Maurice Wilkins (1916–2004) was a New Zealand-born British physicist and molecular biologist who played a pivotal role in elucidating the structure of DNA. Born in Pongaroa, New Zealand, Wilkins studied physics at the University of Cambridge before joining the University of London’s King’s College London. Maurice Wilkins Quotes 1. “DNA is like Midas’s gold, everyone…
Francis Crick (1916–2004) was an eminent British molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, most renowned for co-discovering the structure of DNA in 1953 with James Watson, based on Rosalind Franklin’s critical X-ray diffraction images. This monumental achievement laid the foundation for modern molecular biology and genetics. Crick and Watson’s identification of the double helix structure as…
Daniel Nathans (1928–1999) was an American microbiologist who made significant contributions to molecular biology and genetics. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Nathans earned his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis before pursuing research in microbiology and biochemistry. Nathans is best known for his pioneering work on restriction enzymes, which are key tools in genetic…
