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Francisco Gonzalo Bolivar Zapata
(born March 1948, in
Mexico City
) is a Mexican
biochemist
and professor.
After getting his PhD in
biochemistry
by the
National Autonomous University of Mexico
(UNAM), he joined the Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (now known as the Institute of Biotechnology) in the same university, undertaking studies on
Molecular Biology
and
Biotechnology
and becoming one of the most important researchers working in the development of techniques for the use and characterization of the cell genetic material.
His studies have significantly contributed the design, construction and characterization of molecular vehicles for the transfer and expression of
DNA
(Deoxyribonucleic acid). In 1977 he worked in the production of human
proteins
like
insulin
and
somatostatin
in
bacteria
using
genetic engineering
techniques.
Francisco Bolivar Zapata has been member of several expert committees in the
UNESCO
and the
WHO
, and has published over a hundred articles and books.
He is member of the
UNAM
's Board of Directors and
The National College
. He received the
Prince of Asturias Award
in 1991 and the
TWAS Prize
in 1997.
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In September 2012, he was appointed to the presidential transition team of Enrique Pena Nieto to be responsible for science, innovation, and technology. This was accompanied by a presidential pledge to invest 1% of GNP to these fields, following the recently passed law on science and technology.
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Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
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- 1981:
Alberto Sols
- 1982:
Manuel Ballester
- 1983:
Luis Antonio Santalo Sors
- 1984:
Antonio Garcia-Bellido
- 1985:
David Vazquez Martinez
and
Emilio Rosenblueth
- 1986:
Antonio Gonzalez Gonzalez
- 1987:
Jacinto Convit
and
Pablo Rudomin
- 1988:
Manuel Cardona
and
Marcos Moshinsky
- 1989:
Guido Munch
- 1990:
Santiago Grisolia
and
Salvador Moncada
- 1991:
Francisco Bolivar Zapata
- 1992:
Federico Garcia Moliner
- 1993:
Amable Linan
- 1994:
Manuel Patarroyo
- 1995:
Manuel Losada Villasante
and
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
of Costa Rica
- 1996:
Valentin Fuster
- 1997:
Atapuerca
research team
- 1998:
Emilio Mendez Perez
and
Pedro Miguel Echenique Landiribar
- 1999:
Ricardo Miledi
and
Enrique Moreno Gonzalez
- 2000:
Robert Gallo
and
Luc Montagnier
- 2001:
Craig Venter
,
John Sulston
,
Francis Collins
,
Hamilton Smith
, and
Jean Weissenbach
- 2002:
Lawrence Roberts
,
Robert E. Kahn
,
Vinton Cerf
, and
Tim Berners-Lee
- 2003:
Jane Goodall
- 2004:
Judah Folkman
,
Tony Hunter
,
Joan Massague
,
Bert Vogelstein
, and
Robert Weinberg
- 2005:
Antonio Damasio
- 2006:
Juan Ignacio Cirac
- 2007:
Peter Lawrence
and
Gines Morata
- 2008:
Sumio Iijima
,
Shuji Nakamura
,
Robert Langer
,
George M. Whitesides
, and
Tobin Marks
- 2009:
Martin Cooper
and
Raymond Tomlinson
- 2010:
David Julius
,
Baruch Minke
, and
Linda Watkins
- 2011:
Joseph Altman
,
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
, and
Giacomo Rizzolatti
- 2012:
Gregory Winter
and
Richard A. Lerner
- 2013:
Peter Higgs
,
Francois Englert
, and
European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN
- 2014:
Avelino Corma Canos
,
Mark E. Davis
, and
Galen D. Stucky
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Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
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- 2015:
Emmanuelle Charpentier
and
Jennifer Doudna
- 2016:
Hugh Herr
- 2017:
Rainer Weiss
,
Kip S. Thorne
,
Barry C. Barish
, and the
LIGO
Scientific Collaboration
- 2018:
Svante Paabo
- 2019:
Joanne Chory
and
Sandra Myrna Diaz
- 2020:
Yves Meyer
,
Ingrid Daubechies
,
Terence Tao
, and
Emmanuel Candes
- 2021:
Katalin Kariko
,
Drew Weissman
,
Philip Felgner
,
U?ur ?ahin
,
Ozlem Tureci
,
Derrick Rossi
, and
Sarah Gilbert
- 2022:
Geoffrey Hinton
,
Yann LeCun
,
Yoshua Bengio
, and
Demis Hassabis
- 2023:
Jeffrey I. Gordon
,
Everett Peter Greenberg
, and
Bonnie Bassler
- 2024:
Daniel J. Drucker
,
Jeffrey M. Friedman
,
Joel F. Habener
,
Jens Juul Holst
, and
Svetlana Mojsov
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