The mark consists of both graphical and literal elements, where the graphical depiction of a microscope is placed in front of and to the right-hand side of the graphical depiction of a globe. The microscope is an optical telescope depicted in shades of the colors black, bronze and grey. The globe consists of continents depicted in shades of the color blue, lines of latitude and longitude depicted in the color light blue and oceans depicted in shades of a lighter blue than the lines of latitude and longitude. The literal element is the phrase "Institute for Biomarker Research" and is depicted in the color black and outlined in bronze, the letters "I" in the word "Institute", "B" in the word "Biomarker", and "R" in the word "Research" are in upper-case, the phrase forms a semi-circle around the outside of the globe, where the "I" of "Institute" is on the left-hand side of the globe and the phrase continues around the top of the globe, having the "h" of "Research" on the right-hand side of the globe and parallel to the "I" of "Institute".