Marguerite Lwoff

Marguerite Lwoff
Born
Marguerite Bourdaleix

7 July 1905
France
Died31 October 1979
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Occupation(s)microbiologist and virologist
SpouseAndré Lwoff

Marguerite Lwoff, née Bourdaleix (1905–1979) was a French microbiologist and virologist Ph.D. known for her studies of metabolism. She worked alongside her husband, André Lwoff, throughout their careers, but she was not awarded the Nobel Prize when he received it in 1965.[1][2][3]

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