James Watson

JAMES WATSON who is he? what are his contributions in the name of science? does anything that makes us interested in the things he contribute? what are those?

JAMES WATSON(1928-) BORN:APR.6 1928(AGE 88) CHICAGO,ILLNOIS,U.S NATIONALITY:U.S FIELDS:GENETICS ALMA MATER- UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (B.S. 1947) INDIANA UNIVERSITY (PH.D. 1950) SPOUSE: ELIZABETH WATSON

JAMES WATSON(1928-) THESIS: THE BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF X-RAY INACTIVE BACTERIOPHAGE (1951) KNOWN FOR: DNA STRUCTURE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY *BEST DISCOVERY IN DNA STRUCTURE IN 1953 WITH FRANCIS CRICK TOGETHER WITH MAURICE WILKINS WERE AWARDED IN 1962.

NOTABLE AWARDS ALBERT LASKER AWARD FOR BASIC MEDICAL RESEARCH(1960) NOBEL PRIZE(1962) JOHN J. CARLY AWARD(1971) FOR MEMRS(1981) EMBO MEMBERSHIP(1985) GOPLEY MEDAL(1993) LOMONOSOV GOLD MEDAL(1994) marked a milestone in the history of science and gave rise to modern molecular biology, which is largely concerned with understanding how genes control the chemical processes within cells. In short order, their discovery yielded ground-breaking insights into the genetic code and protein synthesis.

MAIN CONTRIBUTION(S) ACCORDING IN HIS WRITINGS: The Discovery of the Double Helix, 1951-1953 DEFINITION OF Genetic Coding Problem, 1954-1957 Deciphering the Genetic Code, 1958-1966 Embryology and the Organization of DNA in Higher Organisms, 1966-1976 From Molecular Biology to Neurobiology, 1976-2004 *DISCOVERIES CONCERNING THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR INFORMATION TRANSFER IN LIVING MATERIAL

FACTS ABOUT HIM: One of his favorite words was "why?" and he wasn't satisfied with simple answers. He accumulated a lot of knowledge by reading the World Almanac, and won $100 as a "Quiz Kid" on a popular radio program. He used this money to buy binoculars for bird-watching ? a serious hobby for himself and his father. entered the University of Chicago at 15 under the gifted youngster program He did well in courses that interested him, like biology and zoology, and not as well in other courses. He decided that he would go to graduate school and study to become the curator of ornithology at theMuseum of Natural History. In his senior year at Chicago, Watson read Erwin Schrödinger's book:What is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell. He was fascinated by the idea that genes and chromosomes hold the secrets of life. one of the main motivators of this project, DNA from the Beginning. Watson has been described by many as brilliant, outspoken and eccentric. He is energized by intelligent people and doesn't suffer fools. Watson is an avid tennis player and has been ever since his grad school days. He still tries to play tennis every day

DNA was first crystallized in the late 70's — remember, the 1953 X-ray data were from DNA fibers. So, the real "proof" for the Watson-Crick model of DNA came in 1982 after the B-form of DNA was crystallized and the X-ray pattern was solved. If the DNA of one human cell is stretched out, it would be almost 6 feet long and contain over three billion base pairs. How does all this fit into the nucleus of one cell? © www.dnaftb.org

DNA STRUCTURE(THE DOUBLE-HELIX)

THE ORIGINAL MODEL BE LIKE..

QOUTES: NO GOOD MODEL EVER ACCOUNTED FOR ALL THE FACTS,SINCE SOME DATA WAS BOUND TO BE MISLEADING IF NOT PLAIN WRONG. STUPIDITY IS SUCH A DISEASE AND STUPID PEOPLE SHOULD BE CURED. I THINK THE REASON PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH SCIENCE LESS WELL NOW THAN 50 YEARS AGO IS THAT IT HAS BECOME SO COMPLICATED