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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hodgkin Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin] (1910-1994) was an eminent and ground-breaking crystallographer, who won the [[Nobel Prizes for 3D Molecular Structure|1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for solving the structure of vitamin B12 in the mid-1950's<ref name="crowfoot-v">PMID:13348621</ref>. In 1945, she solved the structure of penicillin. The structure had been controversial prior to her work, published in 1949<ref name="crowfoot-p">PMID:18134678</ref>. In 1971, she was a member of the team solving the structure of insulin<ref name="crowfoot-i">PMID:4932997</ref>. The insulin structure was solved at the time the [[Protein Data Bank]] was being founded, and was not deposited until 1980 as 1ins, superceded by [[4ins]] in 1989<ref>[http://History.Molviz.Org See <i>Earliest Solutions for Macromolecular Crystal Structures</i> at History.MolviZ.Org].</ref>.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hodgkin Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin] (1910-1994) was an eminent and ground-breaking crystallographer, who won the [[Nobel Prizes for 3D Molecular Structure|1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for solving the structure of vitamin B12 in the mid-1950's<ref name="crowfoot-v">PMID:13348621</ref>. In 1945, she solved the structure of penicillin. The structure had been controversial prior to her work, published in 1949<ref name="crowfoot-p">PMID:18134678</ref>. In 1971, she was a member of the team solving the structure of insulin<ref name="crowfoot-i">PMID:4932997</ref>. The insulin structure was solved at the time the [[Protein Data Bank]] was being founded, and was not deposited until 1980 as 1ins, superceded by [[4ins]] in 1989<ref>[http://History.Molviz.Org See <i>Earliest Solutions for Macromolecular Crystal Structures</i> at History.MolviZ.Org].</ref>.
An excellent 4.5 minute video by Huy Do Duc (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Dresden) explains the science behind this model. The video is available at the [https://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/backfromthedead/exhibition/the-structure-of-penicillin/ Museum of the History of Science] (Oxford, UK).


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