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(From left to right): Dr José Antonio Gutiérrez, Lilly Foundation honorary advisor; awardees Dr Luis Alberto Moreno Aznar and Dr Eduard Batlle; and Dr José Antonio Sacristán, director of the Lilly Foundation
Institutional
Eduard Batlle, Lilly Foundation Prize: “In five years’ time we will have treatments for colon cancer metastasis”
Protein Androgen Receptor forms aggregatesthat damage muscle and motor neuron cells in Kennedy's Disease (B. Eftekharzadeh, IRB Barcelona)
Scientific - Advances in Kennedy's Disease published in Biophysical Journal
Discovery of molecular protection linked to a degenerative neuromuscular disease
Innovation
Guinovart, at the Kinnernet international meeting of innovators in Catalonia
Innovation
Lluís Ribas: "We look for answers about the origin and evolution of life"
(from left to right) Dr Castells, Dr Eduard Batlle, Dr Elena Élez, and chair Josep Corbella, health journalist at La Vanguardia (A Ros, IRB Barcelona)
Institutional
Eduard Batlle: “The immune system is incredibly powerful against tumours”
3D respresentation of a transfer RNA (tRNA). These molecules are crucial for the translation of genes into proteins and they are also the reason why the genetic code cannot exceed 20 amino acid. (Author: Pablo Dans, IRB Barcelona)
Scientific - Published in Science Advances
Discovery of a fundamental limit to the evolution of the genetic code
Institutional
Wine-tasting against cancer
Institutional
Maria Macias: “Structural biologists are as meticulous as watchmakers”
Breast tumours have high levels of LIPG expression (F Slebe, IRB Barcelona)
Innovation - Published in Nature Communications
Researchers discover that breast cancer tumour growth is dependent on lipid availability

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