Élie Wollman

Research

• In his lab at the Pasteur Institute in Paris Wollman played a key role in the elucidation of the organization of genetic material.
• Developed the experimental method of interrupted mating, which underpinned the gene mapping of bacterial chromosomes. This work laid the foundation for Francois Jacob's Nobel prize-winning work.
• With Francois Jacob, he published a monograph, Sexuality and the genetics of bacteria, in 1959.

  Selected publications