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The scientist Joan Massagué, director of the Cancer Biology and Genetics Programe at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and adjunct director of the Institute for research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), is to give a presentation called "Oncological Research: Promises and Challenges". This event will be held at Institut d’Estudis Vallencs (calle Jaume Huguet 1, Valls) at 19.30h on 21 December.
Joan Massagué holds a degree in Pharmacy and a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Barcelona (1978). In 1979 he moved to Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island, USA) to do his post-doctoral studies. He has focused his research on the mechanisms by which tumour cells divide and invade new tissues. These studies have received numerous prizes, among these the "Premio Nacional de Investigación "Rey Juan Carlos"", the "Premio Príncipe de Asturias de Investigación Científica y Técnica", the Saint George Cross, and the Vilcek, Passano and Fonrtiers of Knowledge awards.
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).
