TODAY IS DNA DAY!

James Watson and Francis Crick worked out the structure of the DNA double-helix at Cambridge University, announcing their much-celebrated discovery in a modest one-page letter to the journal Nature that was published 50 years ago today.

Scientists from around the globe (including Dr. Watson himself) will gather in Cambridge today for a one day conference to mark this milestone.


Find out more about their great accomplishments--here are a few good places to start:


Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah

Genome.gov

Google for "Dna day"