Welcome to IUBMB

The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology unites biochemists and molecular biologists in 79 countries and regions.

The Union promotes research and education throughout the world, and especially in countries where the subject is still in its early development.

It achieves this in several ways.

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Congratulations to our IUBMB Fellows of 2020
January 11, 2021
CONGRATULATIONS to our latest Wood-Whelan Fellows, from Argentina, Benin, and Spain, who have received fellowships to travel to a lab in a different country for 4 months. We wish them much success in […]
IUBMB Journal Highlights
January 4, 2021
We are excited to highlight new research from the IUBMB Journals: IUBMB Life, BioFactors, Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. Please also […]
IUBMB seeks a New Editor-in-Chief for Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry
December 8, 2020
APPLICATION DEADLINE MAY 31st, 2021 to Prof. Zengyi Chang (changzy@pku.edu.cn) Learn More […]
Inaugural IUBMB Whelan Young Investigator Award
November 4, 2020
We are also delighted to announce that the inaugural award will be presented to Élyse Fischer, a Gates Cambridge PhD Scholar in the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, in […]
New IUBMB Whelan Young Investigator
November 2, 2020
We are very pleased to announce a new Award in honor of William “Bill” J. Whelan to recognize his lifelong commitment to training the future of biochemistry. The award will go to a highly […]

Note that individuals cannot join IUBMB. In order to participate in the programs of IUBMB and become eligible for awards and fellowships of IUBMB, individuals must be members of one of the relevant national societies of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the region or have sponsorship of a member of the corresponding society. This society must be an Adhering Body or Associate Adhering Body of IUBMB. The list of such societies can be found here.

For Fellowships involving travel to a different country, either the applicant’s country or the host country must be a member of IUBMB.

A society, national council, or academy of sciences interested in joining the IUBMB should refer to the Statutes & By-Laws of the IUBMB found here.

Benefits of membership

Welcome to IUBMB

Our Journals

IUBMB Life

Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry

BioFactors

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

IUBMB Fellowships

IUBMB Mid-Career Research Fellowships

IUBMB Wood-Whelan Research Fellowships

IUBMB Tang Education Fellowships

PROLAB Fellowships

IUBMB Travel Fellowships

IUBMB MilliporeSigma Virtual Meeting Fellowships

Upcoming Deadlines

Recent News

Upcoming Events

25th IUBMB Congress – July 9 – 14, 2022 Lisbon

LS2 Annual e-Meeting 2021: Mechanisms in Health, Disease and Ageing

Focused Meeting – Neurodegenerative Diseases

2021 ASBMB Annual Meeting

Advanced School – Molecular targets for anti-aging interventions

Advanced School – ICGEB-IUIS-ALAI-ASCAI2 Immuno-Argentina

Making Biology and Molecular Biology More Accessible

Follow Brianna Bibel, IUBMB Student Ambassador

IUBMB-Nicholson Metabolic Maps

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IUBMB Membership

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