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22 Oct 2022: Come and hear Howard Markel, author of The Secret of Life – Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick and the Discovery of DNA’s Double Helix, speak at this event. ... James Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 discovery of the double helix

14 Oct 2019: th. century – the discovery of the structure of DNA. Her work was critical to James Watson and Francis Crick’s discovery of the double helix – and their subsequent Nobel Prize win ... th. century – the discovery of the structure of DNA. Photo:

21 May 2024: This observation was the key to James Watson’s discovery six years later of the base pairing shown in Fig. ... Watson and Crick could not have made their dramatic discovery of matching up the base pairs without June’s expert crystallographic studies.

24 Feb 2017: The institute is named in honour of the pioneering British scientist whose use of X-rays to study biological structures played a crucial role in the discovery of DNA's 'double ... helix' structure by Francis Crick and James Watson.

7.30pm: Annual Association Dinner in Hall with Guest Speaker, Dr Howard Markel, author of The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA’s ... Churchill College. Storey’s Way. Cambridge, CB3 0DS. Website

21 Jul 2023: L. Bragg: A Few Personal Recollections’ by Francis Crick. ‘Bragg’s Foreword to The Double Helix‘ by James Watson. ... Notes: Preface by James Watson. Pages 131-135 focus on the LMB’s working environment.

Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Cambridge’s first McWhirter conference takes place at Newnham College. ... Franklin’s painstaking work resulted in ‘Photo 51’ which clearly depicted the double-helix structure of DNA that lay at the heart of

14 Aug 2019: Not many Nobel Laureates  in the sciences have written ‘popular’ books; James Watson’s The Double Helix is one exception. ... People view his book through hindsight, and are coloured by some of Watson’s extreme views and general behaviour.

31 May 2023: This is what Francis Crick and James Watson did in Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratories in 1952: their discovery of the structure of DNA has had an effect on all our lives ... discovery but its acceptability to policy makers and society as a whole.

16 Jan 2024: A drink at the Eagle Pub (top right), where Frances Crick announced his discovery (along with James Watson and Rosalind Franklin) of the structure of DNA. • ... Visit to King’s College Chapel (bottom right). • Punting on River Cam, weather