president of the Executive Committee of ALBA synchrotron
Doctor Ramon Pascual presides over the Executive Committee of the consortium that manages the recently inaugurated ALBA synchrotron, the most important scientific facility ever built in Spain. He is a physicist at the UAB and has worked for nearly two decades to create a synchrotron light laboratory in Catalonia. Pascual should be considered one of the fathers of this great project.
Antonio Parente, CEO and cofounder of Lipotec Group, has been named the new president of the CataloniaBio association for the next four years. The new head of the Catalan Association of Biotechnology Companies takes over for Carlos Buesa and will face the challenge of promoting the sector as a driving force for the economy and knowledge in our region.