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An article published in the newspaper La Vanguardia analyzes the results of the PISA report related to the understanding of and interest in science. To evaluate the results, the newspaper has consulted various experts, among these Joan J. Guinovart, IRB Barcelona director. According to Guinovart, “we have three tools to maintain Catalonia’s scientific level: building talent through our students, and it seems like this is not being done; attracting talent like they do in the US, which we are getting better at; and retaining talent”.
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).
