Cancer and human molecular genetics
• Area 2. Neurosciences
• Area 3. Infectious pathology and transplants
• Area 4. Growth factors, hormones and diabetes
• Area 5. Inflammatory, chronic and degenerative diseases
• Area 6. Epigenetics and Cancer Biology