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Journalist Malen Ruiz de Elvira devotes a feature article to IRB Barcelona in the blog “Amigos de la Ciencia” (Friends of Science), promoted by FECYT, the Spanish Foundation of Science and Technology. Ruiz de Elvira has written a chronicle entitled "Locos por la biomedicina" (Crazy about biomedicine). During the visit to the center, she spoke to director Joan Guinovart, one of the group leaders in the Oncology programme, Angel R. Nebreda, a PhD student, Laura Boulan in Milán's lab, and the head of the Innovation department, Cristina Horcajada.
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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).
