History

The Millennium Institute of Integrative Biology iBio gathers the legacy of two independent and internationally recognized Millennium Centers (NM): the NM in Integrative Fungal and Synthetic Biology and the NM in Synthetic and Plant Systems Biology, directed by Luis Larrondo and Rodrigo Gutiérrez, respectively. Both NMs carried out pioneering research programs in naturally synergistic areas: fungal and plant biology.

iBio was officially born on December 28th, 2017, the day the resolution of the Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism approved our financing agreement, which has a duration of ten years, subject to an evaluation to be carried out on the fifth year. We were awarded this project after an exhaustive competitive evaluation carried out within the framework of the Scientific Institutes contest of the Millennium Science Initiative program that year, our center being one of the three selected from among more than thirty applicant projects.

Host Institutions

Our Host Institutions are:

•  Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
• Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello
• Universidad de Santiago de Chile
• Universidad Mayor

Affiliation of our researchers

Our Researchers have the following affiliations:

• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
• Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello
• Universidad de Santiago de Chile
• Universidad Mayor
• Universidad Austral
• Fundación Ciencia & Vida
• Fundación Instituto Leloir