François Gros (French pronunciation: [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]

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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]

• François Gros obituary in Nature