Dr Watson's genes - I wonder how he feels now?

[spokette]

His genome has been analysed and guess what? The man has black ancestors. I bet he wished he kept his stupid mouth shut now, doh.

HA!

LOL! Has anyone seen a pic of him?

Oh well, next time he says something daft he can go 'Sorry, just my black genes coming through there a bit.'
He probably will, actually

this is him

I've met him- he doesn't look very black, it has to be said. Excellent news though, I saw it at the weekend

ohhhhhh where did you meet him, and have you ever met Crick? (genetics groupie that I am)

I've met Susan Greenfield , colin Blakemore and Ricjard Dawkins but none of the 'real' biggies. (even if Watson is an arse)

I will have to try and find the photo to send you- I was in the newspaper sharing a joke with him (admittedly only the New Haven Register, but still). It was yonks ago and I have hideously short cropped hair but it is me, honest. There is another woman on it who had it made into a slide so she could show it at talks . I have seen him quite a few times, but that was the only time we actually met. I never met Crick I'm afraid, but know/have met a few other Nobels. That's mainly because dh is so well-connected though. Mind you, I saw Barbara McClintock going into her lab at CSH once and I was v. impressed with that!

I was lectured by one of the guys who got the Nobel Prize for work on the Hep B vaccine, but being young and feckless (I didn't have a fecking clue! ) I now can't remember his name

I'll just be impressed anyway

Was interviewed by Greenfield, and got the gig, but went to work on another project.

May have been a mistake, on ballance.

Impressed anyway though

later worked with a chap who loathed her, and dished lots of gossip, as only a thwarted academic can.....but those stories have to wait for another Coffee at Jenners!

Not Gordon, BTW, he was too much of a sweetie to hate anyone!

Excellent, I look forward to that

I am still reeling from the gossip about Gordon!

Hello
Have not to my knowledge met any Nobel prizewinners
Just thought I'd join in and say yah boo sucks to Watson, the twat

Welcome Pruni and apologies to spokette for gossiping and name-dropping on your thread

Indeed Tamum, indeed. I was utterly gobsmacked

So is Watson just one of those great Brains who does a sound body of work and then wham! comes up with some loony theory (eg Pauling and vitamin C; Tinbergen and autism)?

My SIL worked for Susan Greenfield for a few years. Lots of gossip, but my lips are sealed... (actually I can't remember all the details, but if I just look knowing yet inscrutable perhaps no one will notice)

This recent picture here says it all really.

I remember reading (or being told) that during the apartheid years in South Africa, genealogists discovered that some very top-ranking Afrikaans politicians had black ancestors. It was all hushed up very quickly of course everyone knew and that was the end of their "racial purity" cred.

Off topic, I've met Professor Harry Kroto - Chemistry Nobel prize winner, he help determine the structure of Buckminsterfullerene (the football shaped C-60 molecule).
Twice!!

Ooh, bouncingturtle, did you ask him why on earth he called it Buckminsterfullerene? It doesn't exactly trip off the tongue....

It's after Buckminster Fuller of geodesic dome fame, on account of the shape of the molecules.