Luis Liz Marzán, Scientific Director of CIC biomaGUNE and Ikerbasque programme researcher, has been elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC), an independent international association that aims to recognise and elect to its membership the best European scientists. This election to EURASC, made with the full backing of the Executive Committee, is further recognition of the international prestige of the Scientific Director of the Basque research centre.