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François Jacob

French scientist

Died when: 92 years 306 days (1114 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

François Jacob

François Jacob (17 June 1920 – 19 April 2013) 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 André Lwoff.


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