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El Mundo reports on the course "Crazy about Biomedicine".
Organised by IRB Barcelona and the Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, this initiative seeks to stimulate scientific talent among baccalaureate students. After its initiation at IRB Barcelona, the "Crazy” programme has expanded out of biomedicine and into new centres working in other disciplines. The journalist Andrea Pelayo, who attended one of the practical sessions at IRB Barcelona, spoke to the students Marc Duque and Diana Yang, and the teachers Jordina Guillén and Natalia Trempolec.
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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).
