Sheril KirshenbaumDec 17, 2022

Rosalind Franklin’s research was crucial to discovering DNA’s double helix structure 🧬 but it was James Watson & Francis Crick who received the credit & Nobel Prize.

Unknown to Franklin, the pair saw her unpublished data & X-ray diffraction images, inspiring their model. They never acknowledged her contribution until after her death.

How many discoveries & innovations of #women do we attribute to the men who took credit for their ideas?

https://theconversation.com/sexism-pushed-rosalind-franklin-toward-the-scientific-sidelines-during-her-short-life-but-her-work-still-shines-on-her-100th-birthday-139249 #history #science #HistoryRemix

Sexism pushed Rosalind Franklin toward the scientific sidelines during her short life, but her work still shines on her 100th birthday

Franklin was born a century ago, and her X-ray crystallography work crucially contributed to determining the structure of DNA.

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Show threadSheril Kirshenbaum

Rosalind Franklin update!

“A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.”

https://www.livescience.com/health/genetics/rosalind-franklin-knew-dna-was-a-helix-before-watson-and-crick-unpublished-material-reveals?fbclid=IwAR3AhaUWlB4QejBW6ESk1IAn-IPKqF8PUUs4KHPbZ2jMnQcCgCDcGPOjA74#lgymp4kotadc1a3pafg #HistoryRemix #history #science /2

Rosalind Franklin knew DNA was a helix before Watson and Crick, unpublished material reveals

A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.

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Apr 27, 2023 at 4:37amMetatext
Show threadFlora GrahamApr 27, 2023
@Sheril I think "a new paper confirms" is a misstatement. This Comment is an opinion piece, not a peer-reviewed paper. Still a very cool story ☺️
Show threadSteve CromwellApr 27, 2023

@Sheril
Reminds me of this joke:

Lecturer: What did Watson & Crick discover?
Woman in audience: Rosalind Franklin’s notebook

Show threadcui bono, baby.May 12, 2023
@Sheril
I remember my mother, a microbiologist, insisting this was the case 50 years ago.