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The jury recognizes IRB Barcelona’s adjunct director for his institutional leadership, scientific rigour, and work ethic
The Lluís Carulla Foundation has awarded the 36th Lluís Carulla Prize of Honour, for the year 2012, to IRB Barcelona adjunct director, Joan Massagué, a world leader in research on cancer, cell regulation and the mechanisms of metastasis. The jury paid tribute to “his institutional leadership, scientific rigour and work ethic.”
The Lluís Carulla Honour Award, celebrated since 1977 and with a value of €50,000 euros, is awarded to people or organizations, who through their scientific, cultural or civic activities, have helped to strengthen awareness of the Catalan community and the sense of belonging to the culture of Catalan-speaking regions.
The award ceremony will take place on Monday, November 12, at 7pm in the Saló de Cent of Barcelona’s City Hall. Mayor Xavier Trias will preside.
More information: Fundació Lluís Carulla
Complete Press Release by Fundació Lluís Carulla (PDF)
About IRB Barcelona
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).
