Q: Who was François Jacob?
A: François Jacob was a French biologist who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jacques Monod and André Lwoff.
Q: What did Jacob and Monod discover?
A: Jacob and Monod discovered a fundamental control system in cells, which regulates enzyme levels in all cells through feedback on transcription.
Q: Was François Jacob religious?
A: No, like his colleague Monod, he was an almost lifelong atheist.
Q: When was François Jacob born?
A: He was born on 17 June 1920.
Q: When did he pass away?
A: He passed away on 19 April 2013.
Q: What ethnicity was François Jacob?
A: He was of Jewish descent.