Secret of Photo 51 Video Review
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Maurice Wilkins
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Deputy director of the lab where Franklin worked at King's College
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Raymond Gosling
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Franklin's Ph.D. student with whom she made Photo 51
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Sir Aaron Klug
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Franklin's last and closest collaborator/friend
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James Watson and Francis Crick
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Researchers at Cavendish Laboratory in nearby Cambridge
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Who were the 2 leading DNA scientists in this field?
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Francis Crick and James Watson
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What was Rosalind Franklin trying to do at the same time as Watson and Crick?
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Trying to determine the structure of DNA
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What year did Watson and Crick receive the Nobel Prize
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1962
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What is the title of James Watson's book?
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The Double Helix
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What year and where was Rosalind Franklin born?
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1920 in London
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What school (college) did Rosalind Franklin attend?
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Saint Paul's Girls School / Cambridge University
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What is x-ray crystallography?
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Reveals the hidden atomic 3D structure of matter
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What were Roslaind's first experiments concerned w/ and how did they contribute to the war effort?
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Research on coal, better gas masks
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Where did Rosalind work when she later moved to Paris and what did she perfect when she worked there?
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Best research lab in Paris, technique of x-ray diffraction
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What often forced Rosalind to suspend her work for weeks at a time?
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Exceeding safe levels of x-ray exposure
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Where in England was Rosalind offered a position?
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Kings College, London
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What was her main assignment when Rosalind started at King's College in 1961
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Create an x-ray diffraction unit to investigate the structure of proteins *changed to DNA*
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Who was in charge of Rosalind in the lab?
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JT Randall - director of the lab Wilkins - deputy director (gave away her info)
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Who \"entered the game\" while setting up the lab at Kings?
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James Watson - wants to study the gene
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Where does Watson end up getting a position?
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Cavendish Lab, Cambridge University
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Who was Watson's office mate?
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Francis Crick
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WHat nickname was Rosalind given that Watson later \"popularizes\"
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Rosie
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How many forms of DNA does Rosalind initially photograph?
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2 forms of DNA, A dry, B wet, she concentrates on the dry A form
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How do Watson and Crick propose to demonstrate DNA strucutre?
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Model building
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Who do Watson and Crick \"acquire\" Franklin's unpublished data?
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Maurice Wilkins
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What does Franklin finally name her best \"B form\" picture?
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Photo 51
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What new nickname does she acquire after this?
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The Dark Lady
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How many angstroms per \"turn\" is the DNA molecule?
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34 angstroms per \"turn\"
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WHat is the name of the pub that Watson and Crick declare that they have found the \"secret of life\" in?
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The Eagle
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What was the general theme of her work after leaving King's?
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Virus research
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What is she lated diagnosed with and what is the probable cause?
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Cancer, her work with x-rays
