STEM Fatale Podcast

Episode 027 - Rosalind Franklin | X-ray Crystallographer

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Alternate Title: Our Dark Lady of DNA

Emlyn tells Emma about the x-ray crystallographer, Dr. Rosalind Franklin, who was instrumental in discovering the structure of DNA, and Emma tells Emlyn about "messy" companion stars!

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Sources

Main Story - Dr. Rosalind Franklin

  1. “Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment” by Beryl Lieff Benderly https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2018/08/rosalind-franklin-and-damage-gender-harassment
  • Dainton, Sir Frederick Sydney (1981). "Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, 9 November 1897 – 7 June 1978". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 27: 379–424. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1981.0016. JSTOR 769878.
  • “Rosalind Franklin” by PBS: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bofran.html
  • Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox
  • “Rosalind Franklin” by Wikipedia

    • Women who werk

    Dr. Melissa Graham and a team of researchers observe “messy” companion stars in binary star systems that lead to supernova.

    1. https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/01/10/messy-supernova/
  • https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-a-supernova.html

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    “Work” by Rihanna

    “Mary Anning” by Artichoke

    “Supernova Girl” by Zenon

     

    Cover Image

    Ann Ronan Picture Library—World History Archive/age fotostock

     

     

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