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Biochemistry Building, Oxford

Time for another shot of one of my favourite Oxford Buildings, methinks :-)

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I tend to call it the 'Biochemistry Building' but its true title is -

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building (Department of Biochemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics).

Extract from Wikipedia -

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hodgkin

"Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin OM FRS HonFRS (née Crowfoot; 12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994) was a Nobel Prize-winning English chemist who advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of biomolecules, which became essential for structural biology.

Among her most influential discoveries are the confirmation of the structure of penicillin as previously surmised by Edward Abraham and Ernst Boris Chain; and mapping the structure of vitamin B12, for which in 1964 she became the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Hodgkin also elucidated the structure of insulin in 1969 after 35 years of work.

Hodgkin used the name "Dorothy Crowfoot" until twelve years after marrying Thomas Lionel Hodgkin, when she began using "Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin". Hodgkin is referred to as "Dorothy Hodgkin" by the Royal Society (when referring to its sponsorship of the Dorothy Hodgkin fellowship), and by Somerville College. The National Archives of the United Kingdom refer to her as "Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin".
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18 comments

LotharW said:

Ein beeidruckendes Farbenspiel.
5 months ago ( translate )

Roger Bennion replied to LotharW:

Thank you, Lothar.
5 months ago

Madeleine Defawes said:

Superbe image géométrique colorée !
Bonne journée. Amitiés
5 months ago ( translate )

Roger Bennion replied to Madeleine Defawes:

Thank you very much, Madeleine.
Best wishes.
5 months ago ( translate )

Jaap van 't Veen said:

VERY colourful.
5 months ago

Roger Bennion replied to Jaap van 't Veen:

Cheers, Jaap.
5 months ago ( translate )

Annemarie said:

excellent

Happy Wednesday!
5 months ago ( translate )

Roger Bennion replied to Annemarie:

Thnaks very much, Annemarie.
Have a lovely rest of the week.
5 months ago

Stephan Fey said:

Gorgeous shot and building. I totally agree.
5 months ago

Roger Bennion replied to Stephan Fey:

Thank you very much, Stephan. Appreciated.
5 months ago

William Sutherland said:

Beautiful architectural POV! HWW!
5 months ago ( translate )

Roger Bennion replied to William Sutherland:

Cheers very much, William.
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Don Sutherland said:

Awesome capture.
5 months ago ( translate )

Roger Bennion replied to Don Sutherland:

Thank you, Don. Much appreciated.
5 months ago

Jocelyne Villoing said:

Quel joli bain de couleurs, j'aime beaucoup !***********
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