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The latest issue of the Spanish newspaper “El Mundo” features an interview with five geniuses of cutting-edge science whose scientific careers are being carved between Spain and the US. Ordovás, Izpisúa, Baselga, Fuster, and Joan Massagué (adjunct director of the IRB Barcelona) agree that the key to success has been sleeping very little and working very hard. "Common sense and moderation" is Massagué’s recipe to survive the jet lag involved in working places 6,000 Km apart.
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).
