Beta sheet Fiber diffraction X-ray diffraction of DNA
Awards
Actonian Prize (1935) Croonian Medal (1945)
Scientific career
Fields
Physics, Molecular biology
Institutions
University College London Royal Institution University of Leeds
Doctoral advisor
William Henry Bragg[1]
William Thomas Astbury FRS (25 February 1898 – 4 June 1961) was an English physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules.[1] His work on keratin provided the foundation for Linus Pauling's discovery of the alpha helix. He also studied the structure for DNA in 1937 and made the first step in the elucidation of its structure.
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among her American friends and constantly displayed her sense of humour. William Ginoza of the University of California, Los Angeles, later recalled that...
laboratory, which remained very basic, though Griffith and his colleague, William M. Scott, "could do more with a kerosene tin and a primus stove than most...
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