James Watson by nadzirah n azkiah

James Dewey Watson

Today,Teacher Aisha gave us a project.She told us to do a research on James Dewey Watson.

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Az : Hey Nadz...So, have you found out more about James Watson?

Nadz : yeah...i've found out more about him.It was soo interesting!

Az : I've found out about him too..

Nadz : lets share the interesting information with others.

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Nadz : James Dewey Watson is his full name.

Az : he was born on April 6, 1928 in Chicago.

Nadz : he is an American.

Az : He was an extremely intelligent child who used his photographic memory to his advantage that made him a very good and successful scientist.By age 10, he was a regular contestant on a popular radio show called "The Quiz Kids."

Nadz : Watson earned his B.S.degree in Zoology from the University of Chicago in 1947 at the age of 15.

Az : Watson attended Indiana University from 1947 to 1950 as a graduate student. He received Ph.D. degree fom Indiana University in 1950.

Nadz : From 1968 he served as director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) on Long Island,New York, greatly expanding its level of funding and research.

Az : In 1956, Watson became a junior member of Harvard University's Biological Laboratories, holding this position until 1976, promoting research in molecular biology.

Nadz : he worked at the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory in England, where he first met his future collaborator and personal friend Francis Crick.

Az : Watson was associated with the National Institutes of Health, helping to establish the Human Genome Project.

Nadz : He is recognized as co-discoverer of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and was co-recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine for his work in genetics.

Az : During this time, DNA research was not a high priority for most scientists. Furthermore, Watson and Crick entered the race to find the structure of DNA rather late.

Nadz : After such an important discovery at such a young age, Watson could have chosen to take a long vacation. In reality, much has happened in his life since then. Watson has published numerous papers, written several genetics textbooks, and taught at the California Institute of Technology and Harvard University. Today, Watson is director of the prestigious Cold Spring Harbor Laboratoryin New York. This institution is involved in genetic and cancer research.

Az : From 1988-1992, he also was director of the National Center for Human Genome Research, where he helped lead the Human Genome Project. The goal of this endeavour is to eventually identify all of the 50,000 to 100,000 human genes. Watson believes that this will make it easier to screen DNA and identify individuals who are at risk of developing a variety of genetically caused diseases. Someday people with defective genes may be helped by some form of gene therapy.

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