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Career and research. Luria, Delbrück, and the Phage Group. Originally, Watson was drawn into molecular biology by the work of Salvador Luria. Luria eventually shared the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the Luria–Delbrück experiment, which concerned the nature of genetic mutations.
Jun 11, 2024 · James Watson (born April 6, 1928, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American geneticist and biophysicist who played a crucial role in the discovery of the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the substance that is the basis of heredity.
Since the fall of 1956, he has been a member of the Harvard Biology Department, first as Assistant Professor, then in 1958 as an Associate Professor, and as Professor since 1961. During this interval, his major research interest has been the role of RNA in protein synthesis.
James Watson shared the Nobel Prize with Francis Crick for determining the structure of DNA, the molecule that carries genetic information. Learn more about his life, work and prize motivation on NobelPrize.org.
May 16, 2007 · http://www.ted.com Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.
Apr 2, 2014 · James D. Watson is a Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist and researcher credited with co-discovering the double-helix structure of DNA.
Oct 11, 2013 · James Watson was a pioneer molecular biologist who, along with two other scientists, was awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering the double helix structure of the DNA molecule.
