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The co-founder of IRB Barcelona and president of its External Advisory Board receives today, together with Manel Esteller and Josep Baselga, the Catalonia International Award presented by the Government of Catalonia.
The annual award recognizes individuals across the world who have made decisive contributions to foster endeavours of cultural, scientific or human significance. This year's jury selected the trio of eminent researchers "for their revolutionary work in oncology, which has contributed to the advancement of biomedicine at the international level."
Joan Massagué (Barcelona, 1953) played a key role in the establishment and development of IRB Barcelona, and is currently the chair of its External Advisory Board, the body responsible for evaluating and guiding the scientific strategy of the centre. Massagué is director of the Sloan Kettering Institute in New York. He is renowned for his contributions to understanding the migration of tumour cells toward other organs, or metastasis.
For more information: Catalonia International Award
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).
