The Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell - I2BC (including Teams from I2BC@Saclay) celebrated the laying of the foundation stone of its future building on the 13th of December 2017 on the CNRS campus in Gif-sur-Yvette. The objective of the I2BC real estate project is to bring together, within a common research and training project, Research Teams in a single location to stimulate interactions, share the most effective skills and equipment.