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Interview with the Nobel prize Tim Hunt published in Science that the correspondent of Science Carrers in Barcelona, Elisabeth Pain, did during the first IRB Barcelona PostDoc Day. Hunt gave the plenary session of the postdoctoral researchers session. Hunt, who won the Nobel Prize in 2001 for the discovery of cyclins, expose which are the key points that led him to success during his scientific career.

 

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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).