François Jacob Biography

François Jacob biography

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NAME: François Jacob
OCCUPATION: Biologist, Physiologist
BIRTH DATE: June 17, 1920 (Age: 92)
EDUCATION: University of Paris
PLACE OF BIRTH: Nancy, France
ZODIAC SIGN: Gemini

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Follow the discoveries of François Jacob on Biography.com. He won a Nobel Prize in Physiology for discoveries involving the regulatory activities of bacteria.

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Born on June 17, 1920, in Nancy, France, François Jacob joined the Pasteur Institute in 1950. He became the head of the genetics department in 1960. He, along with coworkers, explored bacteria genes and discovered they were arranged in a ring. He discovered regulatory genes and proposed the existence of an RNA messenger. His work earned him a Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1965.