The Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (German: Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie, abbreviated: IPB) is a non-university, public research institute located in Halle (Saale), Germany.

The institute is a foundation under public law of the State of Saxony-Anhalt and is a member of the Leibniz Association.

The institute was founded in 1958 under Kurt Mothes as "Arbeitsstelle Biochemie der Pflanzen".

Interdisciplinary approaches at the interface between chemistry and biology encompass Research at the IPB is conducted in four scientific departments as well as two Junior Research Groups and one Program Center for Plant Metabolomics and Computational Biochemistry (MetaCom) [3] The IPB employs ca.

The IPB and the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) entertain close collaborations in research and teaching.