Petit Christine, Kourilsky Philippe
C R Biol. 2024 Mar 29;346(S2):3-8. doi: 10.5802/crbiol.146.
François Gros, a biologist by training, began his research at the Institut Pasteur. In 1961, he discovered the molecular nature of the proposed intermediary between the gene and the protein, a so-called messenger RNA (mRNA), and determined its main characteristics. The author of numerous books, François Gros has helped shape and enlightened the birth of molecular biology and the development of related biotechnologies since the 1970s. He was Professor at the Collège de France and Permanent Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences. Within the Academy, he initiated the creation of a committee for developing countries (COPED). François Gros was a humanist driven by moral rigour and an unfailing sense of commitment.
弗朗索瓦·格罗斯是一名科班出身的生物学家，他在巴斯德研究所开始了自己的研究。1961年，他发现了基因与蛋白质之间假定的中间体的分子本质，即所谓的信使核糖核酸（mRNA），并确定了其主要特征。弗朗索瓦·格罗斯著有多部书籍，自20世纪70年代以来，他助力塑造并启发了分子生物学的诞生以及相关生物技术的发展。他曾是法兰西公学院教授及法国科学院常任秘书。在科学院内部，他发起成立了一个面向发展中国家的委员会（COPED）。弗朗索瓦·格罗斯是一位受道德严谨性和始终不渝的责任感驱使的人文主义者。
