James D. Watson

James D. Watson is best known for his discovery of the structure of DNA, for which he shared with Frances Crick and Maurice Wilkins the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He is currently the president of Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory, which is a leader in the fields of cancer research, plant molecular biology, cell biochemistry and neuroscience. Dr. Watson has received numerous honors including the National Medal of Science awarded to him by President Clinton in 1997.

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