The Bosch i Gimpera Foundation has compiled all the experimental biomedical models developed by researchers at the University of Barcelona (UB) in the first edition of the Catalogue of Preclinical Models in Biomedical Research.

The catalogue aims to be a tool for researchers to search for a model based on the disease or process they are studying. It will be updated periodically. It includes both models based on cell lines (in vitro and ex vivo) and animal models (in vivo). It also presents two UB research groups that specialise in creating new experimental models: Celltec and Ceremet.

Preclinical models are key to advancement in the study of diseases and how to treat them and they are widely used by pharmaceutical companies, start-ups in the healthcare and life sciences sector, and R&D laboratories at universities around the world.