Rosalind Franklin [1920-2020]
This year, to mark 100 years since the birth of Rosalind Franklin The Rosalind Franklin Institute is looking back and celebrating on the life and work of this amazing scientist. The Rosalind Franklin Institute will be highlighting how many current discoveries and inventions would not have been possible without Rosalind Franklin’s work.
Mys usual readers know that I published an article about Rosalind Franklin on her 93rd birthday the 25th July 2013.
The Franklin Family
via BBC
Scientist Rosalind Franklin would have been "totally amazed" that 100 years after her birth she is being commemorated, according to her sister.
She is best known for her pioneering work which guided James Crick and Francis Watson to unlock DNA's secrets.
But far more of her short career was spent unravelling the molecular structures of coal and viruses.
Jenifer Glynn, 90, her sister, said she would have been pleased if her career "encourages girls into science".
"I think she would be totally amazed at the fact that 100 years after her birth there's such commemorations,"
Jenifer Glynn
Mrs Glynn said before her "sadly early death" aged 37 in 1958, she worked across biology, chemistry and physics, with a "focus on research that mattered to society."
"She would have also been amazed at the idea she has become a feminist icon - it was not in her mind at all.
"She was aware that it was harder for women, but wasn't trying to blaze a trail, although nothing would have pleased her more than the fact that perhaps it encourages girls into science."
Mrs Glynn said before her "sadly early death" aged 37 in 1958, she worked across biology, chemistry and physics, with a "focus on research that mattered to society".
Newnham College and the Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge, which holds her scientific papers, are marking the Centenary of her birth this 25 July 2020.
Rosalind Franklin 100 Image Competition
- Rosalind Franklin 100 Image & Essay Competitions:
This year marks the Centenary of Rosalind Franklin’s birth. It's an exciting time for the institute named in her honour.
As the institute prepares to open the new building, a four storey on the Harwell Campus which will house a world-unique technologies.
The Rosalind Franklin Institute was looking for images from member institutions to celebrate both its namesake and the interdisciplinary work she has inspired.
- Images in three categories: fact, experience, and experiment
The Rosalind Franklin Centenary Image Competition was open on 14th April and will close on 25th July, with the winner being announced in September 2020.
Rosalind Franklin 100 Essay Competition
At the same time an essay competition for undergraduate scientists at member institutions was running as well for passionate about exploring the intersection between physical and life sciences.
- The Rosalind Franklin Centenary Essay Competition was open on 14th April and will close on 25th July, with the winner being announced in September 2020.
Rosalind Frank
Visionary scientist
Illustration by Jody Hewgill for TIME
Time Magazine, 1953
In 1953, Time published an article about Rosalind Franklin on the cover included in the well known project 100 Women of the Year.
In 1953, Watson, who had been investigating the structure of DNA as well, was shown the image and immediately knew its significance.
"The instant I saw the picture my mouth fell open and my pulse began to race,” he wrote in his 1968 book, The Double Helix. “The black cross of reflections which dominated the picture could only arise from a helical structure.”
As we know, at age 37, Franklin died of cancer (1958). Only now is she being appreciated.
"In my cancer advocacy work, I’ve met female scientists who are welcomed and respected by their male colleagues. I’m sorry Rosalind Franklin wasn’t. But from now on, whenever you hear the names of the two men who discovered DNA, make it a troika: Franklin, Watson and Crick - in that order."
Katie Couric, Time, 1953
Rosalind Franklin Centenary
Well, we will be back in September with the names of the winners of the two competitions: Rosalind Franklin image competition and Rosalind Franklin essay competition.
"I think she would be totally amazed at the fact that 100 years after her birth there's such commemorations,"
Jenifer Glynn
G-Souto
23.07.2020
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