When was François Jacob born?

François Jacob was born on 17 June 1920 in Nancy.

What positions has François Jacob held?

Positions held by François Jacob include: chancellor (2007–2011); Member of the Académie française (1996–2013).

Where did François Jacob study?

François Jacob was educated at Lycée Carnot, Paris Medical Faculty.

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François Jacob

French biologist and geneticist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1965

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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.

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Born: 17 June 1920 wd
Place of birth: Nancy wd
Died: 20 April 2013 wd
Place of death: 14th arrondissement of Paris wd
Citizenship: France wd
Occupation: biochemist, university teacher, geneticist, physiologist, autobiographer, professor wd
Education: Lycée Carnot, Paris Medical Faculty wd

Positions held wd

chancellor (2007–2011)
Member of the Académie française (19 December 1996 – 20 April 2013)

Awards wd

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1965)
Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer (1962)
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 (1982)
Leeuwenhoek Lecture (1977)
honorary doctor of the University of Valencia (1993)
Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1973)
honorary doctor from the NOVA University Lisbon
honorary doctorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid
Arnold-Reymond prize (1974)
Mendel Medal (1962)

About

He wrote popular science, and in 1994 received the inaugural Lewis Thomas Prize.

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When was François Jacob born?: François Jacob was born on 17 June 1920 in Nancy.
What positions has François Jacob held?: Positions held by François Jacob include: chancellor (2007–2011); Member of the Académie française (1996–2013).
Where did François Jacob study?: François Jacob was educated at Lycée Carnot, Paris Medical Faculty.

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