雅克·莫诺

雅克·吕西安·莫诺（Jacques Lucien Monod，1910年2月9日—1976年5月31日）是一位法国生物学家，出生于巴黎，他与弗朗索瓦·雅各布共同发现了蛋白质在转录作用中所扮演的调节角色，也就是后来著名的乳糖操纵子，两人因此与安德列·利沃夫共同获得了1965年的诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。

此外，他曾预测在基因讯息与蛋白质产物之间，具有mRNA分子作为中介者，此理论后来获得证实。莫诺同时也是一位科学哲学作家与音乐家。

资料

The Statue Within: an autobiography by Francois Jacob, Basic Books, 1988. ISBN 0-465-08223-8 Translated from the French. 1995 paperback: ISBN 0-87969-476-9

Chance and Necessity: An Essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology by Jacques Monod, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1971, ISBN 0-394-46615-2

Of Microbes and Life, Jacques Monod, Ernest Bornek, June 1971, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-03431-8

The Eighth Day of Creation: makers of the revolution in biology by Horace Freeland Judson, Simon and Schuster, 1979. ISBN 0-671-22540-5. Expanded Edition Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory Press, 1996. ISBN 0-87969-478-5. Widely-praised history of molecular biology recounted through the lives and work of the major figures, including Monod.

Origins of Molecular Biology: a Tribute to Jacques Monod edited by Agnes Ullmann, Washington, ASM Press, 2003, ISBN 1-55581-281-3. Jacques Monod seen by persons who interacted with him as a scientist.