Eduard Batlle#
| Membership Number: | 7311 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Affiliated section(s): | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.irbbarcelona.org/es/research/colorectal-cancer-laboratory |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2422-0326 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduard-batlle-28109a66/?originalSubdomain=es |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2004 ICREA Research Professor
- 2004 Principal Investigator, IRB Barcelona
- 2005 Chairman of the Cancer Science Programme, IRB Barcelona
- 2005 Member of the Executive Committee, IRB Barcelona
- 2000 - 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Prof. Hans Clevers Lab, Hubrecht Laboratorium, Utrecht, Netherlands
- 1999 - 2000 Postdoctoral Fellow. Prof. Miguel Beato’s Lab, IMT, Marburg, Germany
- 1995 - 1999 PhD in Biology, University of Barcelona (UB), Spain, Prof. Antonio García de Herrero’s Lab, Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
- 1993 BSc in Biological Sciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
Fields of Scholarship
- Cell plasticity
- TGF-beta
- Metastasis
- Therapeutic antibody
- Colorectal cancer
- Immune evasion
- Chemotherapy resistant persister cells
- Cancer relapse
- Poor prognosis
- Cancer stem cells
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Elected European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Member
- 2024 FCRi National Prize from the Catalonian Government
- 2023 Gold Medal of the Red Cross
- 2022 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (1 in 1000 reseachers worldwide)
- 2021 Rei Jaume-I Award in Medical Research
- 2019 City of Barcelona Award in Life Sciences
- 2018 Medal from the International Foundation Olof Palme
- 2017 Francisco Cobos Foundation Award to Biomedical Research
- 2016 Carmen y Severo Foundation Ochoa Award
- 2016 Lilly Foundation Award in Pre-clinical studies
- 2015 Life Sciences National Award from Caja Rural de Granada Foundation
- 2014 The Pezcoller foundation-EACR Cancer Researcher Award
- 2013 Joseph Steiner Cancer Research Award (Berna, Switzerland)
- 2013 National Award in Cancer Research “Doctores Diz-Pintado”
- 2010 Banc de Sabadell Award for Research in Biomedicine
- 2006 Debiopharm Life Sciences Award (Lausanne, Switzerland)
- European Research Council grants
- 2019 ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-AdvG)
- 2013 ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-AdvG)
- 2007 ERC Starting Grant (ERC-StG)
