François Jacob
French biologist
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François Jacob was a French biologist who, together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through regulation of transcription. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Jacques Monod and... Wikipedia
Born: June 17, 1920, Nancy, France
Died: April 19, 2013 (age 92 years), Paris, France
Education: University of Paris and Lycée Carnot
Awards: Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer (1962), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1965), Fellow of the Royal Society (1973), and more
Known for: Operon model
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