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Sarah Sherwood, head of Communications and External Relations and coordinator of the programme “Crazy About Biomedicine” explains on Catalunya Ràdio the main objectives of this year-long workshop in the life sciences for high-school students. “It is our duty as research institutes of excellence to be involved in the education of young people and to foster scientific vocation." She continues, “there will always be a need for good and passionate researchers in lifes sciences here and worldwide”. IRB Barcelona is organizing the course in collaboration with the Catalunya Caixa Foundation.
Link to the IRB Barcelona news article about Crazy about biomedicine
Listen to the interviews on the Catalunya Ràdio podcast:
http://www.catradio.cat/audio/671879/Bloc-horari-(15102012-1100) (min 50:09 - min 54:48)
http://www.catradio.cat/audio/671883/Bloc-horari-(15102012-1200) (min 41:29 - 45:08)
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).
