James Watson
Born | James Dewey Watson (1928-04-06) April 6, 1928 (age 91) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality | United States
Alma mater | University of Chicago (B.S., 1947) Indiana University (Ph.D., 1950)
Known for | DNA structure Molecular biology
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Watson (née Lewis) (m. 1968)
Children | 2
Awards | Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1960) Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1962) Nobel Prize (1962) John J. Carty Award (1971) Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1981) EMBO Membership (1985) Copley Medal (1993) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1994)
Scientific career
Fields | Genetics
Institutions | Indiana University Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Laboratory of Molecular Biology Harvard University University of Cambridge National Institutes of Health
Thesis | The Biological Properties of X-Ray Inactivated Bacteriophage (1951)
Doctoral advisor | Salvador Luria
Doctoral students | Mario Capecchi Bob Horvitz Peter B. Moore Joan Steitz
Other notable students | Ewan Birney Ronald W. Davis (postdoc) Phillip Allen Sharp (postdoc) Richard J. Roberts (postdoc) John Tooze (postdoc)