31/07/2023
Niecały tydzień temu minęły dokładnie 103 lata od narodzin Rosalind Franklin 👩🔬 której badania w znaczący sposób przyczyniły się m. in. do odkrycia 🔬 struktury podwójnej helisy znanej powszechnie jako DNA 🧬
Honoring Rosalind Franklin: the Scientist Who Saw the Double Helix First 🧬👏
Today marks the 103rd birth anniversary of English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin, whose pioneering research was central to discovering the structure of DNA.
Though her critical contributions went unrecognized for years, Franklin produced the famous Photo 51 image using X-ray diffraction, which allowed Watson, Crick and Wilkins to deduce that DNA has a double helix structure.
Franklin faced much discrimination as a woman in science in the early 20th century. Yet her meticulous research and penchant for precision led to groundbreaking insights that shaped modern genetics.
Even after her untimely death from ovarian cancer in 1958 at just 37 years old, the full extent of Franklin's contributions remained obscured by her male colleagues. But her short yet impactful career demonstrated the key role of women in STEM.
On her 103rd birth anniversary, let's celebrate the life of Rosalind Franklin - the dark lady of DNA whose enlightening findings in molecular biology still shine bright today!