The Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CSBMB, is a non-profit scientific and professional organisation gathering people interested in molecular life sciences, including biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, biotechnology, bioinformatics, molecular genetics and evolution, clinical biochemistry, and molecular medicine in context of research, education and application.
CSBMB is organised in territorial branches functioning in Zagreb, Rijeka, Osijek and Split.

The Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is a member of the Federation of European Societies of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (FEBS) and the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB).

The Society is led by a Board (chairperson and eight members) elected biannually at the Society's Assembly. The Assembly of CSBMB elects each two years the Advisory Board (seven members) and the Court of Honour (three members).
The Society publishes the bulletin "Informacije" (in Croatian) to supplement information given in the FEBS Bulletin.

.::History of the Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology::.

The Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has been established in 1976 as Croatian Biochemical Society, shortly after the Second FEBS Meeting (Vienna, 1973) attended by numerous Croatian biochemists. However the Society has its roots in the Biochemical Section, formed in 1956 within the Croatian Chemical Society, established in 1927. At the Meeting in Vienna preliminary steps were taken by Professor P. Mildner, for membership of Croatian biochemists in FEBS. With Yugoslavia as unavoidable reality at this time, we had to

1. withdraw our membership from the Croatian Chemical Society and organise a Biochemical Society,
2. see to it that biochemical societies are formed at least in some other Yugoslavia republics and
3. form a union of these societies, which could then become a member of the European Federation.

All these tasks were accomplished mainly by biochemists from Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, which remained the seat of the Union of Yugoslav Biochemical Societies until the 18th FEBS Meeting (1987), when the seat moved to Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.

In 1992, the Croatian Biochemical Society became member of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) and of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB).

The Croatian Biochemical Society has always been financially independent, with a regular support from the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Croatia and from membership fees. The budget has been used mainly for regular activities including local and regional meetings, distribution of FEBS, IUBMB and other information, organisation of seminars (held monthly) in Zagreb, Rijeka, Osijek and Split.

Until 1992 the Society organized international (FEBS Meetings), regional (Alpe–Adria, Balkan Biochemical and Biophysical meetings) and national meetings in collaboration with institutes or universities from Croatia and other Yugoslav republics. In 1993 the Society started to organise annuals meeting with international participation. The annual meetings were held in Zagreb (1993, 1996, 1997, 2000), Opatija (1994), Brač (1995), Bizovačke toplice (1998), Bjelolasica (2004) and Vodice (2006), and were co-organized by universities of Zagreb, Rijeka, Split and Osijek, respectively. Annual meetings provided occasionally advanced courses on important topics such as bioinformatics, new analytical techniques or continuous education for teachers of secondary level. Many special events have been organised inspired by anniversaries, Nobel prizes or other reasons worthy of biochemists’ appreciation. Individual members of the society often took part in the organisation of international meetings outside of the Country.

In 2001 Croatian Biochemical Society initiated gathering of all Croatian societies focused in molecular life sciences with primary goal to promote interdisciplinary interactions of life scientists, and organising the 1st Croatian Congress on Molecular Life Sciences (1st CCOMLIS held in 2002 in Opatija).

The Society is led by a Board (chairperson and eight members) elected biannually at the Society's Assembly. The chairpersons were Elsa Reiner (1976-79, 1987-89), Ljubinka Vitale (1979-81), Berislav Pende (1981-83), Milivoj Popović (1983-85), Željko Kućan (1985-87, 1991-97), Mirna Flögel-Mršić (1989-91, 1997-2001), Karmela Barišić (2001-2005) and Jadranka Varljen (2005- ).

The Society publishes the bulletin "Informacije" (in Croatian) to supplement information given in the FEBS Bulletin. "Informacije" are published twice a year since 1974. Editors of the "Informacije" were Elsa Reiner (1974-80, 1988-92), Ljubinka Vitale (1981-87), Karmela Barišić (1993), and Vladimir Mrša (since 2001).

Annual reports about the activities of the Society were published in Croatica Chemica Acta until 1976 and are published in Periodicum Biologorum ever since. Articles covering jubilees and achievements of distinguished members of the Society are published occasionally in Books of Abstracts of the Annual Meetings.

The Croatian Biochemical Society, on the General Assembly, held in Zagreb, October 17, 2003, has changed its name to Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.