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Guinovart "We teach science strictly and that doesn't arouse interest"

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"La Verdad de Murcia" carries an interview with IRB Barcelona director Joan J. Guinovart about the talk "Understanding Diabetes" that he gave at the "Fundación de Estudios Médicos Segura de Molina" on 11 April. Guinovart remarks on the increase in the number of cases of diabetes type 2 and the studies underway in his "Metabolic Engineering and Diabetes Lab". In the interview, he also comments on science education and science policy in Spain.

Read the interview in "La Verdad de Murcia" (PDF 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).