# Fernando Peláez

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## TL;DR

Biologist and long-time CNIO director of biotechnology programmes who became Acting Scientific Director of Spain's national cancer research centre in 2025.

## Summary

Fernando Peláez is Acting Scientific Director of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO) in Madrid, following the 2025 departure of María Blasco. A biologist with a background in natural-products drug discovery, he previously directed CNIO's Biotechnology Programme. In September 2025 the CNIO Board of Trustees proposed Raúl Rabadán as the centre's next Scientific Director, with Peláez holding the acting role in the interim.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; drug discovery; basic science
- Role: Acting Scientific Director
- Specialisms: Drug discovery; Microbiology; Research management

## Sources

- Institution profile: https://www.cnio.es/en/about-the-cnio/
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Pelaez+F%5BAuthor%5D+CNIO

## Connected records

- institutions: [Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)](https://onco.cc/institutions/cnio/)
- journals: [Nature](https://onco.cc/journals/nature/), [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences](https://onco.cc/journals/pnas/), [Science](https://onco.cc/journals/science/)

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