The ITB has its own headquarters on the Health Sciences Campus, next to the University Hospital Complex of the Canary Islands, which was fully operational during 2024-2025. The building, approximately 4,000 m², is organized into three floors: a ground floor dedicated to the advanced animal facility for rodents and small animals, currently fully operational and specially designed for the generation and maintenance of genetically modified animal models; a main floor with experimental laboratories, spaces for technology transfer managed by the Bioavance Foundation, shared equipment laboratories, and a seminar room equipped for doctoral thesis defenses; and a technical floor for the control and maintenance of the general facilities. In March 2026, the Tenerife Island Council, the University of La Laguna (ULL), and the Bioavance Foundation signed the agreement for the second phase of the building, which includes six new floors with more than 4,000 m² of additional laboratories and research spaces.
Over the years, ITB groups have participated in a coordinated manner in competitive calls for infrastructure projects at the national and European levels, enabling the progressive acquisition and renewal of necessary equipment. Currently, the institute's shared infrastructure comprises the following units, platforms, and services:
- SIMA (Advanced Imaging and Microscopy Service): Integrated within the General Research Support Services (SEGAI) of the University of La Laguna (ULL), it includes state-of-the-art equipment for confocal microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, and electron microscopy, a system for microdissection and optical sectioning at the cellular level, and electrophysiology for studies combined with live-cell imaging techniques. Director: Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández. Web link
- ProITB (Proteomics Service): Service for the analysis of results from high-resolution proteomics techniques obtained using mass spectrometry. Responsible: Dr. Juan Ramón Hernández Fernaud. Web link
- SOMA-ITB (Service for Obtaining and Cryopreservation of Animal Models): Service for the generation, cryopreservation, and recovery of genetically modified murine models, including the generation of transgenic animals and facilities for the cryopreservation of embryos and sperm. Responsible: Dr. Belinda Rivero Pérez. Web link
- Cell culture support platform: P2-type facilities for cell and tissue culture, with technical support for the institute's research groups. Responsible: Dr. Ruth Rubio Amador.
- Equipment and services for cryopreservation of samples and cell line bank: infrastructure for the long-term preservation of biological samples and maintenance of collections of cell lines commonly used in the institute.
- ITB Animal Facility: Advanced facility for the maintenance of murine models under controlled conditions, with the capacity to house immunodeficient animals and genetically modified models. Fully operational since 2024. Part of the Animal Facility and Animal Facility Service of the SEGAI at the University of La Laguna (ULL). Manager: Dr. Mª Rosa Arnau Díaz-Llanos. Web link
Additionally, the institute's research groups have access to other services offered by the ULL's SEGAI (Research and Innovation Services), located on the Health Sciences Campus and the Anchieta Campus. These services include shared equipment and scientific and technical support in genomics, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR) for chemical analysis and structural biology, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for studying brain function. Translational research groups regularly collaborate with the Clinical Trials Unit of the University Hospital Complex of the Canary Islands and with the Biobank accredited by the Carlos III Health Institute. Furthermore, through collaboration with the Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER), ITB researchers have access to the TEIDE supercomputer and the genomics laboratory at that institution.