IRB Barcelona News - Institutional

• 4 March 2010
  IRB Barcelona runs for Chile

  The Chilean community at the institute organises two initiatives to raise funds for the Teletón Foundation of Chile.

• 26 February 2010
  Joan Massagué named Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Jaén

  The Senate of the University of Jaén has awarded an honorary degree to the scientist Joan Massagué, adjunct director of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Chairman of the Cancer Biology and Genetics Programme at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

• 13 January 2010
  IRB Barcelona scientists join forces in a Consolider project in molecular oncology

  The consortium involves the research group headed by María J. Macías, specialist in the determination of biomolecular structures.

• 21 December 2009
  Joan Massagué receives the International Prize of the Santiago Dexeus Font Foundation
• 3 December 2009
  IRB Barcelona to participate in the "2009 Nobel Prizes" lectures, organized by the Catalan Academy of Sciences

  Researcher Ignasi Fita will explain the importance of the discovery of the structure and function of the ribosome.

• 3 December 2009
  Joan Massagué, named Ambassador of the Catalonia BioRegion
• 1 December 2009
  IRB Barcelona to participate in a CENIT consortium on cancer research

  The group headed by González joins the ONCOLOGICA project, managed by PharmaMar.

• 20 November 2009
  The “Marató de TV3” funds an IRB Barcelona project on mental illnesses

  The researcher Teresa Tarragó receives 200,000 euros to study the cognitive deficit associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

• 12 November 2009
  Science Week 2009 at the IRB Barcelona

  As part of the 14th Science Week which is being held this year from the 13th to the 24th of November, the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) participates in a series of scientific dissemination activities organized by the Barcelona Science Park (PCB): open house sessions “Come and do an Express Doctorate!” and the cycle of scientific workshops “Engage in Research!”, in which those attending can learn about and perform some of the experiments currently being conducted at the laboratories.

• 9 November 2009
  PCB and IRB Barcelona host a Career Opportunities Event for Students and Young Researchers

  The Barcelona Science Park (PCB) and the IRB Barcelona are holding a career opportunities event for students and young researchers on Thursday, December 3.