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Joan Massagué, whose research has furthered understanding of the migration of tumour cells toward other organs—a process known as metastasis—is one of the three winners, together with the oncologists Manel Esteller and Josep Baselga, of the 28th Catalonia International Prize “for his ground-breaking research, especially in oncology, that has made a significant contribution to advances in global medicine”.
During the award ceremony, Massagué mentioned the 10 principles of "science building". The newspaper “La Vanguardia” publishes an article about his speech.
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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).
