François Jacob: Quick Facts


Facts

Born June 17, 1920 • Nancy • France
Died April 19, 2013 (aged 92) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1965)
Subjects Of Study bacteria • gene regulation • messenger RNA

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Jacques Monod
French biochemist
Phillip A. Sharp, 1993.
Phillip A. Sharp
American physiologist
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner
South African-born biologist
Lwoff, 1965
André Lwoff
French biologist
Alexis Carrel.
Alexis Carrel
French surgeon, sociologist, and biologist
Robert Koch
Robert Koch
German bacteriologist
James Watson, c. 1990
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
Ōmura Satoshi
Ōmura Satoshi
Japanese microbiologist
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Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn
American molecular biologist and biochemist
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
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Torsten Wiesel
Swedish biologist
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Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
Rothman, James E.
James E. Rothman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Smith, Hamilton O.
Hamilton O. Smith
American biologist
Schekman, Randy W.
Randy W. Schekman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Élie Metchnikoff
Élie Metchnikoff
Russian-born biologist
Joshua Lederberg, 1958.
Joshua Lederberg
American geneticist
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Edward L. Tatum
American biochemist