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Biology
Course: Medical Laboratory Science (BSMLS1)
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University: University of Luzon
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History of cell
Robert Hooke (1665)
British scientist
Examined a piece of cork and found
little structure which he compared to
cellulae. He named them “cells”.
Contribute to the first postulate of
cell theory.
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek (1600)
Dutch scientist
Found moving protist and sperm,
which he termed “animalcules”.
First to use microscope
Contribute to the first postulate of
cell theory.
Upgraded Janssen’s microscope
and produced his lens.
Matthias Jacob Schleiden (1838)
German botanist
Established that the small
compartments in his plant
specimens are cells.
Contribute to the second postulate of
cell theory.
Theodore Schwann (1839)
German zoologist
Instituted that all animals are also
composed of cells.
Contribute to the second postulate of
cell theory.
Rudolf Virchow
German scientist
Introduced the 3rd tenet of the cell
theory.
Omnis cellula e cellula – “Cells
come from pre-existing cell”.
Zacharias Janssen (1590)
Invented a primitive microscope with
the help of his father Hans.
Marcello Malpighi & Nehemiah Grew
(1665-1676)
Conducted separated investigations
on plant cell.
They determined the presence of
organelles within its cells.
Marcello – founder of microscopic
anatomy.
Robert Brown (1831)
Made of series of discoveries about
cell organelles and ultimately
discovered the nucleus.
Albrecht Von Roelliker (1840)
Stated that sperm and egg are
composed of cells and that all
humans are configured from cells.
Louis Pasteur (1849)
Developing fermentation, a process
to kill bacteria, he proved that
bacteria are able to multiply and that
bacteria cells come from other
bacterial cells.
History of Biology
Aristotle
First who classified living things as
to air, land, or water dwellers
Father of Biology
Galen
Greek physician
First to dissect apes and pigs
Father of Anatomy
Andreas Vesalius
Made the first dissection on human
anatomy.
Discovered comparative anatomy.