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Areas of Specialization: Molecular Biology, Genetics
James D. Watson is a zoologist, geneticist and molecular biologist. He earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Chicago and a PhD from Indiana University. He is most recently well-known due to his controversial comments about race and genetics, for which he has been largely ostracized.

Prior to his unfortunate foray into racial genetics, he was highly regarded and famous for his work on molecular biology. He is credited for significant contributions to our understanding of cancer, neurological diseases and the genetic basis for cancer and other diseases.

He worked closely with Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins on groundbreaking research on the structure of nucleic acid. Their work was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The discovery of the double helix is considered one of the more pivotal discoveries in science. He has also written a number of books, including a textbook, Molecular Biology of the Gene and The Double Helix.

His body of work has been undermined by his positions on homosexuality, obesity, intellect, and physical attractiveness—traits for which he promoted genetic manipulation. In his view, measures should be taken to selectively reproduce to increase intelligence or physical attractiveness, and to decrease unfavorable traits such as a propensity for obesity.

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According to Wikipedia, James Dewey Watson is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he co-authored with Francis Crick the academic paper proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. Watson, Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".

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Origin of Concatemeric T7DNA (1972) (1258)
Tackling antibiotic resistance (2011) (653)
ProFunc: a server for predicting protein function from 3D structure (2005) (642)
The human genome project: past, present, and future. (1990) (446)
Predicting protein function from sequence and structural data. (2005) (308)
A Proposal for a Coordinated Effort for the Determination of Brainwide Neuroanatomical Connectivity in Model Organisms at a Mesoscopic Scale (2009) (264)
The implications of alternative splicing in the ENCODE protein complement (2007) (227)
Protein function prediction using local 3D templates. (2005) (215)
From Structure to Function (2021) (214)
Protein function annotation by homology-based inference (2009) (197)
Cloning and Biological Activity of Epigen, a Novel Member of the Epidermal Growth Factor Superfamily* (2001) (179)
Type 2 diabetes as a redox disease (2014) (177)
The Future of Psychiatric Research: Genomes and Neural Circuits (2010) (171)
Human Genome Project: Twenty-five years of big biology (2015) (171)
Media Communication: An Introduction to Theory and Process (1998) (154)
A novel main-chain anion-binding site in proteins: the nest. A particular combination of phi,psi values in successive residues gives rise to anion-binding sites that occur commonly and are found often at functionally important regions. (2002) (147)
The Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond Syndrome Protein Family Is Involved in RNA Metabolism* (2005) (119)
From protein structure to biochemical function? (2004) (99)
A Dictionary of Communication and Media Studies (1993) (98)
Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies (1984) (86)
Towards fully automated structure-based function prediction in structural genomics: a case study. (2007) (80)
Crystal Structure of Enterococcus faecalis SlyA-like Transcriptional Factor* (2003) (78)
The conformations of polypeptide chains where the main-chain parts of successive residues are enantiomeric. Their occurrence in cation and anion-binding regions of proteins. (2002) (74)
Who Wrote the Book of Life? A History of the Genetic Code (2001) (44)
Conserved features of cancer cells define their sensitivity to HAMLET-induced death; c-Myc and glycolysis (2011) (39)
Solution structure of the inner DysF domain of myoferlin and implications for limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2b. (2008) (35)
Genetic Discrimination: Time to Act (2003) (33)
Bioactivation of Napabucasin Triggers Reactive Oxygen Species–Mediated Cancer Cell Death (2019) (32)
Target Selection and Determination of Function in Structural Genomics (2003) (29)
Genes and politics (1997) (28)
The human genome project and international health. (1990) (26)
Phage offer a real alternative (2004) (25)
SPINE bioinformatics and data‐management aspects of high‐throughput structural biology (2006) (20)
The Human Genome Program at the National Institutes of Health. (1989) (19)
Links: A history of transport and New Zealand society (1996) (17)
X‐ray crystal structure of CutA from Thermotoga maritima at 1.4 Å resolution (2003) (15)
Scientists, activists sue South Africa's AIDS 'denialists' (2006) (12)
Values from a Chicago Upbringing a (1995) (10)
Traditional healers fight for recognition in South Africa's AIDS crisis (2005) (9)
Crystal structure of Bacillus subtilis YckF: structural and functional evolution. (2004) (9)
Jason W (2006) (9)
A Scientific Opportunity (2001) (9)
Science Over Politics (1999) (8)
Beset by practical hurdles, UK Biobank moves at sluggish pace (2005) (8)
DNA helix. (1969) (7)
The human genome initiative: a statement of need. (1991) (7)
The significance of Mr. Richard Buckley's exploding trousers: Reflections on an aspect of technological change in New Zealand dairy farming between the world wars (2004) (7)
Human genome research and the responsible use of new genetic knowledge. (1991) (7)
The human genome revealed. (2001) (7)
Curing "incurable" cancer. (2011) (7)
The origin of metic status at Athens* (2010) (6)
Mito-oncology agent: fermented extract suppresses the Warburg effect, restores oxidative mitochondrial activity, and inhibits in vivo tumor growth (2020) (6)
Proportional Representation in New Zealand Local Government: STV and the Christchurch City Council, 1917-33 (2003) (6)
Crisis and change: Economic crisis and technological change between the world wars, with special reference to Christchurch 1926-36 (1984) (5)
The News: Gates, Agendas and Values (1998) (4)
"Potential Biohazards of Recombinant DNA Molecules" [Letter to the Editor of Science] (1974) (4)
The Legal Basis for Bilateral and Multilateral Police Deployments (2011) (4)
WHY THE “BERG” LETTER WAS WRITTEN (1979) (3)
All for the good: why genetic engineering must soldier on. (1999) (3)
Nobel laureates' letter to President Bush. (2001) (3)
English Associationalism in the British Empire: Yorkshire societies in New Zealand before the First World War (2011) (2)
The dog book. A popular history of the dog, with practical information as to care and management of house, kennel, and exhibition dogs; and descriptions of all the important breeds (2009) (2)
Oceania under Steam: Sea Transport and the Cultures of Colonialism, c.1870–1914 by Frances Steel (review) (2023) (2)
Case Studies: Function Predictions of Structural Genomics Results (2009) (2)
‘The Most Appeasing Line’: New Zealand and Nazi Germany, 1935–40 (2010) (2)
The nobelist vs. the film star: restrictions on DNA research attacked. (1978) (1)
Author Correction: Mito-oncology agent: fermented extract suppresses the Warburg effect, restores oxidative mitochondrial activity, and inhibits in vivo tumor growth (2021) (1)
Technology Development in Key Areas Can Help Human Genome Project Reach Its Goals (1991) (1)
Molecular Biology of the Gene, 4th edition, vols I & II (1988) (1)
A Universal Human Dignity: Its Nature, Ground and Limits (2016) (1)
Vitamin guru provokes wRath of scientists, activists (2005) (1)
Were Catholics Over-Represented in the Public Service During the Early Twentieth Century? (1990) (1)
Justice of the Dagger (2012) (1)
James Watson: Do antioxidants promote cancer? (2013) (1)
Protein Function Prediction from Structure in Structural Genomics and its Contribution to the Study of Health and Disease (2009) (1)
Sum Squares on a Geoboard. (1977) (1)
Setting the Scene: Media in Context (1998) (0)
Procede permettant d'accroitre la permeabilite d'un reservoir (2006) (0)
Ownership and Control: Ongoing Issues (1998) (0)
Industrial applications of lasers: by H. Koebner (Editor), John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 1984. ISBN 0-741-90115-6, x + 340 pages, illustrated, hard-cover, £27.50 (1986) (0)
Science and Beyond. Steven Rose and Lisa Appignanesi. 1986. 204 pages. Index. ISBN: 0-631-14483-8. Hard cover $24.95 (1986) (0)
Environmentally unstable : an exegesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Design, College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand (2015) (0)
Prising Open the Black Box: Media Effects Revisited (1998) (0)
Reflections on an Aspect of Technological Change in New Zealand Dairy Farming between the World Wars (2016) (0)
National Policies for Developing High Technology Industries - Interna tional Comparisons. Francis W. Rushing and Carole Ganz Brown, eds. 1986. Westview Press. 247 pages. ISBN: 0-8133-7286-1. Soft cover $26.50 (1986) (0)
Book Reviews : FRENCH-SPEAKING WEST AFRICA By PHILIP NERES London, Oxford University Press for the Institute of Race Relations, 1962. 101 pp. 7s. 6d (1963) (0)
J. C. Beaglehole: Public Intellectual, Critical Conscience Doug Munro. Wellington: Steel Roberts, 2012. 106 pp. £14.99 (paperback). (2014) (0)
Greenhouse-gas sensors tower over California (2007) (0)
Southern Capital: Christchurch: Towards a City Biography 1850–2000 ed. by John Cookson and Graeme Dunstall (review) (2023) (0)
The theory of neo-enosis: The Republic of Cyprus's EU membership as an objective of Pan-Hellenic nationalism A history (2007) (0)
Tomorrow Comes the Song: A Life of Peter Fraser by Michael Bassett and Michael King (review) (2023) (0)
“You’ll lose it if you talk about it”: Brett as Relic, Pedro Romero as Peter of Rome, and the Bullfight as Carnivalesque Mass in The Sun Also Rises: (2017) (0)
Book Review: Ian McGibbon (ed.), The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History (Auckland: Oxford University Press, 2000), pp.653, $89.95. (2001) (0)
ENGLISH RADICALS AND THE POLISH INSURRECTION OF 1863-4 (2016) (0)
Cultures and Caricatures of British Imperial Aviation : Passengers, Pilots, Publicity Gordon Pirie. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2012. 246 pp. £65 (hardback). (2015) (0)
James Watson's Civil War "Camp Reminiscences" - Accession 452 - M186 (227) (2015) (0)
Kiwi Compañeros: New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War ed. by Mark Derby (review) (2023) (0)
Book Review: Ian McGibbon (ed.), Unofficial Channels: Letters between Alister McIntosh and Foss Shanahan, George Laking and Frank Corner, 1946-1966 (Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1999), pp. 360, $39.95 (2000) (0)
The Ghosts of Izieu (2000) (0)
Distance in Space and Time: Issues with a Mortuary Database of the First Farmers in the Southern Southwest (2011) (0)
The Romans: Invasion and Empire (R.) Owen. Pp. 32, colour ills, colour map. Tunbridge Wells: Ruby Tuesday Books, 2019. Paper, £8.99. ISBN: 978-1-78856-037-5. (2021) (0)
Science and Pseudoscience: A Course for the Citizen of the Twenty-First Century. (1981) (0)
Watson suspended over comments on race (2007) (0)
Pressures and Constraints in Media Production (1998) (0)
Seven days: 28 November–4 December 2014 (2014) (0)
Audience: the Uses We Make of Media (1998) (0)
Narrative: the Media as Storytellers (1998) (0)
James Watson tells the inconvenient truth : Faces the consequences q (2008) (0)
From Faith to Fortune: The TSB Bank Story 1850–2010 by David Walter (review) (2023) (0)
Julius Zebra: Grapple with the Greeks! G. Northfield Pp. 296, ills. London: Walker Books, 2018. Paper, £6.99. ISBN: 978-1-4063-8096-5. (2020) (0)
Quintus in Britannia: visiting Roman Britain with the Cambridge Latin Course (2020) (0)
New Zealand, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the United Nations: 2012 and 1974 in Comparative Perspective (2018) (0)
The Significance of Mr. Richard Buckley’s Exploding Trousers: Reflections on an Aspect of Technological Change in New Zealand Dairy Farming between the World Wars (2004) (0)
PROCEDES DE FREINAGE REGENERATEUR POUR LOCOMOTIVE HYBRIDE (2005) (0)
The Second Creation - Makers of the Revolution in 20th Century Physics. Robert P. Crease and Charles C. Mann. 1986. Macmillan Publishing Co. 480 pages. Index. ISBN: 0-02-521440-3. Hard cover $25.00 (1986) (0)
Book Review: Simon Ville, The Rural Entrepreneurs: A History of the Stock and Station Agent Industry in Australia and New Zealand (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), pp.259, $49.95. (2002) (0)
‘Cooked in true Yorkshire fashion’: Regional Identity and English Associational Life in New Zealand before the First World War1 (2012) (0)
INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY The Money Mandarins - The Making of a Supranational Economic Order. Howard M. Wachtel. 1986. Pantheon Books. 254 pages. Index. ISBN: 0-394-54299-1. Hard cover $18.95 (1986) (0)
Five lessons from Washington for closing the achievement gap (2013) (0)
Funding the Human Genome Project-Reply (1990) (0)
Focus on Creativity – Literacy – Numeracy (2016) (0)
Meet your new President: Ruth Howes (2000) (0)
Aftershocks: Politics and Trauma in Britain, 1918–1931Susan Kingsley Kent. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. 272 pp. $80 (hardcover). (2011) (0)
Senate retreats from bid to ease stem-cell restrictions (2007) (0)
Olympia: The Story of the Ancient Olympic Games. R. Waterfield Pp. 214, b/w & colour ills. London: Head of Zeus Ltd., 2018. Cased, £18.99. ISBN: 9781786691910. (2020) (0)
Media in Society: Purpose and Performance (1998) (0)
Pythagorean Triples: What Kind? How Many?. (1976) (0)
Genetics and Eugenics: A Personal Odyssey (2010) (0)
Book review (2008) (0)
The Haiku and the Double Helix ‐ Fall 2004 (2008) (0)
Lyttelton: Port and Town: An Illustrated History by Geoffrey W. Rice (review) (2023) (0)
perpesctives on the human genome project (1990) (0)
Plea to the Scientific Community (1982) (0)
The Harm of Premature Death: Immortaliry - The Transhumanist Challenge (2009) (0)
A Conserved Salt Bridge in the G‐Loop of Src Family Protein Tyrosine Kinases is Essential for Lyn Function in Mice (2008) (0)
Looking forward. (1993) (0)
Perspective on the Human Genome project (1990) (0)
Anion and cation binding in proteins (2002) (0)
No campaign to strip Baltimore of his Nobel (2001) (0)
OVEREXPRESSION OF BMP-6 IN PROSTATE CANCER CELLS LEADS TO AN ENHANCED TUMORIGENESIS IN VIVO BY INHIBITING MACROPHAGES (2008) (0)
The Impact of Structural Proteomics on Macromolecular Structure Databases (2008) (0)
When Figuring Out London Bombers, Remember Danny Pearl's Killer - Fall 2005 (2008) (0)
Testimonial to Judah Folkman, M.D. (2008) (0)
The Harm of Premature Death (2009) (0)
Round-Table - the Human Genome Project (1993) (0)
Systeme de stockage et de conversion d'energie de turbine a gaz (2010) (0)
Sautage regule avec petite charge d'explosif (1996) (0)
Composants pour un appareil de balayage en arc ultrasonore (2008) (0)
Agencement de bloc-batterie pour locomotive hybride (2005) (0)
Alignement et imagerie d'un oeil par scanner ultrasonique (2009) (0)
Tête de balayage composée pour un appareil d’échographie (2009) (0)
Commande de locomotion par sources multiples principales d'alimentation (2006) (0)
Gestion du derapage et du patinage de roues de locomotive (2005) (0)
Structural bioinformatics: from protein structure to function (2007) (0)
Procede et moyens permettant de traiter des sables bitumineux pendant une excavation (2003) (0)
Too many noughts (1991) (0)
A reader's guide to C.S. Lewis : his fiction (1988) (0)
DNA Helix (1969) (0)
Mateship and Moneymaking: Australian Shearing: The Clash of Union Solidarity with the Spirit of Enterprise 1895–1995 by Rory O’Malley (review) (2023) (0)
Usnea and the Commodification of Irish Bodies in 16th and 17th Century London (2017) (0)
New Zealand Historiography and Transport (2013) (0)
Brooking and Pawson, with Star, Wood, Holland, McAloon, Peden and Williams, Seeds of Empire: The Environmental Transformation of New Zealand, London and New York, I.B. Tauris, 2001. xx + 276 pp. £49.50. 9781845117979. (2012) (0)
Dominion of New Zealand: Statesmen and Status 1907–1945 by W. David McIntyre (review) (2023) (0)

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