CIC-biomaGUNE: the Centre for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials-CIC biomaGUNE, located in San Sebastian (Spain), is a non-profit research organization created to promote scientific research and technological innovation at the highest levels in the Basque Country in order to create a new business sector based on biosciences. It is one of the Centres of the CIC network, the largest Basque Country research network on specific strategic areas, having the mission to contribute to the economical and social development of the country through the generation of knowledge and speeding up technological innovation.