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The printed edition of the Galician magazine ECO Revista do Eje Atlántico has interviewed the biologist Helena González-Burón, who obtained her doctorate in biomedicine from IRB Barcelona, where she was Public Engagement & Science Education officer from June 2014 to March 2016. She is currently a member of the Big Van scientific outreach group.
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).
