The History of Cell Biology

By schobes2000

  • Jansen creates first compound microscope

  • Hooke described "cell" in cork after viewing with microscope

  • Leeeuwenhoek (var.) discovers single celled organisms: protozoa and bacteria

  • Brown describes the cell nucleus in cells of the orchid.

  • Schleiden and Schwann propose cell theory.

  • Kolliker desribes mitochondria

  • Rudolf Virchow puts forth his famous conclusion: omnis cellula e cellula or cells come from pre-existing cells

  • Golgi discovers the golgi apparatus

  • Siemens produced the first commercial transmission electron microscope

  • Mice are cloned from somatic cells!!!

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