François Jacob
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Professors François Jacob, André Lwoff and Jacques Monod had been working together for several years in the research department of the Pasteur Institute when, on 14 October 1965, they were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. The group met the journalists and photographers in the garden outside the institute (from left: Lwoff, Monod and Jacob).
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Nobel Prizes 2020
Twelve laureates were awarded a Nobel Prize in 2020, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.
Their work and discoveries range from the formation of black holes and genetic scissors to efforts to combat hunger and develop new auction formats.
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Their work and discoveries range from the formation of black holes and genetic scissors to efforts to combat hunger and develop new auction formats.
See them all presented here.
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