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La Vanguardia reports on the appointment of Joan Massagué as new director of the Sloan-Kettering Institute of New York, the scientific arm of the Memorial. The journalist Josep Corbella describes Massagué as an all-round scientist: researcher, manager, leader and master.
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- 26 November 2013
Joan Massagué appointed scientific director of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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