François Gros
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François Gros | |
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Born | |
Citizenship | France |
Awards | Pius XI Medal (1964) Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer (1968) Order of the Polar Star (1980) Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize (1988) Order of the Rising Sun (1997) Nehru Medal (1999) Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2012) Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | biochemistry |
Institutions | Pasteur Institute |
François Gros (born 24 April 1925 in Paris) is a French biologist and one of the pioneers of cellular biochemistry in France. His scientific career concerned genes and their role in regulating cellular functions.[1]
Honorary professor at the Collège de France, member of the Institute of France, he was also director of the Pasteur Institute (1976-1982)[2] and advisor to Prime Ministers Pierre Mauroy and Laurent Fabius (1981-1985).[3]
Elected correspondent (1977) then member (1979) of the French Academy of Sciences, he was permanent secretary from 1991 to 2000.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "François Gros - Membre de l'Académie des sciences" [François Gros - Member of the French Academy of Sciences] (PDF). French Academy of Sciences (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Biographie" [Biography]. College de France (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Entretien avec Pierre Papon" [Interview with Pierre Papon]. History of the CNRS (in French). 9 May 1988. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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