François Jacob

17 June 1920 – 19 April 2013

François Jacob was a French biologist who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis. With Jacques Monod he developed the operon model of gene regulation and introduced the concept of messenger RNA.

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Born in Nancy, France
17 June 1920

François Jacob was born in Nancy, France.

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Served with the Free French Forces
1940 – 1944

He interrupted his medical studies to join the Free French Forces during World War II and was wounded in action.

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Completed medical degree in Paris
1947

After the war he completed his medical degree at the University of Paris.

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Joined the Pasteur Institute
1950

He joined the Pasteur Institute, working with André Lwoff and later Jacques Monod on bacterial genetics.

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Developed the operon model with Jacques Monod
1961

He and Jacques Monod proposed the operon theory of gene regulation and the existence of messenger RNA.

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Professor at the Collège de France
1964

He was appointed to the chair of cellular genetics at the Collège de France.

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1965

He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize with Jacques Monod and André Lwoff for work on genetic regulation.

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Published 'The Logic of Life'
1970

He wrote 'La Logique du vivant', an acclaimed history of heredity and biological thought.

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Elected to the Académie française
1996

He was elected a member of the Académie française.

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Died in Paris, France
19 April 2013

He died in Paris at the age of 92.

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