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André Lwoff
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French microbiologist
OverviewAI-generated
André Lwoff was a scientist born on May 8, 1902, and died on September 30, 1994. He was a recipient of the Nobel Prize, with a count of one award recorded.
His work is recognized in several collections. These include the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Medicine collection, and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1965
“for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andreas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Ainay-le-Château
- Place of death
- Paris
- Spouse
- Marguerite Lwoff
- Occupation
- botanist
- Educated at
- Lycée Voltaire
- Employer
- Pasteur Institute
- Languages spoken
- French
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- microbiology
- Image
- André Lwoff nobel.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1902-05-08
- date of death
- 1994-09-30
- Commons category
- André Michel Lwoff
- name in native language
- André Lwoff
- interested in
- microbiology
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Encyclopedic overview
André Michel Lwoff (8 May 1902 – 30 September 1994) was a French microbiologist and Nobel laureate.
Education, early life and career
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