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==Awards and honours== ===Posthumous recognition=== * 1982, [[Iota Sigma Pi]] designated Franklin a National Honorary Member.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iotasigmapi.info/ISPprofawards/ISPprofawardees.html |title=Iota Sigma Pi professional awards recipients |website=Iota Sigma Pi |date=25 July 2000 |access-date=25 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829185654/http://www.iotasigmapi.info/ISPprofawards/ISPprofawardees.html |archive-date=29 August 2013 }}</ref> * 1984, [[St Paul's Girls School]] established the Rosalind Franklin Technology Centre.<ref name=berger/> [[File:Franklin-Wilkins Building King's College London.jpg|thumb|Mural inscription on [[King's College London]]'s Franklin-Wilkins Building, co-named in honour of Rosalind Franklin's work]] [[File:ROSALIND FRANKLIN 1920-1958 Pioneer of the study of molecular structures including DNA lived here 1951-1958.jpg|thumb|upright|Blue plaque on 107 [[Drayton Gardens]], London SW10]] * 1992, [[English Heritage]] placed a [[blue plaque]] commemorating Franklin on the building in [[Drayton Gardens]], London, where she lived until her death.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography: Rosalind Franklin |url=http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/visitkensingtonandchelsea/seedo/people/blueplaques/recordse-g/rosalindfranklin.aspx |website=[[The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]] |access-date=21 November 2014 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045237/https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/visitkensingtonandchelsea/seedo/people/blueplaques/recordse-g/rosalindfranklin.aspx }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Plaque: Rosalind Franklin |url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/rosalind-franklin |website=London Remembers |access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref> * 1993, [[King's College London]] renamed the Orchard Residence at its Hampstead Campus as Rosalind Franklin Hall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hampstead Residence |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/pg/accom/kings/kingsresidences/hampsteadresidence.aspx |publisher=King's College London |access-date=21 November 2014}}</ref> * 1993, [[King's College London]] placed a blue plaque on its outside wall bearing the inscription: "R. E. Franklin, R. G. Gosling, A. R. Stokes, M. H. F. Wilkins, H. R. Wilson – King's College London – DNA – X-ray diffraction studies – 1953."<ref>{{cite web |title=Plaque: Franklin, Gosling, Stokes, Wilson, Wilkins |url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/franklin-gosling-stokes-wilson-wilkins |website=London Remembers |access-date=21 November 2014}}</ref> * 1995, [[Newnham College, Cambridge]] opened a graduate residence named Rosalind Franklin Building,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Graduate Houses: Rosalind Franklin Building |url=http://www.srcf.ucam.org/newnhammcr/the-college/accommodation/living-in-college/graduate-houses/ |website=Newnham College |access-date=27 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903021209/http://www.srcf.ucam.org/newnhammcr/the-college/accommodation/living-in-college/graduate-houses/ |archive-date=3 September 2014 }}</ref> and put a bust of her in its garden.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rostvik |first1=Camilla |title=Rosalind Franklin's Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |url=http://www.bshs.org.uk/travel-guide/rosalind-franklins-cambridge-cambridge-uk |work=BSHS Travel Guide |access-date=27 August 2014 |date=17 July 2013 |archive-date=11 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111205533/http://www.bshs.org.uk/travel-guide/rosalind-franklins-cambridge-cambridge-uk }}</ref><ref name="dugard">{{cite news |last1=Dugard |first1=Jane |title=A grave injustice |url=http://mg.co.za/article/2003-03-18-a-grave-injustice |access-date=27 August 2014 |newspaper=[[Mail & Guardian]] |location=Johannesburg |date=18 March 2003}}</ref> * 1997, [[Birkbeck, University of London]] School of Crystallography opened the Rosalind Franklin Laboratory.<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://img.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/bca/CNews/1997/Sep97/Cover.html#Cover| title=Sir Aaron Klug opens new Laboratory| journal=Crystallography News| date=September 1997| number=62| pages=16–18| publisher=British Crystallographic Association| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925091313/http://img.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/BCA/CNews/1997/Sep97/Cover.html| archive-date=25 September 2006| access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref> * 1997, a newly discovered asteroid was named [[9241 Rosfranklin]]. * 1998, [[National Portrait Gallery (London)|National Portrait Gallery]] in London added Rosalind Franklin's portrait next to those of Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?search=ss&sText=Rosalind+Franklin&LinkID=mp58704 |title=NPG pictures |website=National Portrait Gallery |date=11 June 1946 |access-date=25 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211234922/http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?search=ss&sText=Rosalind+Franklin&LinkID=mp58704 |archive-date=11 December 2007 }}</ref> * 1999, the Institute of Physics at Portland Place, London, renamed its theatre as Franklin Lecture Theatre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dielectrophoresis 2014 Venue and accommodation |url=http://dielectrophoresis2014.iopconfs.org/venue |website=Dielectrophoresis 2014 |access-date=21 November 2014 |archive-date=12 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112021253/http://dielectrophoresis2014.iopconfs.org/venue }}</ref> * 2000, [[King's College London]] opened the Franklin–Wilkins Building in honour of Franklin's and Wilkins's work at the college.<ref name=KCLfuture>{{cite web |title=The future |url=http://www.kingscollections.org/exhibitions/archives/dna/further-work/future |publisher=King's College London |access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref> * 2000, [[We the Curious]] (formally @Bristol) has a Rosalind Franklin Room.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rosalind Franklin Room|date= 3 November 2015 |url= https://www.wethecurious.org/venue-hire/rosalind-franklin-room |publisher=We the Curious|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref> * 2001, the American [[National Cancer Institute]] established the Rosalind E. Franklin Award for women in cancer research.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rosalind E. Franklin Award |url=https://ccrod.cancer.gov/confluence/display/CCRWSA/Rosalind+E.+Franklin+Award |publisher=National Cancer Institute |access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref> * 2002, the [[University of Groningen]], supported by the European Union, launched the [[Rosalind Franklin Fellowship]] to encourage women researchers to become full university professors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rosalind Franklin Fellowships at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Groningen |url=http://www.epws.net/2014/10/rosalind-franklin-fellowships-at.html |publisher=European Platform of Women Scientists |access-date=21 November 2014 |date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129032713/http://www.epws.net/2014/10/rosalind-franklin-fellowships-at.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=€ 6.6 million EU grant for Rosalind Franklin Fellowship |url=http://www.rug.nl/news/2013/08/0802-eusubs-rff?lang=en |publisher=University of Groningen |date=2 August 2013}}</ref> * 2003, the [[Royal Society]] established the [[Rosalind Franklin Award]] (officially the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture) for an outstanding contribution to any area of natural science, engineering or technology.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lambert|first1=F.|title=The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award|journal=Notes and Records of the Royal Society|year=2003|volume=57|issue=2|pages=265–266|doi=10.1098/rsnr.2003.0211|s2cid=71548543}}</ref> The award consists of a silver-coated medal and a grant of £30,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/rosalind-franklin-award/|website=royalsociety.org|publisher=[[Royal Society]]|title=Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture|date=30 November 2023 }}</ref> * 2003, the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] declared King's College London as "National Historic Chemical Landmark" and placed a plaque on the wall near the entrance of the building, with the inscription: "Near this site Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, Raymond Gosling, Alexander Stokes and Herbert Wilson performed experiments that led to the discovery of the structure of DNA. This work revolutionised our understanding of the chemistry behind life itself."<ref>{{cite web |title=Plaque: DNA at Kings |url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/dna-at-kings |publisher=London Remembers |access-date=21 November 2014}}</ref> [[File:Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science at Illinois]] * 2004, Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, located in [[North Chicago, Illinois|North Chicago]], Illinois, USA changed its name to the [[Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/RFUOnline/History.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701025154/http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/RFUonline/history.aspx |archive-date=1 July 2014 |publisher=Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science |access-date=13 February 2015 }}</ref> It also adopted a new motto "Life in Discovery", and ''Photo 51'' as its logo.<ref>{{cite web |title=University Honors Namesake With New Sculpture |url=http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/ia/UniversityNews.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615191820/http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/ia/UniversityNews.aspx |archive-date=15 June 2012 |publisher=Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science |access-date=13 February 2015 }}</ref> * 2004, the [[Gruber Foundation]] started the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award for two female geneticists from all over the world. It carries an annual fund of $25,000, each award is for three years, and selection is made by a joint committee appointed by the [[Genetics Society of America]] and the [[American Society of Human Genetics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2016 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award of The Gruber Foundation |url=http://www.genetics-gsa.org/awards/rosalind.shtml/ |publisher=Genetics Society of America |access-date=25 October 2015 |archive-date=17 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017070118/http://www.genetics-gsa.org/awards/rosalind.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2004, the [[Advanced Photon Source]] (APS) and the APS Users Organization (APSUO) started the APSUO Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award for young scientists who made contributions through the APS.<ref>{{cite web|title=APSUO Franklin Award|url=https://www.aps.anl.gov/About/Committees/APS-Users-Organization/Franklin-Award|publisher=UChicago Argonne LLC|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref> * 2005, the DNA sculpture (donated by James Watson) outside [[Clare College]], Cambridge's Memorial Court incorporates the words ''"The double helix model was supported by the work of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins."''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_cambridge/displayarticle.asp?id=268669 |title=Secret of life revisited |date=9 November 2005 |newspaper=Cambridge News |access-date=1 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206182922/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_cambridge/displayarticle.asp?id=268669 |archive-date=6 February 2009 }}</ref> * 2005, the [[Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance]], based in Florida, US, established an annual award the Rosalind Franklin Prize for Excellence in Ovarian Cancer Research.<ref>{{Cite web|title=OCRA National Conference Awards & Prizes|url=https://ocrahope.org/events/conference/awards-prizes/|access-date=17 May 2021|website=OCRA|language=en-US|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517113616/https://ocrahope.org/events/conference/awards-prizes/}}</ref> * 2006, the Rosalind Franklin Society was established in New York by [[Mary Ann Liebert]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rosalind Franklin Society, Inc . |url=http://www.nycorporatelist.com/corp/852202.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225210330/http://www.nycorporatelist.com/corp/852202.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 February 2021 |work=NYCorporateList |access-date=21 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-353703745.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911011138/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-353703745.html |archive-date=11 September 2016 |title=Mary Ann Liebert to Receive Award for Stem Cell Education at World Stem Cell Summit in San Diego |last=Staff |date=18 December 2013 |work=Biotech Week|access-date=9 July 2016 |via=HighBeam Research}}</ref> The Society aims to recognise, foster, and advance the important contributions of women in the life sciences and affiliated disciplines.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mission |url=http://www.rosalindfranklinsociety.org/about/mission |publisher=Rosalind Franklin Society |access-date=21 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129192611/http://www.rosalindfranklinsociety.org/about/mission |archive-date=29 November 2014 }}</ref> * 2008, [[Columbia University]] awarded an honorary [[Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize]] to Franklin, "for her seminal contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/125564.php |title=2008 Horwitz Prize Awarded To Arthur Horwich & Ulrich Hartl For Cellular Protein Folding |work=Medical News Today |date=15 October 2008 |access-date=10 April 2012 |archive-date=27 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227105042/http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/125564.php }}</ref> * 2008, the [[Institute of Physics]] established a biennial award the [[Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize |url=http://www.iop.org/about/awards/subject/franklin/page_72410.html |website=iop.org |publisher=Institute of Physics, London, UK |access-date=4 March 2019}}</ref> * 2012, the bioinformatics education software platform ''[[Rosalind (education)|Rosalind]]'' was named in honour of Franklin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1278 |title=Researchers Launch Innovative, Hands-on Online Tool for Science Education |publisher=Jacobsschool.ucsd.edu |access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref> * 2012, The Rosalind Franklin Building was opened at [[Nottingham Trent University]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Lord Robert Winston opens Rosalind Franklin Building at Nottingham Trent Uni |url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Lord-Robert-Winston-opens-Rosalind-Franklin/story-17089015-detail/story.html |access-date=21 November 2014 |newspaper=[[Nottingham Post]] |date=16 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129074829/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Lord-Robert-Winston-opens-Rosalind-Franklin/story-17089015-detail/story.html |archive-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> * 2013, Google honoured Rosalind Franklin with a [[Google Doodle|doodle]], showing her gazing at a double helix structure of DNA with an X-ray of ''Photo 51'' beyond it.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/25/rosalind-franklin-google-doodle| title=Rosalind Franklin, DNA scientist, celebrated by Google doodle| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| location=London| date=24 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rosalind Franklin's 93rd Birthday |url=https://doodles.google/doodle/rosalind-franklins-93rd-birthday/}}</ref> * 2013, a plaque was placed on the wall of [[The Eagle (pub)|The Eagle]] pub in Cambridge commemorating Franklin's contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA, on the sixtieth anniversary of Crick and Watson's announcement in the pub.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jonny |title=New plaque for Rosalind Franklin |url=http://thecambridgetourcompany.co.uk/new-plaque-for-rosalind-franklin/ |website=The Cambridge Tour Company |access-date=27 August 2014 |date=10 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ashwell |first1=Louise |title=New plaque unveiled to commemorate unsung heroine of DNA |url=http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/5785 |access-date=27 August 2014 |newspaper=[[Varsity (Cambridge)|Varsity]] |date=10 March 2013}}</ref> * 2014, the Rosalind Franklin Award for Leadership in Industrial Biotechnology was established by Biotechnology Industry Organization ([[Biotechnology Innovation Organization]] since 2016) in collaboration with the Rosalind Franklin Society, for an outstanding woman in the field of industrial biotechnology and bioprocessing.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Caitlin |title=CA Scientist Receives First BIO Rosalind Franklin Award |url=http://www.biotech-now.org/tag/rosalind-franklin-society# |publisher=Biotechnology Industry Organization |date=11 July 2014 |access-date=21 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129045108/http://www.biotech-now.org/tag/rosalind-franklin-society |archive-date=29 November 2014 }}</ref> * 2014, the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science unveiled a bronze statue of Franklin, created by [[Julie Rotblatt-Amrany]], near its front entrance.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rosalind Franklin University unveils bronze statue of its namesake |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140529/news/140528036/ |access-date=13 February 2015 |newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)|Daily Herald]] |location=Arlington Heights, Ill |date=29 May 2014 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> * 2014, the Rosalind Franklin STEM Elementary was opened in [[Pasco, Washington|Pasco]], Washington, the first science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) elementary school in the district.<ref>{{cite web |title=Franklin STEM Elementary |url=http://www.psd1.org/domain/1032 |publisher=Schoolwires, Inc. |access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Building Tri-Cities: Rosalind Franklin STEM Elementary |url=http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/2014/10/building-tri-cities-rosalind-franklin-stem-elementary/ |access-date=25 October 2015 |work=Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business |date=14 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130110324/http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/2014/10/building-tri-cities-rosalind-franklin-stem-elementary/ |archive-date=30 January 2016}}</ref> * 2014, the [[University of Wolverhampton]] opened its new laboratory building named the Rosalind Franklin Science Building.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rosalind Franklin Science Building |url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/developing-our-campus/rosalind-franklin-building/ |publisher=University of Wolverhampton |access-date=25 October 2015 |archive-date=6 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906041851/http://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/developing-our-campus/rosalind-franklin-building/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=£25m lab block for the University of Wolverhampton |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/10/17/25m-lab-block-for-the-university-of-wolverhampton/ |access-date=25 October 2015 |newspaper=[[Express & Star]] |location=Wolverhammpton |date=17 October 2014}}</ref> * 2015, [[Newnham College Boat Club]], Cambridge, launched a new racing VIII, naming it the ''Rosalind Franklin''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boats |website=Newnham College Boat Club |url=https://ncbc.soc.srcf.net/about/boats/ |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref> * 2015, the Rosalind Franklin Appathon was launched by University College London as a national app competition for women in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine).<ref>{{cite news |title=Launch of the Rosalind Franklin Appathon for Women in STEMM |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/maps-news-publication/maps1556 |access-date=9 May 2016 |publisher=University College London |date=4 November 2015}}</ref> * 2015, a high performance computing and cloud facility in London was named ''Rosalind''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brueckner |first1=Rich |title=HPC Facility in London Named After Dr Rosalind Franklin |url=http://insidehpc.com/2015/12/rosalind-franklin-honoured-in-launch-of-hpc-facility/ |access-date=9 May 2016 |work=insideHPC |date=26 December 2015}}</ref> * 2016, the [[British Humanist Association]] added the Rosalind Franklin Lecture to its annual lecture series, aimed to explore and celebrate the contribution of women towards the promotion and advancement of humanism.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://humanism.org.uk/2016/01/19/professor-dame-anne-glover-to-deliver-inaugural-rosalind-franklin-lecture-on-10-march/ |title=» Professor Dame Anne Glover to deliver inaugural Rosalind Franklin Lecture on 10 March |website=British Humanist Association |access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> * 2016, the Rosalind Franklin Prize and Tech Day was held on 23 February in London, organised by University College London, i-sense, UCL Enterprise, the [[London Centre for Nanotechnology]] and the UCL [[Athena SWAN]] Charter.<ref>{{cite news |title=And the winners are ... The Rosalind Franklin Appathon Prize and Tech Day 2016 |url=https://www.london-nano.com/news-and-events/news/and-the-winners-are%E2%80%A6the-rosalind-franklin-appathon-prize-and-tech-day-2016 |access-date=9 May 2016 |publisher=London Centre for Nanotechnology |date=8 March 2016 |archive-date=14 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414081355/http://www.london-nano.com/news-and-events/news/and-the-winners-are%E2%80%A6the-rosalind-franklin-appathon-prize-and-tech-day-2016 }}</ref> [[File:Rue Rosalind Franklin.svg|thumb| right|Rue Rosalind Franklin in [[Luxembourg]]]] * 2017, [http://Rue%20Rosalind-Franklin%20https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue_Rosalind-Franklin_(Stad_Lëtzebuerg) Rue Rosalind Franklin] made.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rues-au-feminin.lu/streets/south/rue-rosalind-franklin-esch/ | title=Rue Rosalind Franklin - South }}</ref> * 2017, [[DSM (company)|DSM]] opened the Rosalind Franklin Biotechnology Center in [[Delft]], the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://biofuelsdigest.com/nuudigest/2017/04/03/dsm-opens-biotech-center-honors-dna-pioneer-rosalind-franklin/ |title=DSM opens biotech center, honors DNA-pioneer Rosalind Franklin |website=Biofuel Digest |date=3 April 2017 |access-date=6 April 2017}}</ref> * 2017, [[Historic England]] [[listed building|gave a heritage listing, at Grade II]], to Franklin's tomb at [[Willesden Jewish Cemetery]] on the grounds of it being of "special architectural or historic interest". Historic England said that "the tomb commemorates the life and achievements of Rosalind Franklin, a scientist of exceptional distinction, whose pioneering work helped lay the foundations of molecular biology; Franklin's X-ray observation of DNA contributed to the discovery of its helical structure."<ref name="NHLEFRanklin">{{NHLE|num=1444176|desc=Tomb of Rosalind Franklin|date=7 March 2017|access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref> * 2018, the [[Rosalind Franklin Institute]], an autonomous medical research centre under the joint venture of 10 universities and funded by the [[United Kingdom Research and Innovation]], was launched at the [[Harwell Science and Innovation Campus]] on 6 June,<ref>{{cite news |title=Rosalind Franklin Institute will 'transform' life sciences research through disruptive technologies |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2018-06-06-rosalind-franklin-institute-will-transform-life-sciences-research-through-disruptive |access-date=8 October 2019 |publisher=University of Oxford |date=6 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> and was officially opened on 29 September 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 September 2021|title=Rosalind Franklin Institute opens|url=https://www.ukri.org/news/rosalind-franklin-institute-opens/|access-date=2 October 2021|website=ukri.org|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2019, the [[European Space Agency]] (ESA) named its ExoMars rover ''[[Rosalind Franklin (rover)|Rosalind Franklin]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/ExoMars/ESA_s_Mars_rover_has_a_name_Rosalind_Franklin |title=ESA's Mars rover has a name – Rosalind Franklin |publisher=[[European Space Agency]] |language=en-GB |access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref> * 2019, the [[University of Portsmouth]] announced that it changed the name James Watson Halls to Rosalind Franklin Halls from 2 September.<ref>{{cite news |title=James Watson Halls to be renamed Rosalind Franklin Halls from September 2019 |url=https://uopnews.port.ac.uk/2019/08/19/james-watson-halls-to-be-renamed-rosalind-franklin-halls-from-september-2019/ |access-date=20 September 2019 |work=UoP News |date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=20 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920114732/https://uopnews.port.ac.uk/2019/08/19/james-watson-halls-to-be-renamed-rosalind-franklin-halls-from-september-2019/ }}</ref> * 2020, Franklin was selected for the [[Time Person of the Year|''Time'' 100 Women of the Year]], for 1953.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=5 March 2020 |title=Rosalind Franklin: 100 Women of the Year |url=https://time.com/5793551/rosalind-franklin-100-women-of-the-year/ |access-date=22 July 2020 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> * 2020, the UK [[Royal Mint]] released a 50-pence coin in honour of the hundredth anniversary of Franklin's birth on 25 July. It features a stylised version of ''Photo 51''.<ref>{{cite news |date=20 July 2020 |title=Rosalind Franklin's legacy celebrated with commemorative 50p coin |website=King's College London |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/rosalind-franklins-legacy-celebrated-with-commemorative-50p-coin |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref> * 2020, South Norfolk Council renamed a road on the [[Norwich Research Park]] in her honour in July 2020. The road is home to the [[Quadram Institute]] and the [[University of East Anglia]]'s [[Bob Champion]] Research and Education Building.<ref>{{cite web |last=Place|first=Clarissa |title='Abhorrent' road name to be changed to honour work of female scientist |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/health/rosalind-franklin-honoured-in-norwich-road-name-change-1772002 |date=12 October 2020 |access-date=23 January 2021 |newspaper=[[Eastern Daily Press]] |location=Norwich |language=en}}</ref> * 2020, [[Trinity College Dublin]] announced that its library had previously held forty busts, all of whom were of men, was commissioning four new busts of women one of whom would be Franklin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Four new statues to end Trinity Long Room's "men only" image |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/four-new-statues-to-end-trinity-long-room-s-men-only-image-1.4420412 |last=Burns |first=Sarah |date=26 November 2020 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |location=Dublin |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref> * 2020, [[Aston Medical School]] instituted an annual competition for medical students named the Rosalind Franklin Essay Prize, funded by its alumni and Rosalind's nephew, Daniel Franklin, executive and diplomatic editor of ''[[The Economist]].''<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 June 2021|title=Franklin essay prize opens to Medical School students|url=https://www.greaterbirminghamchambers.com/latest-news/news/2021/6/1/franklin-essay-prize-opens-to-medical-school-students/|access-date=2 June 2021|website=greaterbirminghamchambers.com|language=en}}</ref> * 2021, a bronze [[Tondo (art)|tondo]] of Rosalind Franklin was placed on Hampstead Manor and unveiled on 15 March.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 March 2021|title=Celebrating diversity, it's in our dnA|url=https://www.fenews.co.uk/press-releases/65134-celebrating-diversity-it-s-in-our-dna|access-date=2 June 2021|website=FE News|language=en-gb}}</ref> * On 30 June 2021, a satellite named after her ([[ÑuSat]] 19 or "Rosalind", COSPAR 2021-059AC) was launched into space.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210630006018/en/Satellogic-Launches-4-Additional-Satellites-on-SpaceX-Falcon-9-Rocket |title=Satellogic Launches 4 Additional Satellites on SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket |date=30 June 2021 |access-date=1 July 2021 |publisher=[[Business Wire]]}}</ref> * 2021, the Rosalind Franklin laboratory was opened in the [[Royal Leamington Spa]], Warwickshire, on 13 July as the largest laboratory for [[COVID-19]] testing under the UK Health Security Agency and [[National Health Service (England)|National Health Service]] Test and Trace network,<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 July 2021|title=New megalab opens to bolster fight against COVID-19|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-megalab-opens-to-bolster-fight-against-covid-19|access-date=15 July 2021|website=gov.uk|language=en}}</ref> and supported by the [[University of Warwick]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 July 2021|title=Covid-19: Leamington Spa 'mega lab' opens to speed up testing|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-57812242|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref> * 2022, the new bacterial genus, ''Franklinella'', in the family [[Comamonadaceae]], was described in her honour.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bernard |first1=Kathryn A. |last2=Pacheco |first2=Ana Luisa |last3=Burdz |first3=Tamara |last4=Wiebe |first4=Deborah |last5=Bernier |first5=Anne-MarieYR 2022 |title=Assignment of provisionally named CDC group NO-1 strains derived from animal bite wounds and other clinical sources, to genera nova in the family Comamonadaceae: description of Vandammella animalimorsus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Franklinella schreckenbergeri gen. nov., sp. nov |url=https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.005247 |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |year=2022 |volume=72 |issue=2 |page=005247 |doi=10.1099/ijsem.0.005247 |pmid=35171091 |s2cid=246866558 |issn=1466-5034}}</ref> [[File:רחל פרנקלין שלט רחוב.jpg|thumb|right|Rachel (Rosalind) Franklin st. in [[Israel]]]] * As of 2024, Rachel (Rosalind) Franklin st. was named for her. ===Cultural references=== Franklin's part in the discovery of the nature of DNA was shown in the 1987 TV film ''[[Life Story (TV film)|Life Story]]'', starring [[Juliet Stevenson]] as Franklin, and with [[Tim Pigott-Smith]] as Crick, [[Alan Howard (actor)|Alan Howard]] as Wilkins and [[Jeff Goldblum]] as Watson. The film portrayed Franklin as somewhat stern, but also alleged that Watson and Crick did use a lot of her work to do theirs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Life Story (TV) |url=http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film622996.html |website=Filmaffinity |access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Life Story |url=http://www.williamnicholson.com/1987/12/life-story/ |publisher=William Nicholson |access-date=26 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114439/http://www.williamnicholson.com/1987/12/life-story/ |archive-date=28 January 2015}}</ref> A 56-minute documentary of the life and scientific contributions of Franklin, ''DNA – Secret of Photo 51'', was broadcast in 2003 on [[PBS Nova|PBS ''Nova'']].<ref>{{cite web |title=Secret of Photo 51 |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/photo51/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref> Narrated by [[Barbara Flynn]], the program features interviews with Wilkins, Gosling, Klug, Maddox,<ref>{{cite web |title=NOVA: DNA – Secret of Photo 51 (2003) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/389902/NOVA-DNA-Secret-of-Photo-51/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016071806/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/389902/NOVA-DNA-Secret-of-Photo-51/overview |archive-date=16 October 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Nathan Southern |year=2014 |access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref> including Franklin's friends Vittorio Luzzati, Caspar, Anne Piper, and Sue Richley.<ref>{{cite web |title=Secret of Photo 51 Transcript |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/3009_photo51.html |publisher=PBS |access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref> The UK version produced by [[BBC]] is titled ''Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady (2003) (TV) |url=http://moviespictures.org/movie/Rosalind_Franklin_DNAs_Dark_Lady_2003_TV |website=MoviesPictures.ORG |access-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204065108/http://moviespictures.org/movie/Rosalind_Franklin_DNAs_Dark_Lady_2003_TV |archive-date=4 February 2015 }}</ref> The first episode of another PBS documentary serial, ''DNA'', was aired on 4 January 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Season 1, Episode 1 The Secret of Life |url=http://www.tvguide.com/shows/dna-413036/episode-1-season-1/the-secret-of-life/ |website=TV Guide|access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref> The episode titled ''The Secret of Life'' centres much around the contributions of Franklin. Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, it features Watson, Wilkins, Gosling and Peter Pauling (son of Linus Pauling).<ref>{{cite web |title=Episode 1: The Secret of Life |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/dna/episode1/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref> A play entitled ''Rosalind: A Question of Life'' was written by Deborah Gearing to mark the work of Franklin, and was first performed on 1 November 2005 at the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Rosalind: A Question of Life |url=http://deborahgearing-playwright.moonfruit.com/#/rosalind/4554565560 |website=deborahgearing-playwright.moonfruit.com |access-date=26 January 2015 |archive-date=11 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111205059/http://deborahgearing-playwright.moonfruit.com/#/rosalind/4554565560 }}</ref> and published by [[Oberon Books]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gearing |first1=Deborah |title=Burn, and Rosalind: A Question of Life |date=2006 |publisher=Oberon Books |location=London |isbn=978-1-84002-659-7 }}</ref> Another play, ''[[Photograph 51 (play)|Photograph 51]]'' by [[Anna Ziegler (playwright)|Anna Ziegler]], published in 2011,<ref name = Ziegler>{{cite book |last1=Ziegler |first1=Anna |title=Photograph 51 |date=2011 |publisher=Dramatists Play Service |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8222-2508-9 |url=http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=4265}}</ref> has been produced at several places in the US<ref name = Ziegler/> and in late 2015 was put on at the Noel Coward Theatre, London, with [[Nicole Kidman]] playing Franklin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/1648/Nicole-Kidman-Returns-To-The-West-End-In-Photograph-51--Tickets-On-Sale-Now-.aspx |title=Nicole Kidman Returns To The West End In Photograph 51 |first=Jacob |last=Porteous |work=London Theatre Direct |date=24 April 2015 |access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref> Ziegler's version of the 1951–53 'race' for the structure of DNA sometimes emphasizes the pivotal role of Franklin's research and her personality. Although sometimes altering history for dramatic effect, the play nevertheless illuminates many of the key issues of how science was and is conducted.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grode |first1=Eric |title=The Female Scientist, the Biggest Secret |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/theater/06photograph.html|access-date=26 January 2015 |work=The New York Times |date=5 November 2010 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> ''False Assumptions'' by [[Lawrence Aronovitch]] is a play about the life of [[Marie Curie]] in which Franklin is portrayed as frustrated and angry at the lack of recognition for her scientific contributions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.productionottawa.com/falseassumptionsreview/ |title=Review of ''False Assumptions'' |publisher=Productionottawa.com |date=27 March 2013 |access-date=25 July 2013}}</ref> Hostility between the two is also depicted in season 3 of ''[[Harvey Girls Forever]]''.<ref>{{cite episode |series=[[Harvey Girls Forever]] |title=Folding Girls |first=Marie |last=Curie |time=9m |quote=Rosalind Franklin isn't fit to rack my test tube.}}</ref> Franklin was noted as the chemist who "actually discovered DNA" in episode three of the 2019 Netflix series [[Daybreak (2019 TV series)|''Daybreak'']].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wainio |first=Wade |date=2019-12-04 |title=Daybreak season 1, episode 3 recap: The Slime Queenpin of Glendale, CA |url=https://showsnob.com/2019/12/04/daybreak-season-1-episode-3-recap/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Show Snob |language=en-US}}</ref> Franklin is fictionalised in [[Marie Benedict]]'s novel ''Her Hidden Genius'', released in January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clift |first=Elayne |date=2022 |title=Her Hidden Genius: A Novel |url=https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/her-hidden-genius-novel |access-date=25 June 2022 |website=New York Journal of Books}}</ref> A musical, titled ''Double Helix'', based on Franklin's contribution to the discovery opened in May 2023 at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, New York.<ref name="NYT-20230529">{{cite news |last=Rosenfield |first=Lauren |date=29 May 2023 |title=Rosalind Franklin's Role in DNA Discovery, Once Ignored, Is Told Anew in Song - "Double Helix," at Bay Street Theater, illuminates the British scientist's contributions, which became the basis for James Watson and Francis Crick's 1953 breakthrough. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/theater/rosalind-franklin-double-helix-musical.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230530133255/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/theater/rosalind-franklin-double-helix-musical.html |archive-date=30 May 2023 |access-date=30 May 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Franklin's image appeared in [[Pfizer]]'s 2024 [[Super Bowl commercial]] alongside other notable scientific pioneers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Notte |first1=Jason |title=Pfizer Super Bowl Ad Fights Cancer With Science and Queen |url=https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/pfizer-super-bowl-ad-cancer-science-queen/ |website=www.adweek.com |access-date=12 February 2024 |date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pfizer's First Super Bowl Commercial Touts Scientific Discoveries |url=https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/super-bowl-2024-chiefs-49ers/card/pfizer-s-first-super-bowl-commercial-touts-scientific-discoveries-v9XMxy5LtcyZkh8fnjnL |website=WSJ |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref>
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