When was Jacques Monod born?

Jacques Monod was born on 9 February 1910 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.

What positions has Jacques Monod held?

Positions held by Jacques Monod include: director (1971–1976).

Where did Jacques Monod study?

Jacques Monod was educated at Science Faculty of Paris.

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Jacques Monod

French biologist and biochemist, Nobel laureate (1910-1976)

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Jacques Lucien Monod (French: [mɔno]; 9 February 1910 – 31 May 1976) was a French biochemist. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with François Jacob and André Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis"

Quick facts

Born: 9 February 1910 wd
Place of birth: 17th arrondissement of Paris wd
Died: 31 May 1976 wd
Place of death: Cannes wd
Citizenship: France wd
Occupation: biochemist, geneticist, physician, French resistance fighter, molecular biologist, microbiologist wd
Political party: French Communist Party wd
Education: Science Faculty of Paris wd
Spouse: Odette Monod-Bruhl wd

Positions held wd

director (1971–1976)

Awards wd

Officer of the Legion of Honour (1963)
Croix de guerre 1939–1945
Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1965)
Resistance Medal
Carus medal (1965)
Marjory Stephenson Prize (1969)
Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer (1962)
Montyon Science Award (1955)
Leeuwenhoek Lecture (1969)
Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1968)

About

Monod and Jacob became famous for their work on the E. coli lac operon, which encodes proteins necessary for the transport and breakdown of the sugar lactose (lac). From their own work and the work of others, they came up with a model for how the levels of some proteins in a cell are controlled. In their model, the manufacture of a set of related proteins, such as the ones encoded within the lac (lactose) operon, is prevented when a repressor protein, encoded by a regulatory gene, binds to its operator, a specific site in the DNA sequence that is close to the genes encoding the proteins. (It is now known that a repressor bound to an operator physically blocks RNA polymerase from binding to the promoter, the site where transcription of the adjacent genes begins.)

Study of the control of expression of genes in the lac operon provided the first example of a system for the regulation of transcription. Monod also suggested the existence of messenger RNA molecules that link the information encoded in DNA and proteins. For these contributions he is widely regarded as one of the founders of molecular biology.

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When was Jacques Monod born?: Jacques Monod was born on 9 February 1910 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
What positions has Jacques Monod held?: Positions held by Jacques Monod include: director (1971–1976).
Where did Jacques Monod study?: Jacques Monod was educated at Science Faculty of Paris.

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