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The journalist Michele Catanzaro publishes an article in “El Periódico” about the "The Big Van Theory", 12 science comedians that tour Spain explaining science in a fun way and that have already performed to 7,000 people in places as diverse as discos, theatres, OAP centres, and in the recent Mobile Congress in Barcelona.
The IRB PhD student Helena González is one of the members of this group of scientists turned actors that has performances booked up to the end of the year.
Read the article in “El Periódico” (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).
