Stanley Franklin 1930–2022

Franklin CH2

Franklin CH2

Dr. Carey Franklin Coombs

We have to record with the deepest regret the death of Dr. Carey Coombs. He passed away in the General Hospital on 9th December, after an illness of some five weeks' duration. It will be remembered that he was taken ill suddenly in the street at the beginning of November. Though he appeared to make favourable progress, it was realized by those in attendance that his condition was very grave and...

Franklin William Stahl (1929? )

Franklin William Stahl studied DNA replication, bacteriophages, and genetic recombination in the US during the mid-twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. With his colleague Matthew Meselson, Stahl performed an experiment called the Meselson-Stahl experiment, which provided evidence for a process called semi-conservative DNA replication. Semi-conservative replication is a process in which e...

Franklin prize for women scientists

The British government is ramping up efforts to address the career prospects of women working in science. Shortly after a woman has taken the reins at one of the country's key research councils, a new medal will award outstanding female scientists. It will be called the Franklin medal, after Rosalind Franklin who carried out key work on the structure of DNA in the 1950s. Three male scientists w...