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“La Vanguardia” and “El Periódico” have devoted a column to the Barcelona International Youth Science Challenge, the new initiative promoted by the Catalunya - La Pedrera Foundation in which IRB Barcelona will participate this summer.
Consisting of a summer camp for young people aged between 16 and 19 from around the world with talent for science, the activity will include the participation of 10 prestigious research centres in Catalonia.
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).
