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#XrayChrystallography in the 1940s took a lot of time without the technology we had today often taking years to develop a structure - 4 years for penicillin and 8 years for B12. Her enormous amount of patience lead to much success in the field though over decade to gain #professor status at #Oxford

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#HeadstrongProfile day 7: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin received a #NobelPrize in #chemistry and was well-known for her strides in #XrayChrystallography surprising everyone by being able to nail down structures of #penicillin and #B12 . Her work on penicillin helped it to be mass produced in war times!

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