The Laboratory of Structural Studies of Macromolecules (LEEM) and the Laboratory of Protein Crystallography (LCP) are part of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP), belonging to the University of São Paulo (campus Ribeirão Preto).

This faculty was established in 1924 and since then has had the mission of training highly qualified professionals to work in various areas of Pharmaceutical Sciences, with ethical, critical, reflective, and humanistic values. The FCFRP is composed of three departments integrated didactically and scientifically: the Department of Clinical, Toxicological, and Bromatological Analysis, the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the Department of Biomolecular Sciences.

With integrated and complementary actions from the three departments, the FCFRP continuously seeks cutting-edge scientific development and the qualification of pharmaceutical professionals, preparing them for scientific advances and needs in the pharmaceutical field and related areas, especially in aspects of great importance to society.

This node has access to an extensive network of multi-user laboratories and facilities, both within the host faculty and in other units on the campus. This infrastructure allows the use of a wide variety of equipment, enhancing and complementing the available techniques for the development of research projects.