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Today the cofounder and current president of the International Scientific Board of IRB receives the highest recognition in the field of culture in Catalonia
Today, 2 June, Joan Massagué has been presented the highest accolade in the field of culture in Catalonia, the 2014 National Culture Award, in an act held in the Teatre Josep Maria de Sagarra in Santa Coloma de Gramenet.
The Consell Nacional de la Cultura i de les Arts (CoNCA), an organisation comprising distinguished members of cultural sectors, has awarded Joan Massagué in recognition of his tireless research to beat cancer metastasis, work that has made him an international reference in in this field of research.
His recent discoveries, from the prestigious Sloan Kettering Institute of New York that he heads, have allowed the identification of the genes and mechanisms involved in metastasis of the bone, lungs and brain, and have contributed to opening up new approaches to prevent the fatal outcome of this disease.
Joan Massagué i Solé (Barcelona, 1953)
A graduate in Pharmacy and holding a PhD in Biochemistry, in 1982 he moved to the US. He is currently the director of the prestigious Sloan Kettering Institute of New York. He was the cofounder and adjunct director of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), where he now holds the position of President of the International Scientific Board. He is a world reference in the signalling pathways and transcriptional programmes that determine cell behaviour and cancer metastasis.
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).
