Celebrating Rosalind Franklin's Contribution to the Discovery of DNA's Structure

Rosalind Franklin was a pioneering British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer born on July 25, 1920, in London. She played a crucial role in understanding the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. Excelling in science from a young age, she earned her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. Franklin is best known for her pivotal contributions to the discovery of DNA's double helix structure during her tenure at King's College London in the early 1950s. Her meticulous X-ray diffraction work led to the capture of Photograph 51, an image that provided critical evidence of DNA's helical structure.