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Prof. Joan J. Guinovart, founder-director of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) since October 2005, plans to step down from this position early in 2018.
The Board of Trustees has started the process to select and appoint a new director for the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona). CERCA, the network of public research centres in Catalonia, Spain (www.cerca.cat), to which IRB Barcelona belongs, is delegated to manage the entire selection process.
The Director will be expected to provide inspirational scientific leadership to the Institute and be responsible for its ongoing strategic development, ensuring that its programmes and technical facilities remain at the forefront of biomedical research and that discoveries made at IRB Barcelona are translated into benefits for society. She or he will be an exceptionally accomplished and ambitious scientist with an outstanding international research management profile. The Director will set the example and drive the values and ethos of the Institute.
For more information, please see: Call for Applications: Director of the IRB Barcelona
Closing date: 30 June, 2017
About IRB Barcelona
The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).
