Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (IMBG) of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) was founded in 1973. It is one of the leading institutions in life science research in Ukraine of high level research potential and excellent results of investigations, especially in molecular biomedicine area. Presently its staff is comprised of 433 employees, including 278 scientists, 30 Doctors of Sciences (Dr.Sc) and 138 Doctors of Philosophy (PhD), 2 Members of NASU and 8 Corresponding Members of NASU. There are 142 young scientists in the IMBG staff and their number is steadily growing. Annually 40 PhD students work at the Institute.

The IMBG main scientific interests are: structural and functional genomics, proteomics and protein engineering, regulatory systems and signal transduction mechanisms, bioinformatics and computational modeling, gene and cell biotechnologies, gene therapy and diagnostics. The IMBG research is supported on the level of NASU, on national and international levels. We participated actively in several National and State S&T programmes, among them: "Health of the nation", "National Programme for AIDS Prevention", "Protection of Genetic Fund of the Ukrainian Population", "Protection of Population from the Most Widely Spread Infectious Diseases", "Protection and Rehabilitation of the Immune System of the Ukrainian Population", "Biosensors", "Biotechnology" etc.

During 35 years IMBG received 8 State Prizes of Ukraine, 1 Prize and the Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for the essential scientific contribution to gene engineering and therapy, creation and application of new biotechnologies and medicines, 9 Prizes of the President of Ukraine designated for young scientists, and 11 Personal Prizes of NASU. Over 4500 scientific articles were published by the scientists of the Institute, out of which nearly 1000 articles were published in renowned foreign journals including Science, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Human Genetics, Human Mutation, Proteins, Nucleic Acid Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and others. Every year the competition is organized with the prizes for 3 best articles in 3 areas of research. The Institute employees obtained 220 author's certificates and patents. IMBG hosted about 70 conferences, meetings, scientific schools including international ones. About 50 foreign scientists visit IMBG per year.

The Institute is very active in international cooperation. For many years IMBG scientists collaborate successfully with their foreign colleagues from Germany, France, USA, Great Britain, Poland, Italy, Greece, Japan, Russia, Belarus and other - about 40 countries in total. At present, IMBG is involved in 3 FP7 projects: "Improving Diagnoses of Mental Retardation in Children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia through Genetic Characterization and Bioinformatics/-Statistics" (FP7-HEALTH, SICA), "Nanosensors based on nanomaterials" (FP7-PEOPLE, IRSES), and "Transnational Access to NMR" (FP7 East-NMR programme). We have also other international grants including those of CNRS, NATO, STCU etc. Strong long-time bilateral relations IMBG has with the institutions of CNRS and Polish Academy of Science.

The Institute publishes 3 scientific journals: "Biopolymers and Cell", which contains articles in Ukrainian, Russian and English, "Ukrainica Bioorganica Acta" - articles in Ukrainian and English, "Bulletin of Ukrainian Society of Geneticists and Selectionists". IMBG created the first web portal in Ukraine on bioinformatics, genomics, structural biology, and molecular medicine www.bioua.org.ua. IMBG website www.imbg.org.ua is active since 2001, contains new scientific information including cross-links, and is visited by 30-100 persons each day.