Title:

Letter from Rosalind Franklin to Barry Commoner

Creator:

Franklin, Rosalind

Recipient:

Commoner, Barry, 1917-2012 and Henry Shaw School of Botany

Date:

4 March 1955

Description:

During her 1954 visit to the United States, Franklin visited many virus researchers who would subsequently collaborate with her on projects involving virus structures. Barry Commoner sent her samples of a protein he called B8, to compare with the x-ray diffraction studies of TMV protein. They subsequently published several articles together. In this letter, Franklin reported on her first diffraction photos of B8, and suggested that a different preparation of the sample might give better pictures. She included a description of how she was able to concentrate the B8 solution in the absence of an ultra-centrifuge. The centrifuge was one of several items for which she repeatedly sought ARC funding.

Original Repository:

Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin

Location:

Folder: 2/33

Rights:

Reproduced from the Franklin Collection at the Churchill Archives Centre with the permission of the copyright holder.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Tobacco Mosaic Virus, RNA, and X-Ray Diffraction

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin. 12313

Legacy ID:

KRBBDY

NLM ID:

101584586X62

Profiles Collection:

The Rosalind Franklin Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584586X62

Story Section:

Envisioning Viruses: Birkbeck College, London, 1953-1958