Rosalind Franklin

Biography

Rosalind Franklin's X-ray diffraction image known as Photo 51 was the crucial evidence that revealed the double helix structure of DNA. Her colleague Maurice Wilkins showed the photograph to James Watson without her knowledge, and Watson and Crick used it to build their famous model. Franklin never knew her data had been shared. She died of ovarian cancer at 37, four years before Watson, Crick, and Wilkins received the Nobel Prize — which is not awarded posthumously.

罗莎琳德·富兰克林的X射线衍射图像——著名的Photo 51——是揭示DNA双螺旋结构的关键证据。她的同事莫里斯·威尔金斯在她不知情的情况下将照片展示给了詹姆斯·沃森，沃森和克里克利用它构建了他们著名的模型。富兰克林从不知道她的数据被分享了。她37岁死于卵巢癌，在沃森、克里克和威尔金斯获得诺贝尔奖的四年前——该奖不授予已故者。

Key Achievements

• Captured Photo 51, key evidence for DNA's structure

  拍摄Photo 51，DNA结构的关键证据

• Pioneered X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules

  开创了生物分子的X射线衍射研究

• Also made major contributions to understanding viruses

  对理解病毒也做出了重大贡献

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Rosalind Franklin — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin
2. Maddox, Brenda. Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA. HarperCollins, 2002.