The Discovery Of Cells

  • Zacharias Janssen
    Jan 1, 1580

    Zacharias Janssen

    invented the microscope
  • Han Janssen

    Han Janssen

    is credited with inventing the microscope
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    Hooke viewed a thin cutting of cork and discovered empty spaces contained by walls which he termed cells
  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

    He discovered bacteria
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann

    Schwann was a master microscopist who examined animal tissue, specifically working on notochord development in tadpoles.
  • Matthias

    Matthias

    He discovered that all plants were composed of cells
  • The Discovery

    The Discovery

    Cells were first discovered in 1839 by Schleiden and Schwann
  • cell breakthrough

    cell breakthrough

    German doctor Minkowski discovers link between diabetes and pancreas
  • Rudolph Virchow

    Rudolph Virchow

    Virchow’s research at Würzburg helped to establish the concept of cellular pathology
  • cell breakthrough

    cell breakthrough

    stem cells treatments is proving to be a promising new way to improve motor functions in early studies.