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The programme "Fábrica de Ideas" on TVE channel 2 has devoted a four-minute report to IRB Barcelona, in which the activity and the goals of the institute were explained. The programme included interviews with the director of the centre, Joan J. Guinovart, the coordinator of the Oncology Programme, Eduard Batlle, and the researcher-entrepreneur Teresa Tarragó. The programme also presented interviews with the researchers Xavier Salvatella, who works in the Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Programme, and Travis Stracker, in the Oncology Programme.
See the video (minute 14.20 to 20.50):
Link to the "Fábrica de Ideas" website
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).
