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Guinovart: “We must find the way to prevent the existing gap between postdoctoral and group leader positions”

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“La 2” has broadcasted the “Soy Cámara” television programme “¿Dónde están las mujeres?” (“Where are women?”), made in collaboration with the CCCB. Addressing the limited presence of women in leading scientific research, the programme interviews various female researchers who currently occupy top positions in science, as well as Joan Guinovart, director of IRB Barcelona.

See the programme at the CCCB (25:29 minutes, in Spanish)

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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).