#Rosalind Franklin

[legodna]

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With a scientifically accurate DNA model, and a historically accurate lab + 5 scientists!

Aims: to promote science to kids and honor Rosalind Franklin.

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[victusinveritas]

[theoptia]

Franklin, Rosalind Elsie and Gosling, Raymond George. Photo 51. 1952, King´s College London in London, England

The genetic material glimpsed in Photo 51 connects all living things and the image thus metaphorically captures human past, present, and future. It also marks an important milestone in science. In the last half-century, research that drew from Franklin’s photograph has brought advances in biology, medicine, paleontology, and many other parts of life.

[diioonysus]

happy women’s history month but also to the women who deserved better (to name a few)

[blackbirdswillsing]

someone on tiktok said that women had never done anything impactful in history so i listed some women, they then said that people like emily davison and emmeline pankhurst didn’t count because gender equality didn’t count???

so then i listed some more academic/science based women and they said this:

(ignore the marie curie typo)

i’m not crazy right? these are some of the most famous women in history, famous for their discoveries and achievements

i’m sorry that you don’t know who they are but your ignorance does not mean that these amazing women did not do what they did??

tell me that you guys know all of these women and it’s common knowledge because i’m pretty sure it is right?

i’m so sick and tired of people thinking they deserve to win arguments using insults and belittlement even though they don’t have the slightest clue what they’re even talking about

edit: stop saying “i only know x but not y and z”. i don’t care, do better.

[johnlennonofficial]

In 1952, these two men, James Watson and Francis Crick, claimed to have discovered the double helical structure of DNA. In 1962, they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine.

Unbeknownst to most at the time, they stole their work from female chemist, Rosalind Franklin. These two men are disgusting misogynists. Science teachers of Tumblr, I beg you to stop posting photos of the men who actively suppressed a woman who made one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time.

[antronaut]

Rosalind Franklin at work on the microscope

[strawlessandbraless]

Happy International Women’s Day! To my ladies in SCIENCE 🧪 🧬🔬🔭🧫🦍🐒🌿🌳🍄🚀🛰️

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

[okanb]

[academiabutworse]

No one will ever understand the pain and grief and anger I feel over Rosalind Franklin on a daily basis

[legodna]

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With a scientifically accurate DNA model, and a historically accurate lab + 5 scientists!

Aims: to promote science to kids and young adults and honor Rosalind Franklin and her legacy!

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[junethehellenicpagan]

Sarkov acknowledged Rosalind Franklin as the scientist who discovered the structure of DNA and got her discovery stolen I love him

[twentyeightsuns]

something that always helps me whenever i am feeling unmotivated or resentful towards my studies (mostly because of the toxicity surrounding the competitive nature of the exams i am preparing for) is pausing for a sec and wondering how exactly the particular concept came to be in front of me. how many nights did the Curies spend awake discussing the whys and hows of radioactivity? how exactly did Henry and Raoult think of solvents exerting pressure differently in different cases? did Franklin have to worry about fighting patriarchy besides working on her discovery? did Stefan/Boltzmann ever know we'd be able to calculate the temperature of the Sun? did they know their passion and their love for their respective subjects would be influencing millions of lives down the road? did they? and so i take another breath, mutter a thank you w my head up and continue.

[hilsonamore]

posted this on my instagram but my friends won’t get it

[womenruntheworld]

This plaque marks the scientific achievement of Rosalind Franklin, misspelled as Francis Crick and James Watson.

[everythingaboutbiotech]

Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was crucial to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.

Here are some key facts about Rosalind Franklin:

She captured the famous "Photo 51" X-ray diffraction image of DNA in 1952, which revealed the double helix structure. However, her contribution was initially unrecognized.

She was an expert in X-ray crystallography and studied the molecular structures of DNA, viruses, coal and graphite.

Her work at King's College London, using X-ray diffraction techniques, provided important insights into the helical structure of DNA.

Her data and insights helped guide Francis Crick and James Watson in deducing the double helix model of DNA's 3D structure in 1953.

Franklin's contribution to the discovery was largely unacknowledged for many years due to the sexist attitudes of the time. Watson and Crick shared the 1962 Nobel Prize with Maurice Wilkins.

She made pioneering use of X-ray diffraction studies of viruses, laying the foundations for structural virology.

She died of ovarian cancer in 1958 at the age of 37, before she could be formally recognized for her seminal work on DNA structure.

Rosalind Franklin's meticulous X-ray work and skills in crystallography provided indispensable data that led to one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century - the double helix structure of DNA.