Fyodor Urnov, who directed the COVID testing lab that Doudna created at Berkeley, gave the opening tribute to Franklin. I expected him to deliver it with his usual dramatic flair, but instead he made it, properly, a serious look at her scientific work, including her research into the location of RNA in tobacco mosaic viruses. The only flourish came at the end when he showed a picture of Franklin’s empty lab bench after her death. “The best way to honor her is to remember that the structural sexism she faced remains with us today,” he said, his voice choking up a bit. “Rosalind is the godmother
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