crystallographer
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It's time the Nobel Assembly did the same thing and awarded a posthumous Nobel Prize to British chemist and crystallographer Rosalind Franklin, whose research laid the foundation for the modern understanding of DNA.
From Scientific American • Sep. 24, 2023
“This should clear up any questions regarding CSH,” says co-author Russell Hemley, an x-ray crystallographer at the University of Illinois, Chicago, who helped determine the material’s structure.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2023
In 1952, Rosalind Franklin was at King's College London investigating the atomic arrangement of DNA, using her skills as an X-ray crystallographer to create images for analysis.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2019
“It’s a perfectly valid method, but you have to be an experienced crystallographer to work with it.”
From Nature • Jun. 4, 2015
As a result, none of my teachers had ever considered the possibility that I might do postdoctoral research with an X-ray crystallographer.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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