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Cayetano González: Mothers, daughters, stemness, and cancer

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Cayetano González, ICREA researcher and group leader of the Cell Division Laboratory at IRB Barcelona, goes over his career in an extensive interview in The Journal of Cell Biology. González talks about his beginnings addressing cell division in flies up to using this insect as a model to study the development of cancer, a field in which he is an international authority.

Read the interview in The Journal of Cell Biology

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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).