Rosalind Franklin: Legacy of Picture 51

By oberlinnhd

  • Rosalind Franklin is born.

    (Bio)

  • Studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge.

    (Bio).

  • Studies X ray diffraction and crystallography.

    At Laboratoire Central des Services Chimiques de l'Etat in Paris (Bio).

  • Began working at King's College in London

  • Photo 51 is shared without Franklin's knowledge.

    Photo 51 is shared without Franklin's knowledge.

    Colleague Maurice Wilkins shares with competing scientists Watson and Crick at Cambridge, without Franklin's knowledge or permission (Bio).

  • Left King's College

    Studied the structure of the tobacco mosaic virus and the structure of RNA (Bio).

  • Franklin discovered that she had ovarian cancer.

    Cancer can be a side effect of prolonged exposure when working with X rays.

  • Franklin dies of ovarian cancer.