André Lwoff
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André Lwoff was a French microbiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the genetics and life cycle of viruses and bacteria.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| André Lwoff canonical | 14 |
| Nobel laureate André Lwoff | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1692482 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: André Lwoff Context triple: [Robert Koch Gold Medal, notableRecipient, André Lwoff]
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A.
Salvador Luria
Salvador Luria was an Italian-American microbiologist and Nobel laureate whose pioneering work in bacteriophage genetics helped establish the foundations of molecular biology.
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B.
Renato Dulbecco
Renato Dulbecco was an Italian virologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the interaction between viruses and the genetic material of cells, which advanced the understanding of cancer.
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C.
Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
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D.
Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa was a Spanish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synthesis of RNA.
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E.
Luis Federico Leloir
Luis Federico Leloir was an Argentine physician and biochemist who won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in carbohydrate metabolism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: André Lwoff Target entity description: André Lwoff was a French microbiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the genetics and life cycle of viruses and bacteria.
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A.
Salvador Luria
Salvador Luria was an Italian-American microbiologist and Nobel laureate whose pioneering work in bacteriophage genetics helped establish the foundations of molecular biology.
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B.
Renato Dulbecco
Renato Dulbecco was an Italian virologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the interaction between viruses and the genetic material of cells, which advanced the understanding of cancer.
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C.
Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
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D.
Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa was a Spanish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synthesis of RNA.
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E.
Luis Federico Leloir
Luis Federico Leloir was an Argentine physician and biochemist who won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in carbohydrate metabolism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
ⓘ
biologist ⓘ human ⓘ microbiologist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Légion d'honneur
ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-05-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1994-09-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
La Sorbonne
|
| employer | Institut Pasteur ⓘ |
| familyName | Lwoff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bacteriology
ⓘ
genetics ⓘ microbiology ⓘ virology ⓘ |
| givenName | André ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern virology
ⓘ
molecular biology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
research on genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis
ⓘ
research on life cycle of bacteria ⓘ research on life cycle of viruses ⓘ studies on bacteriophages ⓘ work on lysogeny ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
French Academy of Sciences
ⓘ
linked to:
Académie des Sciences
Pontifical Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | André Lwoff ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory |
Physiology or Medicine
ⓘ
linked to:
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
|
| NobelPrizeYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| notableWork | conceptual development of lysogeny ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Ainay-le-Château
ⓘ
Allier ⓘ France ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head of the Department of Cellular Physiology at Institut Pasteur ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
François Jacob
ⓘ
Jacques Monod ⓘ |
| spouse | Marguerite Lwoff ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
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Subject: André Lwoff Description of subject: André Lwoff was a French microbiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the genetics and life cycle of viruses and bacteria.
Referenced by (15)
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