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A delegation of the Consular Corps accredited in Barcelona visits the Barcelona Science Park

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 17.05.2012

A delegation of the Consular Corps accredited in Barcelona visits the Barcelona Science Park

A prominent representation of the Consular Corps accredited in Barcelona today visited the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), as part of an initiative by the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Generalitat of Catalonia, with the support of the Biocat (Bioregion Catalonia), the purpose of which is to inform diplomatic representatives of the international mainstays for innovation in our country.


The welcome ceremony, which was held at the Antonio Caparros Auditorium of the PCB, was chaired by Senen Florensa, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Generalitat of Catalonia, with presentations by Salvador Maliquer, general director of PCB, and Montserrat Vendrell, general director of Biocat, which offered attendees a brief overview of the organizations they represent. At the end of the event, there was a round of questions and answers for those present in the audience.

Next,, the group was taken on a tour of the facilities of the National Center for Genome Analysis (CNAG), created in 2009 with the support of the former Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Government of Catalonia as a platform integrated into the PCB Foundation, with the mission of ensuring the international competitiveness of our country in the strategic area of genomics.

The participants were accompanied by Jesus Purroy, scientific director of the PCB, and David Badia, managing director of the of CNAG, which gave the visitors the opportunity to see firsthand the lines of research activity being carried out, its strategic potential from the economic point of view, as well as its impact within the field of R & D+I.

At present, the CNAG has a team of 40 highly qualified professionals and is equipped with 12 latest generation sequencers, which has enabled the center to obtain a sequencing capacity of up to 600 Gbases/day, the equivalent of sequencing six human genomes per day. This positions the CNAG as the second center with the largest sequencing capacity in Europe.

The consular delegation was composed of diplomatic representatives from 27 countries: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Slovenia, Finland, France, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey, Czech Republic and China.