A discussion was chaired by the Regional Minister of Culture, Xesús Vázquez Abad, and which was also attended by the rector of the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Juan Casares Long; ConCiencia program director, Jorge Mira, CIMUS researcher, Anxo Vidal and director of the City of Culture Foundation, Beatriz Gonzalez Loroño.

Before the talk, the Nobel Prize offered a scientific seminar in the building Novoa Santos of the University Hospital of Santiago, where they met a large group of scientists CHUS, which said its investigations. After this talk, Tim Hunt, visited the facilities of CIMUS and this is where he held several private meetings with various groups of medical research, including one of the scientists with a Starting Grant winners. The Nobel Prize highlighted the great potential of research groups from Campus Vida.

In the afternoon there was a conference in the City of Culture, where Sir. Tim Hunt tries to answer the question how on and off the “engine” that regulates cell division?. Tim Hunt told the audience how it works that switch driven by chemical modifications.

On Tuesday, Sir. Tim Hunt, gave a press conference where he said that cuts in investment in research because of the crisis are “bad news” and “significant risk” to advance scientific discovery, while he assured that “for the moment “prevention” remains the best way to prevent cancer“.

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