Background

Jacob, François was born on June 17, 1920 in Nancy, France. Son of Simon and Therese (Franck) Jacob.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Paris, 1947. Doctor of Science, Faculty of Sciences, Paris, 1954. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1965.

Dr (honorary), various universities.

Career

Assistant Pasteur Institute, 1950—1956, head department cellular genetics, 1960—1992, president, 1982—1988. Professor cellular genetics College of France, 1964—1992. Professor emeritus College of France and Institute Pasteur, since 1992.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in on genetics bacterial cells and viruses. Contributor to mechanisms of information transfer (messenger Ribonucleic acid) and genetic basis of regulatory circuits, early stages of the mouse embryo.

Works

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  • The Statue Within: An Autobiography

    (In a new preface to this special edition of his criticall...)

  • The Logic of Life

    ( In The Logic of Life François Jacob looks at the way ou...)

  • The Possible and the Actual (Pantheon's Asia Library)
  • By Francois Jacob - The Statue Within: An Autobiography (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation S (1988-03-16) [Hardcover]
  • Statue Within
  • [(The Statue within: An Autobiography )] [Author: Francois Jacob] [Jan-1995]
  • The Statue Within: An Autobiography [PAPERBACK] [1995] [By Francois Jacob]
  • The Statue Within: An Autobiography Paperback January 1, 1995
  • [The Statue within: An Autobiography] (By: Francois Jacob) [published: January, 1995]
  • Of Flies, Mice, and Men
  • Possible and Actual (Jessie and John Danz Lectures) by Jacob Francois Jacob Franpcois Jacob Fran (1994-02-01) Paperback
  • Possible and Actual (Jessie and John Danz Lectures) Paperback February, 1994
  • The Possible and the Actual (Pantheon's Asia Library) by Jacob, Francois (1982) Paperback

• Other Work

  • Author: (books) The Logic of Life, 1970, The Possible and the Actual, 1981, The Statue Within, 1987, Of Flies, Mice and Men, 1997.

Membership

Member of Royal Academy of Sciences Madrid, Academy of Sciences Hungary, Royal Academy Medicine Belgique, Royal Society (London), American Philos Society, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences (foreign), Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (foreign), Academy Française Paris, Academy of Sciences (Paris).

Connections

Married Lysiane Bloch, November 27, 1947 (deceased 1984). Children: Pierre, Laurent, Odile, Henri. Married Geneviève Barrier, 1999.

Father:

Simon Jacob

Mother:

Therese (Franck) Jacob

Spouse:

Lysiane Bloch

Spouse:

Geneviève Barrier

child:

Pierre Jacob

child:

Laurent Jacob

child:

Odile Jacob

child:

Henri Jacob