The Fundación Científica Caja Rural de Soria (FCCR) presents Salvador Aznar Benitah with a prize for his research on cancer. This award is given in recognition of the "exceptional work" done by the ICREA researcher and group leader of the Stem Cells and Cancer Lab at IRB Barcelona.
As part of the award, Salvador Aznar Benitah will be presenting his findings in metastasis research in the opening session of the Soria Health Congress 2017, on October 19.
“It is a great honour and it strengthens my commitment to continuing my research with the highest standards,” says the IRB Barcelona group leader.
Eight IRB Barcelona group leaders are currently members of the European Molecular Biology Organization.
Several media have echoed the election of Núria López-Bigas, ICREA Research Professor and group leader of the Biomedical Genomics Lab at IRB Barcelona, as European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Member.
EMBO has announced the membership of 65 new outstanding life scientists—these joining a group of more than 1700 of the best researchers in Europe and around the world.
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Selected Media Mentions
The leading UK charity funding research into cancer, Worldwide Cancer Research, devotes a report to Salvador Aznar-Benitah's work on two new proteins that, when faulty, can allow cancer to develop.
Published in the journal eLife, the study reports a key role for the Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b proteins in protecting cells from cancer.
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