Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose photographs of DNA were critical to discovering its double helix structure.
Her work was used by Watson and Crick, who received the Nobel Prize in 1962—four years after Franklin's death from ovarian cancer at age 37.
She has become a symbol of women scientists whose contributions went unrecognized.
Two intertwined spirals
- nucleotideGenetic code subunit
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- base pairsBonded DNA building blocks
- adeninePurine nucleobase in DNA
thymine · guanine · cytosine · Watson and Crick · heredity · genetic code · molecular biology · nucleic acids
Life-process chemistry researcher
- biophysicistScientist studying life's mechanics
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- chemistSubstance and reaction scientist
experimentalist · physical chemistry · Paris · pioneer · discoverer · rigor · methodology · data analysis
Waves spreading past obstacles
- crystalsSolids with ordered structure
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- King's CollegeCambridge university college
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
carbon · graphite · porosity · viruses · RNA · molecular structure · imaging
Perceiving something as known
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- posthumousOccurring after death
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
Google Doodle · Mars rover · tribute · commemoration · women in science · gender discrimination · underrecognized · feminist icon
double helix
Two intertwined spirals
- nucleotideGenetic code subunit
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- base pairsBonded DNA building blocks
adenine · thymine · guanine · cytosine · Watson and Crick · heredity · genetic code · molecular biology · nucleic acids · Cambridge
biochemist
Life-process chemistry researcher
- biophysicistScientist studying life's mechanics
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
chemist · experimentalist · physical chemistry · Paris · pioneer · discoverer · rigor · methodology · data analysis
diffraction
Waves spreading past obstacles
- crystalsSolids with ordered structure
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- King's CollegeCambridge university college
coal · carbon · graphite · porosity · viruses · RNA · molecular structure · imaging
recognition
Perceiving something as known
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- posthumousOccurring after death
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
acknowledgment · Google Doodle · Mars rover · tribute · commemoration · women in science · gender discrimination · underrecognized · feminist icon
- biologistsbiologist, geneticist, molecular biologist, microbiologist, biochemist
- notable womenRosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony
- scientistsbiologist, Einstein, anthropologist, Darwin, chemist
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, Voyager 1, rocket ships
- Unsung Heroesvolunteer, caregiver, blood donor, organ donor, foster parent
- Biology HistoryDarwin, Mendel, evolution, natural selection, cell theory
Rosalind FranklinFrancis Crick
Nobel laureates · Nobel laureate · Thomas Edison · Albert Einstein · Marie Curie
Rosalind Franklinold boys' network
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