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British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

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Jun 08, 1916 Northampton, England, United Kingdom Died on 28 Jul 2004 (aged 88)

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

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About Francis Crick

  • Francis Harry Compton Crick (8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004) was a British molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist.
  • In 1953, he co-authored with James Watson the academic paper proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule.
  • Together with Watson and Maurice Wilkins, he was jointly awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".
  • The results were based partly on fundamental studies done by Rosalind Franklin, Raymond Gosling and Wilkins. Crick was an important theoretical molecular biologist and played a crucial role in research related to revealing the helical structure of DNA.
  • He is widely known for the use of the term "central dogma" to summarize the idea that once information is transferred from nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) to proteins, it cannot flow back to nucleic acids.
  • In other words, the final step in the flow of information from nucleic acids to proteins is irreversible.During the remainder of his career, he held the post of J.W.
  • Kieckhefer Distinguished Research Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.
  • His later research centered on theoretical neurobiology and attempts to advance the scientific study of human consciousness.
  • He remained in this post until his death; "he was editing a manuscript on his death bed, a scientist until the bitter end" according to Christof Koch.

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