Title: Genes and mental illness.

Dr. James Watson is Chancellor Emeritus at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 for his 1953 co-discovery of the structure of DNA. The prize was awarded with Drs. Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins. Their research elucidated a central concept in the emerging field of biology: understanding the structure of a molecule reveals information about its function. DNA’s double helix structure suggested a clear mechanism by which genes are replicated and living beings reproduce.