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Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) [1] was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite. [2] .
Rosalind Franklin, British scientist best known for her contributions to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA. Franklin also contributed new insight on the structure of viruses, helping to lay the foundation for the field of structural virology. Learn about her life and career.
Apr 25, 2023 · What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure. Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news...
Rosalind Franklin made a crucial contribution to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, but some would say she got a raw deal. Biographer Brenda Maddox called...
Since her early death at the age of 37, Rosalind Franklin has become mythologised as the victim of male prejudice, the unsung heroine who took the crucial X-ray photograph enabling James Watson and Francis Crick to build their double helix model of DNA, and was unjustly deprived of a Nobel Prize.
Apr 25, 2023 · Untangling Rosalind Franklin’s Role in DNA Discovery, 70 Years On. Historians have long debated the role that Dr. Franklin played in identifying the double helix. A new opinion essay argues...
Jul 21, 2020 · EDITORIAL. 21 July 2020. Rosalind Franklin was so much more than the ‘wronged heroine’ of DNA. One hundred years after her birth, it’s time to reassess the legacy of a pioneering chemist and...
Jul 28, 2022 · about SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHIES. At King’s College London, Rosalind Franklin obtained images of DNA using X-ray crystallography, an idea first broached by Maurice Wilkins. Franklin’s images allowed James Watson and Francis Crick to create their famous two-strand, or double-helix, model.
Rosalind Franklin. Biophysics Week 2016 // 8237. by Susan Gillmor. The widespread impression of Rosalind Franklin stems from James Watson’s unflattering description of her in his Double Helix retelling of the discovery of structure of DNA [1].
Mar 25, 2024 · Rosalind Franklin was a chemist and X-ray crystallographer who studied DNA at King’s College London from 1951 to 1953, and her unpublished data paved the way for Watson and Crick’s...
