Born 9 Feb 1910; died 31 May 1976 at age 66.
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Born 9 Feb 1910; died 31 May 1976 at age 66.
Jacques Lucien Monod was a French #biochemist who, with François Jacob, investigated how #genes regulate cell metabolism by directing the #biosynthesis of #enzymes. The pair shared (with André Lwoff) the 1965 Nobel Prize for #Physiology or #Medicine. Monod discovered the operon system that controls gene action in #bacteria. In 1931, Monod joined the Pasteur Institute, and in 1971, he became its director.
