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The newspapers La Gaceta de Salamanca and Tribuna Universitaria have interviewed Núria López-Bigas, ICREA researcher and head of the Biomedical Genomics Lab at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), on the occasion of the award of the “Doctores Diz Pintado” Prize, which she will receive in person on 28 January. López-Bigas is the first female scientist to be presented with this prize. Referring to this point, the researcher says, “It is an honour to receive the prize. Being the first woman to do so highlights just how much work has to be done to achieve equality with respect to appraisement and visibility”.
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).
