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Several media have echoed the award of the Creu of Sant Jordi award 2014 to the director of the IRB Joan Guinovart Cirera for his contribution to the world of research and the scientific projection of Catalonia. The Creu Sant Jordi is an award that aims to distinguish those individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievements have provided services in Catalonia.
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1 April 2014
Joan Guinovart awarded the prestigious Creu de Sant Jordi
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).
