James D. Watson

James Watson

ForMemRS KBE
James Watson; ForMemRS KBE
	James Watson
Kelahiran	James Dewey Watson; 6 April 1928; Chicago, Illinois, Amerika Syarikat
Meninggal dunia	6 November 2025 (umur 97)
Warganegara	Amerika Syarikat
Pusat pendidikan	University of Chicago (B.S., 1947); Indiana University (Ph.D., 1950);
Terkenal kerana	Struktur DNA; Biologi molekular;
Pasangan	Elizabeth Watson (née Lewis) (k. 1968)
Anugerah	Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1960); Hadiah Nobel (1962); John J. Carty Award (1971); ForMemRS (1981); EMBO Membership (1985); Pingat Copley (1993); Pingat Emas Lomonosov (1994);
	Kerjaya saintifik
Bidang	Genetik
Institusi	Indiana University; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Harvard University; University of Cambridge; National Institutes of Health;
Tesis	The Biological Properties of X-Ray Inactivated Bacteriophage (1951)
Penasihat kedoktoran	Salvador Luria
Pelajar kedoktoran	Mario Capecchi; Bob Horvitz; Peter B. Moore; Joan Steitz;
Pelajar lain yang terkenal	Ewan Birney; Ronald W. Davis (postdoc); Phillip Allen Sharp (postdoc); Richard J. Roberts (postdoc); John Tooze (postdoc);
Tandatangan

James Dewey Watson (6 April 1928 - 6 November 2025) merupakan seorang ahli biologi molekuler, genetik dan zoologi dari Amerika Syarikat yang terbaik dikenali sebagai salah satu penemu bersama struktur DNA pada tahun 1953 dengan Francis Crick dan Rosalind Franklin. Watson, Crick, dan Maurice Wilkins telah dianugerai Hadiah Nobel dalam Fisiologi atau Perubatan "untuk penemuan mereka berkaitan dengan struktur molekul asid nukleik dan kepentingannya terhadap pemindahan maklumat dalam bahan hidup".

Beliau turut terlibat mengasas Projek Genom Manusia bersama Institut-Institut Kesihatan Negara Amerika Syarikat antara tahun 1988 hingga 1992.

Anugerah dan kehormatan

Watson telah memenangi banyak anugerah termasuk:

Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, 1960^[11]
Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences (2001)^[12]
Charles A. Dana Award, 1994
Copley Medal of the Royal Society, 1993^[2]
CSHL Double Helix Medal Honoree, 2008
Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, 1960
EMBO Membership in 1985^[3]
Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences
Gairdner Foundation International Award, 2002
Heald Award
Honorary Fellow, the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution^[13]
Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE), 2002^[14]
Hope Funds for Cancer Research: James D. Watson Award of Excellence for Scientific Achievement (2014)
Irish America Hall of Fame, inducted March 2011^[15]
John Collins Warren Prize of the Massachusetts General Hospital
John J. Carty Award in molecular biology from the National Academy of Sciences^[16]
Kaul Foundation Award for Excellence
Pingat Liberty, 2000^[17]
Pingat Emas Lomonosov, 1994
Lotos Club Medal of Merit, 2004
Mendel Medal, 2008
National Biotechnology Venture Award
National Medal of Science, 1997^[18]
New York Academy of Medicine Award, 1999
Hadiah Nobel dalam Fisiologi atau Perubatan, 1962^[19]
Pingat Emas Othmer (2005)^[20]^[21]
Pingat Kebebasan Presiden, 1977^[22]
Research Corporation Prize
Pingat Alumni Universiti Chicago 1998^[23]
Hadiah Kolej Universiti London 2000
University Medal at SUNY Stony Brook