The Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (HSBMB) was founded in 1971 as the Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Biophysics (HSBB) and was the initiative of 23 scientists working in the field of biochemistry or biophysics. Forerunner of the HSBB was the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry established in Thessaloniki in 1959 and subsequently incorporated in the HSBB in 1983. In 1999 the HSBB was renamed in the Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (HSBMB) to include the growing field of molecular biology.

The HSBMB currently consists of more than 500 regular and associate members who work in Greece and abroad. Requirement for membership was and remains the possession of a Ph.D. in biochemistry or molecular biology or at least three publications in peer-reviewed international scientific journals in the same fields.

Among all other goals of the society is the organization of conferences with the participation of HSBMB members and other researchers after evaluation of the submitted to be presented studies.