Nobel Prize for the structure of DNA (1962)

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Nobel Prize for the structure of DNA (1962)

In 1962, Watson, Crick, and Wilkins received the Nobel Prize for the structure of DNA.

In 1962, James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm for their contributions to determining the structure of DNA.

The recognition established the double helix model as the central reference of molecular biology, although it was awarded without including Rosalind Franklin, whose X-ray diffraction data had been decisive and who had died years earlier.

The video opens by noting that in 1962 three scientists took the stage in Stockholm to receive this prize for deciphering the structure of DNA, and clarifies that the academy did not mention that the key piece of the puzzle had been obtained behind Franklin's back.

Relations

• Photo 51 (1952) → laid the groundwork for → Nobel Prize for the structure of DNA (1962)
  Evidence

  Sources · original ES transcript

  • The Rule Behind All Life | The Central Dogma1:17

    Con esos datos confidenciales, él y Francis Crick armaron su modelo tridimensional y lo publicaron de inmediato.

  • The Rule Behind All Life | The Central Dogma1:38

    Ese premio Nobel fue la gloria definitiva de Watson, Crick y Wilkins,

• James Watson → received → Nobel Prize for the structure of DNA (1962)
  Evidence

  Sources · original ES transcript

  • The Rule Behind All Life | The Central Dogma1:38

    Ese premio Nobel fue la gloria definitiva de Watson, Crick y Wilkins,

• Francis Crick → received → Nobel Prize for the structure of DNA (1962)
  Evidence

  Sources · original ES transcript

  • The Rule Behind All Life | The Central Dogma1:38

    Ese premio Nobel fue la gloria definitiva de Watson, Crick y Wilkins,

• Nobel Prize for the structure of DNA (1962) → honored the structure of → DNA
  Evidence

  Sources · original ES transcript

  • The Rule Behind All Life | The Central Dogma0:00

    En 1962, tres científicos subieron al escenario en Estocolmo para recibir el premio Nobel por descifrar el secreto de la vida: la estructura del ADN.

Sources · original ES transcript

• The Rule Behind All Life | The Central Dogma0:00

  En 1962, tres científicos subieron al escenario en Estocolmo para recibir el premio Nobel por descifrar el secreto de la vida: la estructura del ADN.

• The Rule Behind All Life | The Central Dogma0:12

  Pero lo que la academia no mencionó en sus discursos es que la pieza clave que resolvió todo ese rompecabezas fue obtenida a escondidas.