To mark the centenary of the birth of pioneering woman scientist Rosalind Franklin, which falls at a time when “virus” has become a household word, Dr Patricia Fara and Professor James Naismith, Director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute, join us to discuss how Franklin’s work on viruses still influences what scientists are exploring today.
Rosalind Franklin was born on 25 July 1920 and devoted her life to science. She is perhaps the most famous person buried at Willesden Cemetery. Her grave was listed in 2017.
Speakers
Professor James Naismith
Director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute based at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire. He is a world leading expert in structural biology, and is a professor at the University of Oxford.
Dr Patricia Fara
Emeritus Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, with a particular interest in women and science. Her most recent book is ‘A Lab of One's Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War’.
Hester Abrams
Hester Abrams is Project Leader of the Willesden Cemetery “House of Life”. She was previously a Reuters correspondent and editor whose work was published around the world, and Director of Jewish Book Week, where in 2013 Jenifer Glyn discussed her book “My Sister Rosalind Franklin”.
