François Jacob, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

François Jacob

French biologist

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1920

Place of Birth: Nancy, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 19-Apr-2013

Profession: professor, university teacher, physiologist, biochemist, geneticist, autobiographer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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.