Narcís Monturiol Medal
Professor Antonio Villaverde, Full Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Genetics and Microbiology at the UAB, and leader of the research group on Innovative Biopharmaceuticals (https://portalrecerca.uab.cat/ca/organisations/bio-f%C3%A0rmacs -innovators) of the IBB-UAB and of Nanobiotecnología (https://www.ciber-bbn.es/grupos/grupo-de-investigacion?id=3632) of the IBB/UAB/CIBER-BBN, has received the Narcís Monturiol 2024 medal awarded by the Government of Catalonia for scientific and technological merit (https://www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-premsa/detall-noticia/el-govern-concedeix-una-medalla-narcis- monturiol-al-professor-antonio-villaverde-1345829508832.html?detid=1345915180700).
These awards, instituted in 1982, distinguish individuals and entities for their outstanding contri