The Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio) builds upon the legacy of two independent and internationally recognized Millennium Nuclei (NM): the NM in Fungal and Synthetic Integrative Biology and the NM in Synthetic and Systems Plant Biology, led 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 established on December 28, 2017, the date of the resolution by the Ministry of Economy, Development, and Tourism approving our funding agreement, which will last for ten years, subject to an evaluation at the fifth year. We were awarded this project after a thorough and competitive evaluation process conducted as part of that year’s Scientific Institutes call from the Millennium Science Initiative program, with our center being one of only three selected from over thirty project applications.