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The newspaper “La Vanguardia” devotes an article to the research, development and innovation scenario in Catalonia, including a reference to the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).
BIST is a scientific initiative of six of Catalonia’s research centers of excellence, among them IRB Barcelona, whose objective is to increase their levels of collaboration in order to build together a joint scientific project.
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).
