Jean Mitchell Watson Lecture

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