James Watson Research Paper
In American history many people have contributed to shaping this country; however, James Watson stands out as a truly important contributor. James Watson stands is an influential to shaping molecular biology because of his discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA, intelligence, and ability to adapt to different scientific fields. James Dewey Watson is the son of Jean Mitchell and James D. Watson. James Watson was born on April 6th in 1928. (James) Watson was born in Chicago, Illinois. (James) As a young child Watson read the World Almanac and retained a lot of information. Watson appeared on a popular radio program called, “Quiz Kid”.(James) His dad and him had a serious hobby of bird watching. His father would take him to the
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library every Friday night because they also shared a love for books, and reading. (James) James Watson goes on to marry Elizabeth Lewis in 1968. They had two sons together, Rufus Robert Watson and Duncan James Watson. Watson spent part of his childhood going to Horace Mann Grammar school. (James) He then spent part of his adolescence attending South Shore high school. (James) Just at the age of fifteen, Watson earned a scholarship to the University of Chicago and enrolled under the gifted youngster program. (James) Even though James Watson was only fifteen when he enrolled in college, he flourished in classes like zoology and biology. (James) Later on he decided to go to the graduate school and studied to become the curator of ornithology.(James) During his senior year at the University of Chicago, Watson read a book called, “What is Life? The Physical Aspect of the living cell”. (James) He was incredibly impacted by what information this book had. 1947 James Watson graduated from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor’s degree of science in zoology .(James) At Indiana University,Watson went to finish his Ph.D. with Salvador Luria. Salvador Luria was a pioneer in bacteriophage research and Watson saw an opportunity to work with Salvador and his research. (James) James Watson finished his Ph.D. studies in 1950 and received his doctoral degree in Zoology. (James) After his completion of his Ph.D.
Watson went on to spend his first postdoctoral year in Copenhagen, Denmark. (James) In Copenhagen Watson was a member of the National Research Council. (James) Watson attended a conference in Naples, Italy in 1951. (James) At this conference in Naples, Watson hears a lecture about DNA. He is so fascinated by what he is hearing that he has a desire to study the DNA molecule. (James) In October of 1951, Watson starts working at a laboratory in Cambridge, England. (James) In the laboratory in Cambridge, England, Watson met Francis Crick, a biologist. (James) Both Watson, and Crick were interested in the structure of DNA. The two men did try and make a model structure of DNA, but they were unsuccessful. (James) Two years later the two men continued their partnership. Together they discover that the DNA molecule is made up of two chains of molecules. (James) They figured out that the two chains forms a double-helix structure. Watson goes on to continue and further his education at the California Institute of Technology. (James) After a few years Watson returns to the Cavendish Laboratory and continues his work and studies with Francis Crick.(James)
From 1956-1976 Watson starts a job as a assistant professor at Harvard, in the biology department.(James) In 1961, James Watson becomes an independent professor at Harvard teaching biology. (James) In 1965, Watson writes his own book called, “The Molecular Biology of the Gene”, which became a very popular university textbook. (James) James Watson has also wrote many other books, The Double Helix, DNA:The Secret of Life, Avoid Boring People, Lessons from a Life in Science, The Double Helix: Annotated and Illustrated, Genes, Girls, and Gamow: After the Double Helix, and many more
books. Although throughout the years Watson has been honored with many notable awards. In 1962, James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize. They were awarded the Nobel Prize because of their participation in discovering the structure of DNA.(James) They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology. (James) Some other popular awards he has received are the Albert Lasker award for Basic Medical Research in 1960, the John J. Carty Award in 1971, EMBO Membership in 1985, Copley Medal in 1993, and the Lomonosov Gold in 1994. This is not a complete list of all the prizes that he has won, but some of the more important ones.
“Watson has played a significant role in the development of science policy, from the War on Cancer, through the debates over the use of recombinant DNA, to promoting the Human Genome Project”.(James) DNA is the basic structure of life and without knowing about the double helix there is a lot of things we wouldn’t know or understand today. Without the discovery of the double-helix structure scientist probably wouldn’t have figured out the causes of common genetic diseases and disorders, which over twelve million americans suffer from.
library every Friday night because they also shared a love for books, and reading. (James) James Watson goes on to marry Elizabeth Lewis in 1968. They had two sons together, Rufus Robert Watson and Duncan James Watson. Watson spent part of his childhood going to Horace Mann Grammar school. (James) He then spent part of his adolescence attending South Shore high school. (James) Just at the age of fifteen, Watson earned a scholarship to the University of Chicago and enrolled under the gifted youngster program. (James) Even though James Watson was only fifteen when he enrolled in college, he flourished in classes like zoology and biology. (James) Later on he decided to go to the graduate school and studied to become the curator of ornithology.(James) During his senior year at the University of Chicago, Watson read a book called, “What is Life? The Physical Aspect of the living cell”. (James) He was incredibly impacted by what information this book had. 1947 James Watson graduated from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor’s degree of science in zoology .(James) At Indiana University,Watson went to finish his Ph.D. with Salvador Luria. Salvador Luria was a pioneer in bacteriophage research and Watson saw an opportunity to work with Salvador and his research. (James) James Watson finished his Ph.D. studies in 1950 and received his doctoral degree in Zoology. (James) After his completion of his Ph.D.
Watson went on to spend his first postdoctoral year in Copenhagen, Denmark. (James) In Copenhagen Watson was a member of the National Research Council. (James) Watson attended a conference in Naples, Italy in 1951. (James) At this conference in Naples, Watson hears a lecture about DNA. He is so fascinated by what he is hearing that he has a desire to study the DNA molecule. (James) In October of 1951, Watson starts working at a laboratory in Cambridge, England. (James) In the laboratory in Cambridge, England, Watson met Francis Crick, a biologist. (James) Both Watson, and Crick were interested in the structure of DNA. The two men did try and make a model structure of DNA, but they were unsuccessful. (James) Two years later the two men continued their partnership. Together they discover that the DNA molecule is made up of two chains of molecules. (James) They figured out that the two chains forms a double-helix structure. Watson goes on to continue and further his education at the California Institute of Technology. (James) After a few years Watson returns to the Cavendish Laboratory and continues his work and studies with Francis Crick.(James)
From 1956-1976 Watson starts a job as a assistant professor at Harvard, in the biology department.(James) In 1961, James Watson becomes an independent professor at Harvard teaching biology. (James) In 1965, Watson writes his own book called, “The Molecular Biology of the Gene”, which became a very popular university textbook. (James) James Watson has also wrote many other books, The Double Helix, DNA:The Secret of Life, Avoid Boring People, Lessons from a Life in Science, The Double Helix: Annotated and Illustrated, Genes, Girls, and Gamow: After the Double Helix, and many more
books. Although throughout the years Watson has been honored with many notable awards. In 1962, James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize. They were awarded the Nobel Prize because of their participation in discovering the structure of DNA.(James) They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology. (James) Some other popular awards he has received are the Albert Lasker award for Basic Medical Research in 1960, the John J. Carty Award in 1971, EMBO Membership in 1985, Copley Medal in 1993, and the Lomonosov Gold in 1994. This is not a complete list of all the prizes that he has won, but some of the more important ones.
“Watson has played a significant role in the development of science policy, from the War on Cancer, through the debates over the use of recombinant DNA, to promoting the Human Genome Project”.(James) DNA is the basic structure of life and without knowing about the double helix there is a lot of things we wouldn’t know or understand today. Without the discovery of the double-helix structure scientist probably wouldn’t have figured out the causes of common genetic diseases and disorders, which over twelve million americans suffer from.