The Jean Mitchell Watson endowment was established in 1993 through a generous gift from renowned biologist James D. Watson. The donation was made in memory of Dr. Watson’s mother to honor her long association with the University. Over the years many eminent evolutionary biologists have been featured by the event, a majority of them specialists in the field’s nucleic acid underpinnings at Dr. Watson’s request.
Past Speakers
Cori Bargmann, Torsten N. Wiesel Professor, Rockefeller University
Uri Alon, Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science, Isreal
Eric Green, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
Sean Carroll, Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Wisconsin
Gary Ruvkun, Professor, Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Ronald Davis, Professor, Genetics, Stanford University
Walter Gehring, Professor, Cell Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland
Edward O. Wilson, Professor Emeritus, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Walter Gilbert, Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University and Founding Scientist, Myriad Genetics
Tom Cech, President, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Gerald Joyce, Professor, Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute
Sean B. Carroll-The 2008 Jean Mitchell Watson Lecturer
Dr. Carroll, Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin, presented the 2008 Watson Lecture on Thursday, November 13, 2008. The title of his lecture was "Endless Flies Most Beautiful : Cis-Regulatory Sequences and the Evolution of Animal Form".
Eric Green, MD, PhD-The 2010 Jean Mitchell Watson Lecturer
Dr. Green is the Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)-the largest organization in the world dedicated to genomic research. For over 20 years, he has been extensively involved in efforts to map, sequence, and understand the human genome. Dr. Green will present this year’s Watson Lecture on Friday, October 29, 2010. Please plan on joining us for "Fulfilling the Promise of a Sequenced Human Genome" at 3:00 PM in The Donnelley Biological Sciences Learning Center, 924 East 57th Street, Room 109. A reception will immediately follow the lecture in the BSLC Lobby.