Jacob, Lwoff, and Monod are best known for their explanation of gene expression; that is, whether a gene is "on" and its instructions are carried out by the cell's ribosomes, or whether it is "off" and ignored. For their work, they received the 1965...

François Jacob was born in June 1920 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. He intended to be a surgeon, but injuries he sustained during World War II prevented this, and he switched to research. He received his M.D. in 1947 from the University...

François Jacob made several major contributions to the field of genetics through successful collaborations with other scientists at the famous Pasteur Institute in France. His most noted work involved the formulation of the Jacob-Monod operon...

1920- French biochemist who won the 1965 Nobel Prize for contributing to discoveries about the genetic regulation of enzymes. With Elie Wollman he proved that bacteria are able to exchange genetic material during a sexual reproductive process called...

François Jacob (born June 17, 1920 in Nancy, France) is a Jewish French biologist who, together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through feedback on transcription. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize...

Dennis D. Jacobs March 2, 2003 Dennis D. Jacobs, 56, of Eaton, died Sunday, March 2, 2003 as the result of a snowmobile accident. He was born on July 4, 1946 in St. Cloud, MN, the 7th of 9 children of the...

The Clan Jacobs Dad premieres a new video version of an old tribute, while son succumbs to the slacker indie Two Wrenching Departures Directed by Ken Jacobs The GoodTimesKid Directed by Azazel Jacobs January 17 through 23, Anthology...