The CellThe Cell

An Historical ProspectiveAn Historical Prospective

Cell TheoryCell Theory

Who were some of the people who Who were some of the people who made contributions to the made contributions to the development of cell theory?development of cell theory? Antonie van LeeuwenhoekAntonie van Leeuwenhoek Robert HookRobert Hook Matthias SchleidenMatthias Schleiden Theodore SchwannTheodore Schwann Rudolf VirchowRudolf Virchow

Contributions from CytologyContributions from Cytology

How did the different types of microscopy How did the different types of microscopy contribute to our understanding of cells?contribute to our understanding of cells? Light microscopyLight microscopy

compoundcompound phase contrastphase contrast differential interference contrastdifferential interference contrast fluorescencefluorescence digital videodigital video

Electron microscopyElectron microscopy transmissiontransmission scanningscanning

Scanning probe microscopyScanning probe microscopy

Contributions from BiochemistryContributions from Biochemistry

What important contribution was What important contribution was made by Friedrich Wohler?made by Friedrich Wohler?

by Louis Pasteur?by Louis Pasteur? by Eduard Buchner?by Eduard Buchner?

Why do we remember Embden, Why do we remember Embden, Meyerhof, Krebs, Calvin and Meyerhof, Krebs, Calvin and Svedberg?Svedberg?

Contributions from GeneticsContributions from Genetics

Who was Gregor Mendel and why Who was Gregor Mendel and why was he so important?was he so important?

What important contributions were What important contributions were made by other geneticists?made by other geneticists? FlemmingFlemming SuttonSutton MorganMorgan Mc ClintockMc Clintock

Merging Genetics and BiochemistryMerging Genetics and Biochemistry

Why is Garrod remembered?Why is Garrod remembered?

What did Beadle and Tatum contribute?What did Beadle and Tatum contribute?

What did Avery, McLeod, and McCarty What did Avery, McLeod, and McCarty discover? What about Miescher?discover? What about Miescher?

Why do we remember Hershey and Chase?Why do we remember Hershey and Chase?

Birth of Molecular Cell BiologyBirth of Molecular Cell Biology

To what do we attribute the birth of To what do we attribute the birth of molecular cell biology?molecular cell biology?

How did Jacob and Monod advance How did Jacob and Monod advance our understanding?our understanding?

What happened in the 1970’s?What happened in the 1970’s?