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André Michel Lwoff
Microbiologist

André Michel Lwoff

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Research into viruses and their relationship with bacteria.

Bacteriophages

Born
8 May 1902
Birthplace
Ainay-le-Château
Died
30 September 1994

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André Michel Lwoff

French microbiologist who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Early life

Scientific beginnings

Joined the Pasteur Institute at nineteen and completed his doctorate in 1932.

Career

  1. 1932

    Heidelberg

    Worked with Otto Meyerhof on a Rockefeller grant.

  2. 1937

    Cambridge

    Continued research with further Rockefeller support.

  3. 1938

    Pasteur Institute

    Became a departmental head.

Contributions

Bacteriophages

Investigated how viruses can persist within bacteria.

Beyond work

Family and public views

Collaborated extensively with his wife Marguerite, a microbiologist. Opposed capital punishment.

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