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Antonio García-Bellido

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Antonio García-Bellido
Born
Antonio García-Bellido y García de Diego

(1936-04-30)30 April 1936
Madrid, Spain
Died10 November 2025(2025-11-10) (aged 89)
EducationComplutense University of Madrid
University of Cambridge
AwardsPremio México de Ciencia y Tecnología (2006)
Scientific career
Doctoral students
Ginés Morata[1]

Antonio García-Bellido y García de Diego ForMemRS (30 April 1936 – 10 November 2025) was a Spanish developmental biologist.[2] His ideas and new approaches to the problem of development have been followed and pursued by many researchers worldwide.[3] García-Bellido was research professor at the Spanish National Research Council from 1974[citation needed], conducted research at the Center for Molecular Biology in Madrid for over 30 years, and supervised 22 PhD students.[4] He was elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1986[5] and as an International Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1987.[6] In 2012, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Developmental Biology.[7] He died on 10 November 2025, at the age of 89.[8]

References

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  1. ↑ Morata, Ginés (2006). "Ginés Morata". Current Biology. 16 (23): R976–R977. Bibcode:2006CBio...16.R976M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.10.047. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 17195314. S2CID 26806100.
  2. ↑ "ANTONIO GARCÍA BELLIDO: Un científico iconoclasta". El País. 2006-09-10.
  3. ↑ Ghysen, Alain (2009). "Ontogeny of an adventurous mind: The origin of Antonio Garcia-Bellidos contributions to developmental genetics". The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 53 (8–9–10): 1277–90. doi:10.1387/ijdb.072384ag. PMID 19247947.
  4. ↑ Jose F. de Celis; Luis A. Baena-López; Antonio Baonza; Extavour, Cassandra (2026). "Antonio García-Bellido: A brief history of flies, lineages, and a new developmental genetic logic". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 123 (26). doi:10.1073/pnas.2614026123. Wikidata Q140845954.
  5. ↑ "Professor Antonio Garcia-Bellido FRS | Royal Society Fellow". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  6. ↑ "Antonio Garcia-Bellido – NAS". www.nasonline.org/. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  7. ↑ "García-Bellido". www.sdbonline.org. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  8. ↑ "Muere Antonio García-Bellido, descubridor de las fronteras invisibles dentro de los seres vivos". El País. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.