A Preview of the Cell

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Chapter 1 A Preview of the Cell
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What is a cell?
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Modern Cell Biology

• Cytology
• Biochemistry
• Genetics

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Important scientists in cell biology (cytology)
Robert Hooke Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Robert
Brown Matthias Schledien Theodor Schwann Rudolf
Virchow
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The Cell Theory

• All organisms are made of cells (basic unit of
  life)
• All cells come from cells

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Important Developments in Cytology
Light microscope
Dyes/stains
Microtome
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Observing Living Cells
Fluorescent probes
Bright-field
Phase contrast
Confocal
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Electron Micrography
Transmission
Scanning
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Important scientists in biochemistry
Friederich Wöhler Louis Pasteur Eduard and Hans
Buchner Hans Krebs Melvin Calvin
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Important Developments in Biochem
Centrifugation
Electrophoresis
Chromatography
Mass Spectometery
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Important scientists in genetics
Gregor Mendel Walther Flemming Wilhelm Roux and
August Weissman Johan Friederich Miescher Robert
Fuelgen Oswald Avery, Colin McCloud, Maclyn
McCarty Alfred Hershey and Barbara Chase George
Beadle and Edward Tatum James Watson and Francis
Crick