Joan Massagué will give the 2014 Taulí Scholarship keynote address in an event open to the public
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Dr. Joan Massagué is one of the most prestigious researchers worldwide and an international leader in the study of cancer metastases. He is director of the Sloan-Kettering Institute, one of the most important cancer research centers in the United States, and president of the International Scientific Committee of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Institute (IRB).
The award ceremony of the Taulí Scholarships, promoted by the Fundació Parc Taulí, is one of the most emblematic events of the Parc Taulí Health Corporation.
The Catalan scientist Joan Massagué will give the keynote speech 'Shelling the metastasis' at the Taulí Scholarships ceremony, which will take place on 22 December, at 13 pm, in the new Taulí Auditorium. The event is open to the public.
Taulí Grants
The award ceremony of the Taulí Scholarships, promoted by the Fundació Parc Taulí, is one of the most emblematic events of the Parc Taulí Health Corporation. The accumulated endowment since its creation is almost 1,4 million euros.
These funds are generated by research and innovation developed by the institution's own professionals. A very relevant figure, given that it is the result only of the efforts of professionals, which gives sustainability to these scholarships, even in the current context of budgetary and economic difficulties, without subsidies.
In this 16th call, to which 100 projects are eligible, an initial endowment of € 100.000 is awarded, which will be used to provide grants to encourage initiation into research, for the evaluation and improvement of innovative healthcare processes, for the excellence in research, for innovation projects, for the best processes and also for the initiation in research of Medical students of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), of which the Parc Taulí is Teaching Unit.
In the 16th call for Taulí Scholarships, all nursing doctors, graduates and graduates who are on staff or contract in the institutions of the Parc Taulí Health Corporation, doctors specializing in last and penultimate year training and students can apply of 4th, 5th or 6th year of Medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
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