BIOTECH TIMELINE

By Ashanti B
  • FERMENTATION DISCOVERED
    7000 BCE

    FERMENTATION DISCOVERED

    CHINESE SCIENTISTS DISCOVER FERMENTATION THROUGH BEER MAKING
  • BACTERIA USED TO MAKE YOGURT AND CHEESE
    6000 BCE

    BACTERIA USED TO MAKE YOGURT AND CHEESE

    YOGURT AND CHEESE MADE WITH LACTIC ACID-PRODUCING BACTERIA BY VARIOUS CULTURES
  • GREEKS PRACTICE CROP ROTATION
    250 BCE

    GREEKS PRACTICE CROP ROTATION

    THE GREEKS PRACTICE CROP ROTATION FOR MAXIMUM SOIL FERTILITY
  • CHRYSANTHEMUM USED
    100 BCE

    CHRYSANTHEMUM USED

    SCIENTISTS USE CHRYSANTHEMUM AS A NATURAL INSECTICIDE
  • BACTERIA AND PROTOZOA DESCRIBED

    BACTERIA AND PROTOZOA DESCRIBED

    ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK DISCOVERS AND DESCRIBES BACTERIA AND PROTOZOA
  • SMALLPOX VACCINE INVENTED

    SMALLPOX VACCINE INVENTED

    EDWARD JENNER USES FIRST VIRAL VACCINE TO INOCULATE A CHILD FROM SMALLPOX
  • DISCOVERY OF THE MAKE UP OF TISSUE

    DISCOVERY OF THE MAKE UP OF TISSUE

    HENRI DUTROCHET DISCOVERS THAT TISSUES ARE COMPOSED OF LIVING CELLS
  • PROTEIN DISCOVERED

    PROTEIN DISCOVERED

    PROTEIN HAS BEEN DISCOVERED, NAMED AND RECORDED BY GERARDUS JOHANNES MULDER AND JONS JACOB BERZELIUS.
  • BACTERIAL ORIGIN OF FERMENTATION DISCOVERED

    BACTERIAL ORIGIN OF FERMENTATION DISCOVERED

    LOUIS PASTEUR DISCOVERS THE BACTERIAL ORIGIN OF FERMENTATION
  • LAWS OF INHERITANCE DISCOVERED

    LAWS OF INHERITANCE DISCOVERED

    GREGOR MENDEL DISCOVERS THE LAWS OF INHERITANCE
  • IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA ENHANCED

    IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA ENHANCED

    ROBERT KOCH DEVELOPS A TECHNIQUE FOR STAINING BACTERIA FOR IDENTIFICATION
  • CHOLERA AND ANTHRAX VACCINE DEVELOPED

    CHOLERA AND ANTHRAX VACCINE DEVELOPED

    LOUIS PASTEUR DEVELOPS VACCINES AGAINST BACTERIA THAT CAUSE CHOLERA AND ANTHRAX IN CHICKENS
  • RABBIES VACCINE DEVELOPED

    RABBIES VACCINE DEVELOPED

    LOUIS PASTEUR AND EMILE ROUX DEVELOPED THE FIRST RABIES VACCINE AND USE IT ON JOSEPH MEISTER
  • THE WORD "BIOTECHNOLOGY" USED FIRST

    THE WORD "BIOTECHNOLOGY" USED FIRST

    KARL EREKY, A HUNGARIAN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER, FIRST USES THE WORD BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • PENICILLIN: FIRST ANTIBIOTIC CREATED

    PENICILLIN: FIRST ANTIBIOTIC CREATED

    ALEXANDER FLEMING NOTICES THAT A CERTAIN MOULD COULD STOP THE DUPLICATION OF BACTERIA, LEADING TO THE FIRST ANTIBIOTIC; PENICILLIN
  • STRUCTURE OF DNA DESCRIBED

    STRUCTURE OF DNA DESCRIBED

    JAMES D. WATSON AND FRANCIS CRICK DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE OF DNA
  • FIRST SUCCESSFUL RECOMBINANT DNA EXPERIMENT

    FIRST SUCCESSFUL RECOMBINANT DNA EXPERIMENT

    STANLEY NORMAN COHEN AND HERBERT BOYER PERFORM THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL RECOMBINANT DNA EXPERIMENT, USING BACTERIAL GENES
  • MONOCLONAL ANTIBIDIES PRODUCED

    MONOCLONAL ANTIBIDIES PRODUCED

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES DEVELOPED BY KOHLER AND CESAR MILSTEIN
  • COHEN AND BOYER AWARDED

    COHEN AND BOYER AWARDED

    THE U.S. PATENT FOR GENE CLONING IS AWARDED TO COHEN AND BOYER
  • PCR TECHNIQUE CONCEIVED

    PCR TECHNIQUE CONCEIVED

    THE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) TECHNIQUE IS CONCEIVED BY KARY MULLIS
  • FIRST SUCCESSFUL GENE THERAPY

    FIRST SUCCESSFUL GENE THERAPY

    FIRST FEDERALLY APPROVED GENE THERAPY TREATMENT IS PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY ON A YOUNG GIRL WHO SUFFERED FROM AN IMMUNE DISORDER
  • FIRST GM FOOD APPROVED

    FIRST GM FOOD APPROVED

    THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVES THE FIRST GM FOOD: THE “FLAVR SAVR” TOMATO
  • FIRST ANIMAL CLONING

    FIRST ANIMAL CLONING

    BRITISH SCIENTISTS, LED BY IAN WILMUT FROM THE ROSLIN INSTITUTE, REPORT CLONING DOLLY THE SHEEP USING DNA FROM TWO ADULT SHEEP CELLS
  • ROUGH DRAFT OF HUMAN GENOME PROJECT COMPLETED

    ROUGH DRAFT OF HUMAN GENOME PROJECT COMPLETED

    COMPLETION OF A “ROUGH DRAFT” OF THE HUMAN GENOME IN THE [HUMAN GENOME PROJECT]
  • HUMAN GENOME PROJECT COMPLETED

    HUMAN GENOME PROJECT COMPLETED

    THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT IS COMPLETED, PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE LOCATIONS AND SEQUENCE OF HUMAN GENES ON ALL 46 CHROMOSOMES.
  • DISCOVERY OF HOW TO USE HUMAN SKIN CELLS TO CREATE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS

    DISCOVERY OF HOW TO USE HUMAN SKIN CELLS TO CREATE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS

    SCIENTISTS DISCOVER HOW TO USE HUMAN SKIN CELLS TO CREATE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS.
  • FIRST NANORADIO DESCRIBED

    FIRST NANORADIO DESCRIBED

    THE FIRST NANORADIO IS DESCRIBED BY ALEX ZETTL
  • FIRST MEDICAL EXPERIMENT LAUNCHED

    FIRST MEDICAL EXPERIMENT LAUNCHED

    JAPANESE ASTRONOMERS LAUNCHED THE FIRST MEDICAL EXPERIMENT MODULE CALLED “KIBO”, TO BE USED ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
  • FIRST VIRAL PACEMAKER CREATED IN GUINEA PIGS

    FIRST VIRAL PACEMAKER CREATED IN GUINEA PIGS

    CEDARS-SINAI HEART INSTITUTE USES MODIFIED SAN HEART GENES TO CREATE THE FIRST VIRAL PACEMAKER IN GUINEA PIGS, NOW KNOWN AS ISAN’S
  • RULES DRAFTED FOR BIO-SIMILAR DRUGS

    RULES DRAFTED FOR BIO-SIMILAR DRUGS

    FDA ISSUES DRAFT RULES FOR BIO-SIMILAR DRUGS.