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André Lwoff
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French microbiologist
OverviewAI-generated
André Lwoff (1902–1994) was a male author and scientist. His published works include *L'Evolution physiologique*, *Recherches biochimiques sur la nutrition des protozoaires*, *Origins of molecular biology*, *Les Origines de la biologie moléculaire*, and *Biochemistry and physiology of protozoa*. He received one Nobel Prize and is recognized in the Nobel Medicine collection.
Lwoff is also recognized in the Royal Society collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His work has been referenced by 323 other encyclopedia articles.
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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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