Who was Raymond Gosling?
Q: Who was Raymond Gosling?
A: Raymond Gosling was a British biophysicist known for doing X-ray diffraction studies on DNA.
Q: What were Gosling's X-ray diffraction studies on DNA?
A: Gosling's X-ray diffraction studies on DNA were the first step in understanding the 3-D structure of DNA.
Q: Who was Gosling's first supervisor in his research group at King's College London?
A: Gosling's first supervisor in his research group at King's College London was A.R. Stokes of the Physics Department.
Q: What were Wilkins' comments on Gosling's diffraction photographs in 1950?
A: Wilkins described Gosling's diffraction photographs in 1950 as "much better than Astbury's, and almost like single crystals".
Q: Who was Rosalind Franklin, and what was her role in Gosling's research group?
A: Rosalind Franklin was a scientist who joined Maurice Wilkins' research group at King's College London. She was assigned to work closely with Gosling to improve the X-ray diffraction photography of DNA and get a sharper image.
Q: What X-ray diffraction image of DNA did Gosling make, and what was it called?
A: Gosling made the X-ray diffraction image of DNA known as "Photo 51".
Q: What was the significance of Gosling's work, and who received the Nobel Prize for it?
A: Gosling's work on X-ray diffraction studies on DNA, particularly Photo 51, led directly to the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine being awarded to Francis Crick, James D. Watson and Maurice Wilkins. Gosling was also the co-author with Rosalind Franklin of one of the three DNA double helix papers published in Nature in April 1953.
