Joan Seoane Suárez is a doctor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and an ICREA researcher at the Vall de Hebron Institute of Oncology, where he directs his own scientific group. Between 1998 and 2003 he worked at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. His professional career has focused on research into the molecular processes found at the beginning of cancer. More specifically, Joan Seoane has investigated glioma, one of the most aggressive brain tumors, with the aim of finding therapies that can combat it. His career has been recognized with different awards, including the Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Foundation Award 2013. In addition, he is the president and co-founder of Mosaico Biomedicals, a spin-off of the Vall de Hebron Institute of Oncology that has had great success. recognition among the biotechnology sector.