IBMC hots 45 research groups, which are organised into the three i3S Integrative Programs: Cancer, coordinated by Elsa Logarinho, José Carlos Machado, Luísa Pereira; Host Interaction and Response, under the coordination of Cristina Barrias, Didier Cabanes, Nuno Alves and Neurobiology and Neurologic Disorders, with João Relvas, Paulo Aguiar, Sandra Macedo Ribeiro coordinators. Besides these research groups, IBMC also has 7 research groups that are not included in the current i3S research strategy.