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Joan Massagué, IRB Barcelona adjunct director, is one of the 15 authorities invited by the newspaper El Punt Avui to talk about the challenges for 2013. In his article entitled "Avancem amb la ciència" (we advance with science), Massagué lobbies for investment in science to continue in order to ensure the future of Catalonia.
Read Massagué's article in El Punt Avui (PDF in Catalan)
Read the full supplement in El Punt Avui (PDF in Catalan)
Link to the El Punt Avui
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).
