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nahia.barberia@irbbarcelona.org
IRB Barcelona Director and Adjunct Director Joan Guinovart and Joan Massagué made it for a fourth consecutive year to the 2008 ranking of the top 25 most influential scientists in Spain, published this January by the Spanish newspaper El Mundo. Guinovart was chosen for his task leading IRB Barcelona and the Confederation of Scientific Spanish Societies (COSCE) and for his pioneer work on diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases, and Massagué for his breakthrough research on metastasis.
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).
