Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (TBI)

Located on the campus of the Toulouse National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), the TBI public research laboratory, supported by INSA Toulouse, CNRS and INRAE, combines fundamental and applied research in the field of biotechnology.

Combining scientific excellence with economic and societal relevance, the laboratory is structured into 4 scientific poles and 1 technological pole.

The unit, with strong disciplinary competences in Life Sciences and Engineering Sciences, leads a multi-scale, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary scientific strategy, in order to meet the challenges of the bioeconomy, and associates an important network of public and private collaborators.

It is also one of the labeled laboratories of the Carnot Institute 3BCar.

With an expertise of more than 40 years and internationally recognized, Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, Bio&Chemical Engineering conducts research activities in catalysis and enzyme engineering, systems and synthetic biology, fermentation, process engineering and eco-design.