Other Recent Honours at IRB Barcelona

The institute’s community continues to collect accolades that expand its influence in science and innovation:

• Dr. Toni Gabaldón has been elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology for his advances in comparative genomics. Dr. Toni Gabaldon among 65 Fellows elected to the American Academy of Microbiology
• Dr. Cristina Mayor-Ruiz has won Farmaindustria’s Young Researchers Award for her pioneering work on targeted protein degradation. Dr. Cristina Mayor-Ruiz, Group Leader at IRB Barcelona, ​​winner of the 60th Anniversary Farmaindustria Young Researchers Award
• Dr. Núria López-Bigas has become a member of Spain’s Royal Academy of Sciences, the first bioinformatician to do so. Dr. Núria López-Bigas - RAE: “Studying healthy tissue helps us to understand the onset of cancer”
• Dr. Xavier Salvatella has received the Manuel Rico–Bruker Prize for his research on intrinsically disordered proteins. Dr. Xavier Salvatella receives the Manuel Rico-Bruker Prize
• Dr. Joan Guinovart has been granted the COSCE Honorary Diploma for a lifetime of breakthroughs in glycogen metabolism. Dr. Joan Guinovart receives an Honorary Diploma from the Confederation of Scientific Societies of Spain (COSCE)
• Dr. Eduard Batlle has been elected to EMBO in recognition of his leadership in colorectal-cancer biology. Dr. Eduard Batlle has been elected as EMBO member
• Dr. Salvador Aznar Benitah has been named one of Cell Press’s “50 Scientists that Inspire” for his studies on circadian rhythms and metastasis. Dr. Salvador Aznar Benitah recognized as one of the '50 Scientists that Inspire' by Cell Press
• Dr. Ana Victoria Lechuga-Vieco has won the Domingo Martínez Foundation–ASEICA Cancer Research Award for her work on mitochondrial genetics. Dr. Ana Victoria Lechuga-Vieco receives the II Domingo Martínez Foundation - ASEICA Cancer Research Award