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Helena González, a “La Caixa” PhD student in Travis Stracker’s lab and member of the scientific monologue group “The Big Van Theory”, appears in an interview on the back page of “El Periódico de Catalunya“. In the interview she explains how she balances (combines her two skills, namely science and clown performances.
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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).
