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François Jacob

1920-06-17 – 2013-04-19

François Jacob, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1965Credit: Unknown author

Life & Legacy

François Jacob (French: [ʒakɔb]; 17 June 1920 – 19 April 2013) was a French biologist. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jacques Monod and André Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis". He and Monod originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through regulation of transcription. For his work in the French Resistance, he received the Cross of Liberation, the Légion d'honneur and Croix de guerre.
He wrote popular science, and in 1994 received the inaugural Lewis Thomas Prize.

Occupation & Career

biochemist, university teacher, geneticist, physiologist, autobiographer, professor, film producer, film editor, film director, physician

Education

Lycée Carnot; Paris Medical Faculty

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer; Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour; Croix de guerre 1939–1945; Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit; Companion of the Liberation; Sir Hans Krebs Medal; Leeuwenhoek Lecture; honorary doctor of the University of Valencia; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; honorary doctor from the NOVA University Lisbon; honorary doctorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid; Arnold-Reymond prize; Mendel Medal

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Arnold-Reymond prize · Companion of the Liberation · Croix de guerre 1939–1945 · Foreign Member of the Royal Society · Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour · Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit · Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer · honorary doctor from the NOVA University Lisbon · honorary doctor of the University of Valencia · honorary doctorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid · Leeuwenhoek Lecture · Mendel Medal · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine · Sir Hans Krebs Medal

Employer

Collège de France

Organizations & Memberships

Academia Europaea · Académie Française · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · American Philosophical Society · European Molecular Biology Organization · French Academy of Sciences · Hungarian Academy of Sciences · International Academy of the History of Science · National Academy of Sciences · Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters · Royal Society of London