1. The Cell An Historical Prospective

2. Cell Theory Who were some of the people who made contributions to the development of cell theory? Who were some of the people who made contributions to the development of cell theory? Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Robert Hook Robert Hook Matthias Schleiden Matthias Schleiden Theodore Schwann Theodore Schwann Rudolf Virchow Rudolf Virchow

4. Contributions from Cytology How did the different types of microscopy contribute to our understanding of cells? How did the different types of microscopy contribute to our understanding of cells? Light microscopy Light microscopy compound compound phase contrast phase contrast differential interference contrast differential interference contrast fluorescence fluorescence digital video digital video Electron microscopy Electron microscopy transmission transmission scanning scanning Scanning probe microscopy Scanning probe microscopy

5. Contributions from Biochemistry What important contribution was made by Friedrich Wohler? What important contribution was made by Friedrich Wohler? by Louis Pasteur? by Louis Pasteur? by Eduard Buchner? by Eduard Buchner? Why do we remember Embden, Meyerhof, Krebs, Calvin and Svedberg? Why do we remember Embden, Meyerhof, Krebs, Calvin and Svedberg?

6. Contributions from Genetics Who was Gregor Mendel and why was he so important? Who was Gregor Mendel and why was he so important? What important contributions were made by other geneticists? What important contributions were made by other geneticists? Flemming Flemming Sutton Sutton Morgan Morgan Mc Clintock Mc Clintock

7. Merging 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 discover? What about Miescher? What did Avery, McLeod, and McCarty discover? What about Miescher? Why do we remember Hershey and Chase? Why do we remember Hershey and Chase?

8. Birth of Molecular Cell Biology To what do we attribute the birth of molecular cell biology? To what do we attribute the birth of molecular cell biology? How did Jacob and Monod advance our understanding? How did Jacob and Monod advance our understanding? What happened in the 1970’s? What happened in the 1970’s?