CIBIO is the Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology at the University of Trento. Cellular and molecular biology are integrated with synthetic biology, in an interdisciplinary environment comprehending chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics and engineering. The research conducted at CIBIO is divided into four principal areas: i) Genomics and Cancer Biology; ii) Cellular and Molecular Biology; iii) Microbiology and Synthetic Biology; iv) Developmental Biology and Neurobiology. Equal importance is given to fundamental research and new therapeutic methods.