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On Monday December 13, the director of the Institute of Research in Biomedicine, Joan J. Guinovart, the rector of the University of Lleida, Joan Viñas, the doctor in medicine, Ramon Bartron, the vet and ex-rector of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Lluís Ferrer, and the scholar of Romanic Studies, Vicente Beltrán were named tenured members of the Institute of Catalan Studies.
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).
