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Nobel Prize day quiz

Charlotte Hu — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:00:38 +0000

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How one family secured the future of a laboratory

Communications Department — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 18:42:38 +0000

Jim Watson wrote in his 1968 Annual Report, his first as director of ��ϳԹ��Դ: “The Lab badly needs a real benefactor… Of course, I dream an angel will appear soon and make me free of any serious [financial] worries for at least a month.” He had reason to worry, for Cold Spring...

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Nobelist Jim Watson is honored on his 90th birthday

Jill Stone — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 19:52:42 +0000

Nobel laureate James D. Watson celebrated his 90th birthday on Friday, April 6 with a gala piano concert and dinner at ��ϳԹ��Դ. The one-hour concert in Grace Auditorium was a gift to Jim from world-renowned pianist Emanuel Ax, who played pieces by Mozart, Liszt and Beethoven. In addition to Jim’s 90th birthday,...

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The DNA molecule: Basepairing with James Watson

Public Affairs Administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 19:56:43 +0000

In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick solved the structure of DNA. This beautiful molecule sparked a new era of research into the code of life.

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The Human Genome Project opened a new era of science

Communications Department — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 18:48:34 +0000

hen a group of ambitious biologists embarked on a mission to sequence all three billion pairs of ‘letters’ in the human genome on October 1, 1990, they faced enormous skepticism. Among the leaders of the effort was James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helical structure of DNA and Director of ��ϳԹ��Դ at the...

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��ϳԹ��Դ thanks Nobelist James Watson for $1 million donation

Communications Department — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:00:01 +0000

Cold Spring Harbor, NY — ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) is grateful to Chancellor Emeritus James D. Watson and his wife Liz, who recently announced a donation of $1 million to the Laboratory in support of biomedical research and education programs. Director of CSHL from 1968-2003, Dr. Watson to date has donated more than $5 million...

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Nobelist James Watson proposes an unconventional view of type 2 diabetes causation

Peter Tarr — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:30:45 +0000

A new hypothesis published in the British medical journal The Lancet Cold Spring Harbor, NY — At 85, Nobel laureate James D. Watson, the co-discoverer of the double-helix structure of DNA, continues to advance intriguing scientific ideas. His latest, a hypothesis on the causation of type 2 diabetes, appears online February 28th in The Lancet,...

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2008 CSHL Double Helix Medals dinner—presented to Dr. J. Craig Venter and Dr. James D. Watson

Public Affairs Administrator — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:27:20 +0000

Dr. J. Craig Venter and Dr. James D. Watson was awarded the Double Helix Medal for their contributions to scientific research, November 2008.

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2008 CSHL Double Helix Medals dinner

Public Affairs Administrator — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:27:13 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ’s Double Helix Medals Dinner video that was presented during the 2008 Double Helix Medals Dinner.

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Letters shed new light on Nobel prizes for discovery of DNA’s double helix structure

Peter Tarr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:34:21 +0000

Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Today, on the 60th anniversary of the publication by James D. Watson and Francis Crick of an article describing the double-helical structure of the DNA molecule, two historians of science are shedding new light on the nominations leading up to the 1962 Nobel prize for the structure’s discovery. Alexander Gann...

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Nobel laureate James Watson publishes novel hypothesis on curing late-stage cancers

Peter Tarr — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:08 +0000

In a new paper Nobelist James Watson sets forth a hypothesis regarding the role of oxidants and antioxidants in late-stage cancers Cold Spring Harbor, NY — “Although mortality from many cancers has been steadily falling, particularly those of the blood [i.e., leukemias], the more important statistic may be that so many epithelial cancers (carcinomas) and...

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From one Nobel Prize winner to another

Communications Department — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:37:15 +0000

Ever since Dr. Watson won his Nobel Prize in 1962 people have been seeking his autograph. As part of our digitization project, I’m creating metadata for these autograph requests and I’m plugging names into the Library of Congress Name Authority File to see if anyone of interest pops up. I often wonder if the people...

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Local painter brings 1848 whaling vessels in Cold Spring Harbor to life

Communications Department — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:10:54 +0000

Nobel laureate commissions historic painting Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Whaling Vessels in Cold Spring Harbor, painted in 2011 by acclaimed local artist William Jonas is now the only known image in existence of what whaling vessels in Cold Spring Harbor looked like in the mid 19th century. The work was conceived by Dr. and...

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Digitizing the Watson and Brenner papers: Bringing great scientific discoveries within reach

Peter Tarr — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:06:57 +0000

CSHL-Wellcome Trust Library collaboration virtually unites papers of seminal figures in the history of modern biology Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Like breathtaking diamonds and emeralds placed behind thick plate glass windows at Tiffany’s for the world to see, many of the world’s most important historical documents are placed just beyond the reach of the...

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$3.6 Million raised at ��ϳԹ��Դ’s 2008 Double Helix Medals Dinner

Communications Department — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:32:20 +0000

Gala Event Honors James D. Watson, J. Craig Venter, Marilyn & James Simons and Sherry Lansing Cold Spring Harbor, NY — $3.6 million was raised for ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) at its third annual Double Helix Medals Dinner, honoring James D. Watson and J. Craig Venter for Scientific Research, Sherry Lansing for Humanitarianism and...

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Dr. James D. Watson retires as Chancellor of ��ϳԹ��Դ

Communications Department — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:00:00 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) today announced that Dr. James D. Watson, 79, has retired after nearly 40 years of distinguished service to CSHL. He had stepped down as President of CSHL in 2003 and most recently served as Chancellor. In 1968, Watson became Director of ��ϳԹ��Դ, transforming a small facility into...

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Watson genotype viewer now online

Communications Department — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:00:00 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ releases sequence browser Nobel Laureate James D. Watson’s personal genome sequence is now publicly available on ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL) website. “I am putting my genome sequence online to encourage the development of an era of personalized medicine, in which information contained our genomes can be used to identify and...

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Nobel laureate James Watson receives personal genome in ceremony at Baylor College of Medicine

Communications Department — Thu, 31 May 2007 05:00:00 +0000

Houston, TX — Nobel laureate James Watson—co-discoverer of the DNA double helix and father of the Human Genome Project—today, in a presentation at Baylor College of Medicine, became the first human to receive the data that encompass his personal genome sequence.

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CSHL Raises $2.5 Million at Inaugural Double Helix Medals Event & Launches $200 Million Capital Campaign

Communications Department — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:01:07 +0000

The first Inaugural Double Helix Medals Dinner honoring Muhammad Ali, Bob and Suzanne Wright, and Phillip Sharp Presenters include Meredith Vieira, Phil Donahue, Deborah Norville, Dr. James D. Watson Cold Spring Harbor, NY — ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL), the renowned institution where Nobel laureate Dr. James D. Watson gave the first public presentation of...

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Father Tom Hartman and Dr. James Watson announce partnership to find a cure for Parkinson’s Disease

Communications Department — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 05:00:00 +0000

$4.4 million pledge to fund research at ��ϳԹ��Դ The Thomas Hartman Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and ��ϳԹ��Դ announced today a partnership to work together to find a cure for Parkinson’s disease. A pledge of $4.4 million over five years from the Foundation will enable the new Thomas Hartman Parkinson’s...

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