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James D. Watson

Watson, James Dewey, 1928-, American biologist and educator, b. Chicago, Ill., grad. Univ. of Chicago, 1947, Ph.D. Univ. of Indiana, 1950. With F. H. C. Crick he began (1951) research on the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge. Their findings, published in 1953, resulted in the joint award to them and to M. H. F. Wilkins (on whose laboratory's in X-ray diffraction their studies were partly based) of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Watson joined the faculty at Harvard in 1955 and in 1968 became director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. From 1989 to 1992 he was director of the National Center for Human Genome Research, which undertook the Human Genome Project. His chief researches have been in the fields of genetics, bacteriophage reproduction, and cancer. Remarks in a published interview in 2007 that persons of African descent were inherently less intelligent than Europeans led to his suspension and subsequent retirement as Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory director.
(Columbia Encyclopedia)

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Born 6 Apr 1928

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Born 6 Apr 1928

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Molecular biology, DNA, History, Biography, Genetics, Molecular biologists, Research, Dna, Watson, james d., 1928-, Genetic code, Biochemistry, Biologists, Genetic engineering, Génétique, Molecular genetics, Science, ADN, Congresses, Génétique moléculaire, Popular works, Recombinant DNA, Scientists, biography, Friends and associates, Human Genome, Human genetics

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United States

People

James D. Watson (1928-), Francis Crick (1916-), Francis Crick (1916-2004), James D. (Biologe) Watson, James D. Watson (Biologe), James Dewey Watson, James Dewey Watson (1928-), Watson James D. <Biologe>

Time

1945-1990, 1978, 20th century

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  • James Dewey Watson
  • Watson, James D.
  • Watson, James D

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May 24, 2018 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
August 29, 2013 Edited by Ludovicus merge authors
August 29, 2013 Edited by Ludovicus Added date of birth, bio, photo
August 29, 2013 Edited by Ludovicus Added new photo
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