The Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis (IBVF) is a joint centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Seville (US).

The IBVF is specialised in the study of phototrophic biology in a broad sense, with the distinctive feature of developing research with all types of oxygenic photosynthetic organisms: cyanobacteria, algae and plants. Photosynthesis, the process that uses light energy and water for the primary production of organic matter and oxygen, is essential for life on Earth. The IBVF research is connected with business sectors related to agri-food, specifically the use of photosynthetic microorganisms as biofertilisers and the biostimulation of plant growth, as well as the use of microalgae in processes of sequestering of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and as biofactories for the production of compounds of industrial interest. The growing social concern about the adverse effects of global warming, mainly caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases such as CO2, increases the social usefulness of the research in phototrophic biology carried out at the IBVF.