In 1962, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences decided to concentrate a substantial part of its means on supporting of research in the field of modern biology. Szeged was chosen as the site for a number of reasons. It is a university town with numerous excellent traditions. Based on the concept of interdisciplinarity, scientific work in the BRC is carried out in 5 institutes: Biophysics, Biochemistry, Enzymology, Genetics and Plant Biology.