Yesterday, Wednesday 8th May 2019, the commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) took place in the Paranymph of the historic building of the University of Barcelona. The event was chaired by Dr Dom\u00e8nec Espriu, vice-rector of research, and included the speeches of the current director of IDIBELL, Dr Gabriel Capell\u00e0, the general director of Health Research and Innovation in the government\u2019s Health Department, Dr. Albert Barber\u00e1, as well as other representatives of the main partnersr of the institute.<\/p>\n
Dr. Capell\u00e1 thanked the work of researchers, support staff and former directors, offering a brief evaluation of IDIBELL’s trajectory since its beginning. The director of IDIBELL expressed the will to keep growing and integrating basic research and clinical research throughout the coming years. “It has not been easy, but it definitely looks good” he declared.<\/p>\n
The event continued with the screening of a video gathering the voices of several IDIBELL researchers reflecting on the work and impact of the institute since its foundation. Their stories will be unveiled throughout the year through 15 commemorative video-capsules. Within its anniversary as well, IDIBELL will organise its first open day, that will take place next autumn.<\/p>\n
Dr. Salvador Macip, researcher at the University of Leicester and renowned writer, offered the keynote lecture entitled \u201cA brighter future? How biomedicine is changing our lives\u201d. Macip stressed the importance of transversal and pioneering research such as the one IDIBELL carries out, talking about the current trends in biomedical research and encouraging all researchers in the field. \u201cBiomedicine opens the door to many possibilities, not only in health but also with regards to how humans will age and look like in the future\u201c said Macip, who added that \u201cwith all these possible outcomes, we must discuss now what the rules for the future should be\u201d.<\/p>\n
Later on, attendees could enjoy the premiere of the piece Eureka!, composed by Xavier Pag\u00e8s-Corella on this special occasion. Performed by the pianist David Casanova, Eureka! is inspired by the discovery of Archimedes\u2019 well-known principle named after himself, transmitting, through frenetic rhythms, sonorities in the piano and the voice of the interpreter, the growing excitement that the researcher might have felt.<\/p>\n
Dr. Ana Clop\u00e9s, Deputy Director-General of the Catalan Institute of Oncology, and Dr. Montserrat Figuerola, Manager of the Southern Metropolitan Area of the Catalan Institute of Health, congratulated IDIBELL for its collaborative spirit in the past 15 years and encouraged it to maintain it, in order to keep pushing research forward and saving lives. \u201cWith a big alliance between research institutions we can keep growing and face the future with the true conviction to end up playing in the top leagues\u201d reinforced Dr Albert Barber\u00e0.<\/p>\n
The event, organized thanks to the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECY), ended with a sweet touch in the garden of the classic University building, where the celebration was accompanied by a birthday cake specially made by the Hofmann school.<\/p>\n
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