André Michel Lwoff
André Michel Lwoff | |
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Paris, France | |
| Alma mater | Pasteur Institute |
| Known for | Provirus infection of bacteria |
| Spouse | Marguerite Lwoff |
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| Fields | Microbiology |
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André Michel Lwoff (8 May 1902 – 30 September 1994)[1][2][3] was a French microbiologist and Nobel laureate of Russian-Polish origin.
Education, early life and career
Lwoff was born in
Institut Pasteur, where he did groundbreaking research on bacteriophages, microbiota and on the poliovirus
.
Awards and honors
He was awarded numerous prizes from the French
FEMS for a term of two years from 1974. The FEMS-Lwoff Award in microbiology is named in his honour. [10]
Personal life
Lwoff was married to the microbiologist and virologist Marguerite Lwoff with whom he published many works. He was also a humanist against capital punishment.[11]
See also
References
- ^ S2CID 30313937.
- PMID 8631654.
- ^ "André Lwoff - Biography". Nobelprize.org. 1965. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^ "André Lwoff, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965". geni_family_tree. 8 May 1902. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- ^ "Jewish Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine". www.jinfo.org. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^ "Andre Lwoff". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "Andre Michel Lwoff". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "FEMS-Lwoff Award".
- ^ Michel Morange (2005). "What history tells us III. André Lwoff: From protozoology to molecular definition of viruses". p. 593. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
His culture was not limited to biology: André Lwoff was a humanist (Lwoff 1981).
External links
- André Lwoff on Nobelprize.org
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