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Modesto Orozco: "Without supercomputation, biological research would stop in a question of hours"

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The journal produced by CESCA - Center  for Scientific and Academic Services in Catalonia - devotes July’s interview to IRB Barcelona researcher Modesto Orozco. Orozco, an expert in computational models for biological advancement, has achieved two highly praised awards in the last six months: an ERC Advanced Grant, the most prestigious funding awarded to projects in Europe, and his inclusion in the excusive list of researchers belonging to ICREA Academia.

Read the interview to Modesto Orozco in Teraflop magazine (PDF in Catalan)

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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).