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La Vanguardia reports on the first ACER Prize, awarded on Friday March 21 to three leading figures in science policy who played key roles in the creation of the European Research Council (ERC).
European Commissioner for Environment, Janez Potocnick; former UNESCO General Director, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, and honorary president of the ERC, Fotis Kafatos, received their awards from Catalan Minister of Economy and Knowledge, Andreu Mas-Colell, during a ceremony at the La Pedrera.
ACER is the Catalan Association of Research Centers. ACER, of which IRB Barcelona is a member, aims to help define scientific and research priorities and policies in Catalonia, optimise their management and implementation, and establish the region as an international reference in scientific and technological research.
ACER news story (in Catalan): "Catalonian research centers honor the founders of the ERC"
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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).
