The IECB is an international research team incubator at the chemistry-biology interface.

Its mission is to bring together the most promising scientists in chemistry and biology in an environment designed to facilitate the development of first-class interdisciplinary research programmes in collaboration with international public and private research centres.

IECB aims at becoming:

• one of the best European research centres in the fields of physical chemistry, chemistry and biology;
• a national benchmark for the quality of its research and its management procedures;
• one of the driving forces of Aquitaine’s research with strong ties with the regional academic and industrial community.