Scientists of DNA

  • Gregor Mendel 1866-1884

    Gregor Mendel 1866-1884
    Mendel was born in a german speaking family.He's known to be the father of genetics.He was known for certain traits in pea-plants.
  • Friedrich Miescher-1869-1895

    Friedrich Miescher-1869-1895
    He discovered phosphorous and nitrogen in white blood cells from cell nuclei.When he separated it in to protein and acid he then discovered it as DNA.
  • Oswald Avery-1877-1955

    Oswald Avery-1877-1955
    He found that DNA is a transformation factor.He repeated griffith's experiment.He was in in the field of molecular biology.
  • Frederick Griffith-1877-1941

    Frederick Griffith-1877-1941
    He was a bacteriologist and he studied the function and transformation of bacteria.
  • Erwin Chargaff-1905-2002

    Erwin Chargaff-1905-2002
    He discovered two rules that led to the discovery of the double helix.He immigrated to the United States in the nazi era.
  • Rosalind Franklin 1920-1958

    Rosalind Franklin 1920-1958
    She was an English chemist and an X-ray crystallographer of the molecular structures of DNA,RNA and many other viruses.
  • Hersey+Chase-1953

    Hersey+Chase-1953
    They both concluded that DNA was the genetic material.They determined to that protective protein coat was formed by a bacteriophage.
  • Watson+Crick-1954

    Watson+Crick-1954
    They both worked together on studying the structure of DNA.They set the stages for molecular biology.
  • Collins+Venter-2003

    Collins+Venter-2003
    They started the sequencing of the human genome.It was called the bread on the string.