Antonio García-Bellido

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)
Alma materComplutense 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, 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

  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; Cassandra Extavour (24 June 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. ISSN 0027-8424. 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.
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