François Gros | |
Birth Date: | 24 April 1925 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Fields: | biochemistry |
Workplaces: | Pasteur Institute |
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François Gros (in French pronounced as /fʁɑ̃swa ɡʁo/; 24 April 1925 – 18 February 2022) was 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]
Gros died on 18 February 2022, at the age of 96.[4]