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“The model through which to preserve scientific excellence is that of Barça”, affirmed Joan J. Guinovart last night in the debate “How can research of excellence survive the crisis?, organized by the la Caixa Welfare Programme and the newspaper "La Vanguardia" in the CaixaForum. “Playing in the Champions League, having outstanding non-national players, great local players and promising junior players as exportable assets”, continued the director of IRB Barcelona.
Today "La Vanguardia" relates the 6-sided debate, which also involved the participation of Emilià Pola (Idibell), Montserrat Vendrell (BioCat), Jaume Bertranpetit (Icrea), Joan Comella (VHIR) and Enric Banda (Obra Social la Caixa).
Reat the chronicle (PDF Català, PDF Castellano)
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).
