François Jacob
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Scientists, Genetics
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, French History
Article abstract: Jacob shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with André Lwoff and Jacques Monod, for their collaborative discoveries concerning the genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis. These studies were a landmark in the evolving area of molecular biology. They spanned virology, biochemistry, and microbiology.
Early Life
The Nobel Prize-winning French molecular biologist François Jacob was born in Nancy, the only child of Simon Jacob and Thérèse (née Franck) Jacob. Jacob was reared in the Jewish religion. In his...
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