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At the end of 2011, IRB Barcelona will host 40 PhD students supported by this organisation.
The Social Programme of “la Caixa” awards the first 40 fellowships to undertake an International PhD in biomedicine in the four leading biomedical research centres in Spain: the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), the Center for Genomic Regulation, the Spanish National Cancer Centre, and the Spanish National Center of Biotechnology. The award ceremony was chaired by the minister of Science and Technology, Cristina Garmendia, and the director general of “la Caixa, Juan María Nin. The director and adjunct director of IRB Barcelona, Joan J. Guinovart and Joan Massagué, respectively, also accompanied the students during the ceremony.
These fellowships aim to incorporate the most outstanding young talents into leading research groups that develop biomedical programmes in Spain. Last September IRB Barcelona selected 10 students from Italy, Germany, Spain, Serbia, Chile (2), the Netherlands, Ireland, Russia and Turkey.
By the end of 2011, IRB Barcelona will have 40 PhD students funded by “la Caixa”.
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).
