Rosalind Franklin

Explore the profound and continuing impact of Rosalind Franklin's scientific legacy in this comprehensive episode of the Rosalind Franklin podcast. Dr. Sarah Quinn examines what she terms 'The Franklin Effect' - the lasting influence of Franklin's methodological rigor, groundbreaking discoveries, and approach to scientific research that extends far beyond her famous Photo 51 X-ray crystallography...

In this compelling episode of Rosalind Franklin, Dr Sarah Quinn explores how one of history's most important scientists has finally received her due recognition. For decades, Rosalind Franklin's crucial contributions to discovering DNA's structure were overshadowed by Watson and Crick's Nobel Prize-winning work. Through meticulous X-ray crystallography, including the famous 'Photo 51,' Franklin pr...

In this compelling episode of Rosalind Franklin, Dr Sarah Quinn explores one of science's most controversial Nobel Prize omissions. When James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins received the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering DNA's structure, Rosalind Franklin was notably absent - having died four years earlier. This episode examines Franklin's crucial contributions...

In this poignant episode, Dr Sarah Quinn explores Rosalind Franklin's final years from 1953 to 1958, examining her transformative move from King's College London to Birkbeck College. Despite facing a hostile work environment earlier in her career, Franklin found her scientific stride at Birkbeck, where she conducted groundbreaking research on virus structure alongside future Nobel laureate Aaron K...

In this episode of Rosalind Franklin, Dr Sarah Quinn explores the groundbreaking but often overlooked work on tobacco mosaic virus that helped establish the foundations of molecular biology. Discover how Rosalind Franklin's meticulous X-ray crystallography research in the 1950s revealed crucial insights about viral structure and genetic material organization. Learn about Franklin's innovative tech...

In this episode of Rosalind Franklin, Dr Sarah Quinn explores the exclusive world of Cambridge University's scientific establishment in the 1950s and its impact on the DNA discovery. We examine how informal networks, institutional culture, and gender dynamics shaped one of science's most famous breakthroughs. The episode delves into James Watson and Francis Crick's work at the Cavendish Laboratory...

In this episode of Rosalind Franklin, Dr Sarah Quinn explores the groundbreaking virus research that defined Franklin's later career at Birkbeck College. Moving beyond her famous DNA work, we discover how Franklin revolutionized our understanding of virus structure through her meticulous X-ray crystallography studies of the tobacco mosaic virus and polio virus. Learn how Franklin revealed the prec...

In this episode of Rosalind Franklin, Dr Sarah Quinn examines how one of the 20th century's most important scientific discoveries - the structure of DNA - was credited to Watson and Crick while the woman whose experimental work made it possible was written out of history. We explore Rosalind Franklin's groundbreaking X-ray crystallography research at King's College London, including the famous 'Ph...

Explore the controversial story behind one of science's greatest discoveries in this episode of the Rosalind Franklin podcast. Dr Sarah Quinn examines the complex circumstances surrounding the 1953 discovery of DNA's double helix structure, focusing on Rosalind Franklin's crucial but under-recognized contributions. Learn about Franklin's groundbreaking X-ray crystallography work at King's College...

Explore the fascinating story behind Photo 51, the X-ray crystallography image that revealed DNA's double helix structure. Join Dr Sarah Quinn as she examines how Rosalind Franklin's meticulous scientific work at King's College London in 1951 produced one of the most significant photographs in biology. This episode delves into Franklin's innovative X-ray techniques, the controversial sharing of he...

In this fascinating episode of Rosalind Franklin, Dr Sarah Quinn explores the revolutionary science of X-ray crystallography and how it grants scientists true 'X-ray vision' into the atomic world. Discover the accidental discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895, Max von Laue's groundbreaking realization that crystals could diffract X-rays, and the development of crystallography as both scien...

Join Dr Sarah Quinn as she explores Rosalind Franklin's formative scientific years, tracing her path from coal research at Cambridge to crystallography expertise in Paris. This episode examines how Franklin's doctoral work on coal microstructure laid the foundation for her later groundbreaking discoveries in molecular biology. We delve into her methodical approach to X-ray crystallography, her tim...

In this compelling episode of Rosalind Franklin, Dr Sarah Quinn explores the remarkable story of the woman whose X-ray crystallography work was crucial to understanding DNA's double helix structure. Born in 1920, Rosalind Franklin was a pioneering scientist whose famous Photo 51 provided essential evidence for DNA's helical nature. Despite her groundbreaking contributions, Franklin's work was ofte...