The Story of ROSALIND FRANKLIN - How She Discovered the Structure of DNA

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Published 2023-02-11
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When talking about the discovery of the DNA structure, you may have heard the names 'Watson' and 'Crick'. They are considered the bright minds behind this breakthrough. But what, if we tell you this is not the entire story? Rosalind Franklin, a female scientist from the UK played a tremendous role in all of this. She never really got the attention she deserved. Here she receives it!

The 11th of February is the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE. It is important to us to encourage especially young women to pursue a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics). You can do it!


References:

Maddox, B. The double helix and the 'wronged heroine'. Nature 421, 407–408 (2003). doi.org/10.1038/nature01399

Klug, A. Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. Nature 219, 808–810 (1968). doi.org/10.1038/219808a0

Editorial. Rosalind Franklin was so much more than the ‘wronged heroine’ of DNA. Nature 583, 492 (2020). doi: doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02144-4

Brenda Maddox. Rosalind Franklin. Die Entdeckung der DNA oder der Kampf einer Frau um wissenschaftliche Anerkennung. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2002

Des Jardins, Julie. The Madame Curie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in Science. The Feminist Press, 2010.


Illustrations:

Rosalind Franklin by Azzan Ayon (Instagram: axzman123)
Other illustrations by Henrik Ellinghaus


Reviewing:

Thanks a lot, Alice Cross!


Music:

Emmit Fenn - Alone (YouTube Audio Library)
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Time Codes:

0:00 Introduction
0:07 Who was Rosalind Franklin
1:17 Rosalind´s work on the structure of DNA
3:33 A major scandal
4:54 Women in STEM/Science
5:24 Outro
All Comments (7)
  • @sugarfree1894
    Franklin was unconvinced that DNA was helical, in fact for a while, before the Watson/Crick model, she was adamant that it was not helical at all.
  • @ashlynjones6779
    My son watched this video and his school had test on rosalind and he got a 100%
  • @user-fu9mj6xb3g
    she just captured a photo ..anyone who can know some basics of a machine he/she can capture a photo .main thing is analyze
  • @saiman7075
    The biggest crime in the history of biochemistry!