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The online newspaper Materia devotes an article to Spain's science policy, for which the journalist consulted principal agents in various kinds of organization. Among them two directors of "Severo Ochoa” Centres of Excellence, Joan Guinovart (IRB Barcelona) and Manuel de León (ICMAT), in addition to the tech transfer director at ICFO, Silvia Carrasco, and the vice dean for research of the “Universidad de Extremadura”, Manuel González. The main issue is how to improve results in science without increasing budget allocation in times of crisis.
Read the article here online in Materia, or PDF (in Spanish)
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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).
