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The Institute for Research in Biomedicine gets on the educational science wagon

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Sonia Armengou
Alumni - Section Head of Communications
Tel.+34 93 40 37255

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Section Head of Communication & Outreach
Tel.+34 93 40 37255

El Mundohas devoted an article to the new initiative promoting science called "Meet our Scientists!”, a collection of videos devoted to the scientists and lines of research carried out at IRB Barcelona. In the article, Sònia Armengou, IRB Barcelona’s press officer and promoter of the series, explains why this project came about.

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).