James Watson along with Francis Crick helped discover what we know about DNA today. They helped shape what we know about DNA and changed the world with scientific contributions. James Watson along with his colleagues helped shape the modern science of today with his many studies of DNA, cancer, and genomes.
James Watson was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 6th, 1928. When he was young he attended Horace Mann Grammar School for 8 years and then attended South Shore High School for two years. Later he attended the University of Chicago and in 1947 he received a B.Sc. or Bachelor of Science degree in zoology. He then received A fellowship for graduate study in zoology at the Indiana University in Bloomington. In 1950 he began to work in Copenhagen …show more content…
Franklin and Crick went on to teach at Cambridge and ended up becoming good friends. At Cambridge Crick made contributions to unlocking the genetic code. Then after he was at Cambridge for 20 years, he joined the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California. Watson was at the California Institute of Technology from 1953 to 1955 as a researcher in Biology where he worked with Alexander Rich. Then he went on to teach Biology at Harvard University in 1955 for 15 years and did research there on the role of nucleic acids in the synthesis of proteins and published a book called Molecular Biology of the Gene that is one of the most used books for biology. He later published a book called The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA which was about the discoveries made about DNA and who was involved with it. However Watson made many bad comments in the book especially about Franklin and the publishers at first would not publish it, but then it was published and Watson apologized for what he said. Then Watson was the director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 1968 and it became one of the world’s best places for research in molecular biology, where he spent a lot of time researching cancer. Watson then in 1968 married Elizabeth Lewis and they had two sons named Rufus and
James Watson was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 6th, 1928. When he was young he attended Horace Mann Grammar School for 8 years and then attended South Shore High School for two years. Later he attended the University of Chicago and in 1947 he received a B.Sc. or Bachelor of Science degree in zoology. He then received A fellowship for graduate study in zoology at the Indiana University in Bloomington. In 1950 he began to work in Copenhagen …show more content…
Franklin and Crick went on to teach at Cambridge and ended up becoming good friends. At Cambridge Crick made contributions to unlocking the genetic code. Then after he was at Cambridge for 20 years, he joined the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California. Watson was at the California Institute of Technology from 1953 to 1955 as a researcher in Biology where he worked with Alexander Rich. Then he went on to teach Biology at Harvard University in 1955 for 15 years and did research there on the role of nucleic acids in the synthesis of proteins and published a book called Molecular Biology of the Gene that is one of the most used books for biology. He later published a book called The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA which was about the discoveries made about DNA and who was involved with it. However Watson made many bad comments in the book especially about Franklin and the publishers at first would not publish it, but then it was published and Watson apologized for what he said. Then Watson was the director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 1968 and it became one of the world’s best places for research in molecular biology, where he spent a lot of time researching cancer. Watson then in 1968 married Elizabeth Lewis and they had two sons named Rufus and