BIOVEGEN is part of the jury of the 2021 National Biotechnology Award

BIOVEGEN was part of the jury of the National Biotechnology Award that met on February 25 in a meeting, both in person, from the ISDE School in Madrid, and in virtual format. He National Biotechnology Award, an award created by the Aliter business school that this year has had the collaboration of the ISDE school, Empireo and EuroGalenus, has gone this year to Francisco Juan Martínez Mojica (Francis Mojica), doctor, professor and professor at the University of Alicante.

The jury was made up of different personalities linked to biotechnology: Fernando Peláez (CSIC), Lluís Montoliú (CNB-CSIC), Rosario Cospedal (Genomics), Claudia Jiménez (Algenex), Rogelio Pardo (Madrid BioCluster), José Antonio Plaza ( Association of Biotechnology Communicators), Isabel García (InnorMadrid), José Luis Enríquez (Atrys Health), Gonzaga Ruíz de Gauna (BIOVEGEN), Belén Barreiro (Ingenasa), Carlos Cosculluela (DRO Foundation), Carlos Rodríguez-Villa (AlgaEnergy), José Mota (LabinBiotech), Carlos del Fresno (Empireo), Luis Truchado (EuroGalenus), Mari Cruz Delgado (ISDE) and Martín Hernández-Palacios leading this group of experts as president of the jury and founder of the contest.

The jury wanted to highlight the crucial role of Francis Mojica in the development of CRISPR as transversal tools that have revolutionized practically all biotechnologies, of all colors, from bacteria to humans, including plants and animals. The award ceremony will take place at the end of March in Madrid.