BIST celebrates the graduation of the fifth class of the Master of Multidisciplinary Research in Experimental Sciences

by Virginia Greco

The graduation ceremony coincided with the opening of the new academic year, in the presence of the 2022-2023 edition’s students.

In a ceremony that took place at La Pedrera Auditorium on 12 September 2022, BIST celebrated the graduation of the 2021-2022 class of the Master of Multidisciplinary Research in Experimental Sciences (MMRES), the fifth edition since the Master's Programme was launched back in September 2017. The ceremony brought together 85 students and supervisors from all MMRES editions, including the 22 students of the 2022-2023 class.

The ceremony was opened by Prof. Joan Guinovart, Academic Director of the BIST Dolors Aleu Graduate Center, while Dr. Rubén Vicente, researcher at Pompeu Fabra University and MMRES academic coordinator of the first five MMRES editions, gave the keynote lecture. Some of the previous editions’ students were also called on stage to share their experiences and talk about the Programme.

Also participated in the event Prof. Roderic Guigó, researcher at the CRG and MMRES co-director, Dr. Núria Bayó, BIST Director of Programmes and MMRES co-coordinator, and Dr. Robert Sewell, Head of academics’ affairs at ICFO and MMRES co-director. The event was closed by BIST president Prof. Andreu Mas-Colell.