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The newspaper ‘El Economista’, devoted to the economy and the stock market, has published an article on the investment of the Obra Social ‘la Caixa’ in training for young researchers. 18,4 million euros will be assigned to financing the doctoral studies of 160 young people, 40 each year during 4 years. The beneficiaries of the ‘la Caixa’ grants will join one of the four leading biomedical centres in Spain, namely the National Cancer Centre (CNIO), the National Center for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the IRB Barcelona.
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).
