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The “Acércate a nuestros científicos” section of the website run by the “Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular (SEBBM)” devotes its latest edition to the director of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Joan Guinovart. Through the article entitled “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, Guinovart explains his main areas of research, which focus on the study of glycogen metabolism and the contribution of this process to human disease.
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).
