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The scientific community in Spain is worried about the announcement of the Spanish government of reducing the research budget in 2010. Newspaper La Vanguardia collects the opinions of outstanding researchers, amongst them Joan J Guinovart, IRB Barcelona director and president of the Confederation of Science Societies in Spain (COSCE).
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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).
