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S. Aznar Benitah: "No country can keep going with only centres of excellence"

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Interview with Salvador Aznar Benitah in El Mundo, Salud, regarding his recruitment to IRB Barcelona. The newspaper also devotes an article to skin stem cells.

Read the interview in El Mundo:

"Universities are in an alarming position, the cuts are devastating" (in Spanish)

Read the article about the scientific advancement in El Mundo:

The internal clock of skin stem cells protects us against UV radiation (in Spanish)

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).