The council acknowledges Salvador Aznar Benitah for his research, published in Nature, identifying metastasis-initiating cells through a specific marker, namely the protein CD36. Found in the membranes of tumour cells, this protein is responsible for taking up fatty acids. CD36 activity and dependence on lipid (fat) metabolism distinguish metastasis-initiating cells from other tumour cells.<\/p>\n
The award ceremony, which will be presided over by the\u00a0Mayor\u00a0of\u00a0Barcelona,\u00a0Ada Colau, and the Deputy\u00a0Mayor\u00a0for Enterprise,\u00a0Culture\u00a0and\u00a0Innovation,\u00a0Jaume Collboni, will take place on February 16th in the Sal\u00f3 de Cent of the Barcelona City Council.<\/p>\n
\nAwards for creativity, research and quality\u00a0production made in Barcelona<\/strong><\/p>\n Through this annual prize, the Barcelona City Council recognises high quality creativity, research and quality production by individuals, groups or organisations in Barcelona. The winners are chosen by a jury of renowned representatives from each sector, who evaluate all the projects in each field.<\/p>\n This is the second time an IRB Barcelona\u2019s researcher has won this award. Ernest Giralt, Group Leader of the Peptides and Proteins Laboratory, received it in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Barcelona City Council has announced the 2016 \u201cPremi Ciutat de Barcelona\u201d<\/a> awardees, the highest recognition that the city gives to its citizens. Salvador Aznar Benitah, ICREA researcher at IRB Barcelona<\/a>\u00a0based at PCB,\u00a0has been recognized in the Life Sciences category\u00a0for the relevance of his work for metastasis research.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n