In 1994, Watson established Genesis Research and Development, an NZX-listed, now defunct, biotechnology company based in Auckland.[5]
After a being diagnosed with prostate cancer, he founded Caldera Health with Richard Forster (who was also diagnosed with the cancer) to focus specifically on the disease.[6][7]
Watson died on 13 February 2017 from prostate cancer, aged 73.[10]
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watson, biologist, james, douglas, watson, cnzm, 1943, february, 2017, zealand, biotechnologist, entrepreneur, watsoncnzmborn1943te, teko, zealanddied13, february, 2017, aged, auckland, zealandalma, materuniversity, aucklandscientific, careerthesisribonucleic,. James Douglas Watson CNZM 1943 13 February 2017 was a New Zealand biotechnologist and entrepreneur Jim WatsonCNZMBorn1943Te Teko New ZealandDied13 February 2017 aged 73 Auckland New ZealandAlma materUniversity of AucklandScientific careerThesisRibonucleic acids in relation to growth 1967 Biography editAfter growing up in Te Teko in the Bay of Plenty Watson completed a Master of Science degree 1 and then a PhD 2 at the University of Auckland He then moved to California working at the Syntex Corporation Palo Alto and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla and then to Department of Microbiology at the University of California He returned to the University of Auckland as professor of microbiology 3 Notable students of Watson s include immunologist Graham Le Gros 4 In 1994 Watson established Genesis Research and Development an NZX listed now defunct biotechnology company based in Auckland 5 After a being diagnosed with prostate cancer he founded Caldera Health with Richard Forster who was also diagnosed with the cancer to focus specifically on the disease 6 7 Watson served as president of the Royal Society of New Zealand between 2004 and 2006 3 he was preceded in that role by Gil Simpson and followed by Neville Jordan 8 In the 2006 Queen s Birthday Honours Watson was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to scientific and medical research 9 Watson died on 13 February 2017 from prostate cancer aged 73 10 References edit Studies on the role of ribonucleic acids in the photoperiodic response The University of Auckland Librarysearch auckland ac nz Archived from the original on 17 December 2019 Retrieved 5 July 2017 Ribonucleic acids in relation to growth The University of Auckland Librarysearch auckland ac nz Archived from the original on 17 December 2019 Retrieved 5 July 2017 a b Dr James Watson Elected President of the RSNZ Scoop News Scoop co nz 14 March 2003 Retrieved 5 July 2017 Le Gros Graham 1987 Role of interleukin 2 and interleukin 3 in haemopoiesis Doctoral thesis ResearchSpace Auckland University of Auckland hdl 2292 3221 Alumni Genesis Research and Development Corp Genesis co nz Retrieved 5 July 2017 About Caldera Health 13 February 2017 Retrieved 5 July 2017 Caldera founder Jim Watson dies as investors renew support for gene test The National Business Review Nbr co nz 16 February 2017 Retrieved 5 July 2017 Royal Society Te Aparangi Presidents Royalsociety org nz Retrieved 5 July 2017 Queen s Birthday honours list 2006 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 5 June 2006 Retrieved 29 November 2022 James Douglas Jim Watson The New Zealand Herald Retrieved 29 August 2017 External links editObiturary in the NZ Herald nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article about a New Zealand academic is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Watson biologist amp oldid 1186738135, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
