BIOVEGEN was part of the jury for the National Biotechnology Award that met on February 25 in a gathering held both in person at the ISDE School in Madrid and virtually. The National Biotechnology Award, an award created by the Aliter business school, which this year counted on the collaboration of the ISDE school, Empireo, and EuroGalenus, has this year been awarded to Francisco Juan Martínez Mojica (Francis Mojica), doctor, professor, and chair at the University of Alicante.
The jury was composed of different personalities linked to biotechnology: Fernando Peláez (CSIC), Lluís Montolíu (CNB-CSIC), Rosario Cospedal (Genomics), Claudia Jiménez (Algenex), Rogelio Pardo (Madrid BioCluster), José Antonio Plaza (Biotechnology Communicators Association), Isabel García (InnorMadrid), José Luis Enríquez (Atrys Health), Gonzaga Ruiz 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 the president of the jury and founder of the event.
The jury wanted to highlight the crucial role of Francis Mojica in the development of CRISPR as cross-functional tools that have practically revolutionized all biotechnologies, in all forms, from bacteria to humans, including plants and animals. The award ceremony will take place at the end of March in Madrid.