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Ep. 13 Another French Lesbian & Two Nobel Prizes
This episode Megan & Milena cover English chemist and molecular biologist Rosalind Franklin & painter Romaine Brooks, an American expat in France.
Rosalind Franklin
As always, we start with writing these shownotes at 11pm on the night that the Episode is published. As well, we always start with a portrait. Say hello to her face, ladies and gentlemen.
The cool stuff now. Above is the crystallography Xray defraction of DNA that led to the discovery of its structure. People had no idea what the code of all of life looked like, and this was the first clue.
When she was done with DNA, Franklin moved on to Viruses and their structures. Because she got funding from an agricultural institute, it was to study viruses that specifically targeted plants. Franklin worked mostly on the structure of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus, which she created a 5 foot model of to exhibit at the International Exhibit in Brussels in 1958. She unfortunately was not able to see the exhibit, as she passed away the day before it opened. But her work on viruses led to the Nobel Prize Winning Science.
Franklin got plenty of recognition posthumously. Above, we see a google doodle that Megan wouldn’t even click on [I might be shaming her a little bit]. Below, I literally just copied and pasted from her wiki page. (UGGGH Milena we’re better than Wiki) Enjoy
* 1982, Iota Sigma Pi designated Franklin a National Honorary Member.
* 1992, English Heritage placed a blue plaque commemorating Franklin on the building in Drayton Gardens, London, where she lived until her death.[222][223]* 1993, King’s College London renamed the Orchard Residence at their Hampstead Campus as Rosalind Franklin Hall.[224]* 1993, King’s College London placed a blue plaque on its outside wall bearing the inscription: “R. E. Franklin, R. G. Gosling, A. R. Stokes, M. H. F. Wilkins, H. R. Wilson – King’s College London – DNA – X-ray diffraction studies – 1953.”[225]* 1995, Newnham College, Cambridge opened a graduate residence named Rosalind Franklin Building[226] and put a bust of her in its garden.[227][228]* 1997, Birkbeck, University of London School of Crystallography opened the Rosalind Franklin Laboratory.[229]* 1997, the asteroid discovered in 1997 was named 9241 Rosfranklin.* 1998, National Portrait Gallery in London added Rosalind Franklin’s...
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This episode Megan & Milena cover English chemist and molecular biologist Rosalind Franklin & painter Romaine Brooks, an American expat in France.
Rosalind Franklin
As always, we start with writing these shownotes at 11pm on the night that the Episode is published. As well, we always start with a portrait. Say hello to her face, ladies and gentlemen.
The cool stuff now. Above is the crystallography Xray defraction of DNA that led to the discovery of its structure. People had no idea what the code of all of life looked like, and this was the first clue.
When she was done with DNA, Franklin moved on to Viruses and their structures. Because she got funding from an agricultural institute, it was to study viruses that specifically targeted plants. Franklin worked mostly on the structure of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus, which she created a 5 foot model of to exhibit at the International Exhibit in Brussels in 1958. She unfortunately was not able to see the exhibit, as she passed away the day before it opened. But her work on viruses led to the Nobel Prize Winning Science.
Franklin got plenty of recognition posthumously. Above, we see a google doodle that Megan wouldn’t even click on [I might be shaming her a little bit]. Below, I literally just copied and pasted from her wiki page. (UGGGH Milena we’re better than Wiki) Enjoy
* 1982, Iota Sigma Pi designated Franklin a National Honorary Member.
* 1992, English Heritage placed a blue plaque commemorating Franklin on the building in Drayton Gardens, London, where she lived until her death.[222][223]* 1993, King’s College London renamed the Orchard Residence at their Hampstead Campus as Rosalind Franklin Hall.[224]* 1993, King’s College London placed a blue plaque on its outside wall bearing the inscription: “R. E. Franklin, R. G. Gosling, A. R. Stokes, M. H. F. Wilkins, H. R. Wilson – King’s College London – DNA – X-ray diffraction studies – 1953.”[225]* 1995, Newnham College, Cambridge opened a graduate residence named Rosalind Franklin Building[226] and put a bust of her in its garden.[227][228]* 1997, Birkbeck, University of London School of Crystallography opened the Rosalind Franklin Laboratory.[229]* 1997, the asteroid discovered in 1997 was named 9241 Rosfranklin.* 1998, National Portrait Gallery in London added Rosalind Franklin’s...