Monod

American  

[maw-noh] / mɔˈnoʊ /

noun

1. Jacques 1910–76, French chemist: Nobel Prize 1965.

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Monod Scientific  

/ mô-nō′ /

1. French biochemist who, with François Jacob, proposed the existence of messenger RNA. Monod and Jacob also studied how genes control cellular activity by directing the synthesis of proteins.

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Example Sentences

“They’re places of sanctuary that are built in cities, where you can walk around in a more pastoral setting,” says David Monod, retired professor of American cultural history at Wilfrid Laurier University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

However, the Monod equation assumes that only one nutrient or biochemical reaction limits growth at a time.

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

Starting in the late 1990s, Baker—who has co-founded companies in this space including Cyrus, Monod and Arzeda —oversaw the development of Rosetta, a foundational software suite for predicting and manipulating protein structures.

From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2023

Annette Benacerraf’s uncle Jacques Monod also shared a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, in 1965.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

A few academics like Jacques Monod and Sol Spiegelman were enthusiastic speakers, but generally there was so much droning that he found it hard to stay alert for the new facts he should pick up.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson