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John Muir was Born
He was born in Dunbar, Scotland -
Hermann Emil Fischer was Born
He was born in Euskirchen, in the Cologne district. -
Eduard Buchner was Born
He was born in Munich. -
Thomas Hunt Morgan was Born
He was born in Lexington, Kentucky. -
Karl Landsteiner was Born
He was born in Vienna. -
Richard Willstätter was Born
He was born in Karlsruhe, Baden. -
Emil Fischer
He discovered the compound phenylhydrazine. -
Muir and the Seirra Club
He started the Sierra Club, an organization dedicated to preserving wild lands such as Yosemite. This relates to Ecology and Conservation, impacts of humans -
Fritz Albert Lipmann was Born
He was born in Koenigsberg, Germany. -
Hans Adolf Krebs was Born
He was born in Hildesheim, Germany. -
Ragnar Granit was Born
He was born in the then Parish of Helsinki. -
1902 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Emil Fischer was given this award for his work on sugar and purine syntheses. -
Barbara McClintock was Born
She was born in Hartford, Connecticut. -
Konrad Lorenz was Born
He was born in Vienna, Austria. -
Haldan Keffer Hartline was Born
He was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. -
Donald Hebb was Born
He was born on July 22, 1904 in Cheser, Nova Scotia. Both of his parents were phycisians. -
Harry Harlow was Born
Harlow grew up in Fairfield, Iowa. The second youngest of four brothers. -
George Wald was Born
He was born in New York City. -
1907 Nobel Prize
Eduard Buchner was presented this award for his biochemical research and cell-free fermentation. -
Rachel Carson was Born
She was born in Springdale, Pennsylvania -
Thomas Hunt and the Fruit Fly
He discovered that some traits are sex linked, meaning that it was probably carried on one of the sex chromosomes, and other genes were probably carried on specific chromosomes as well.This deals with genetics and Chromosomes, genes and alleles. -
Niels K. Jerne was Born
He was born in London, England. -
Roger Sperry was Born
August 20, 1913, in Hartford, Connecticut -
John Muir's death
He died in Los Angeles, California. -
1915 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Richard Willstätter was given this award for his work on plant pigmentations such as chlorophyll. Photosynthesis -
Francis Crick was Born
He was born in Northampton, London. -
Maurice Wilkins was Born
He was born in Pongaroa, New Zealand. -
Eduard Buchner's death
He was wounded on August 3, 1917 on the front line and died as a result of those wounds on the 12th. -
Rodney R. Porter was Born
He was born in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England. -
Emil Fischer's death
He commited suicide in Berlin, Germany. -
Bruce Merrifield was Born
He was born in Fort Worth, Texas. -
Har Gobind Khorana was born
He was born to Hindu parents in Raipur, now Eastern Pakistan -
Robert W. Holley was born
He was born in Urbana, Illinois. -
Arvid Carlsson was Born
He was born in Uppsala, Sweden. -
Haldan Keffer Retinal Action Potential
Hartline studied the renail action potential using frogs, decerebrate cats and rabbits. -
Oliver Smithies was Born
He was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. -
Paul Greengard was Born
He was born in New York City. -
Sydney Brenner was Born
He was born in Germiston, South Africa. -
Marshall W. Nirenberg was Born
He was born in New York City -
César Milstein was Born
He was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. -
James Watson was Born
He was born in Chicago, Illinois. -
Paul C. Lauterbur was Born
He was born in Sidney, Ohio. -
Gerald M. Edelman was Born
He was born in New York City -
Eric R. Kandel was Born
He was born in Vienna, Austria. -
Karl Landsteiner Nobel Prize
He received the Nobel Prize because of his discovery of human blood groups in 1901. Genetics, chromosomes genes and alleles -
George Wald Vitamin A
Dr.Wald first identified vitamin A in the retina in the laboratory of Otto Warburg in Berlin-Dahlem. -
Luc Montagnier was Born
He was born in Chabris, France. -
Sir Peter Mansfield was Born
He was born in London, England. -
Harald Zur Hausen was Born
He was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. -
Mario R. Capecchi was Born
He was born in Verona, Italy. -
Leland H. Hartwell was Born
He was Born in Los Angeles, California. -
Wangari Muta Maathai was Born
She was born in Nyeri, Kenya. -
Peter C. Doherty was Born
He was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. -
Sir Martin J. Evans was Born
He was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. -
McClintock and Jumping Genes
She discovered that genetic material was not stationary and could move to different places along a chromosome. Genetics, chromosomes, genes and alleles -
Lorenz's Imprinting
Lorenz puplished his finding on imprinting in ducks. He is considered one of the fathers of ethology. -
Bert Sakmann was Born
He was born in Stuttgart, Germany. -
Richard Willstätter's death
He died of a heart attack. -
Tim Hunt was Born
He was born in Neston in the Wirral, England. -
Karl Landsteiner's death
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Robert W. Holley Penicillin
He spent two years at Cornell University Medical College, where he participated in the first chemical synthesis of penicillin. -
Rolf M. Zinkernagel was Born
He was born in Riehen, Switzerland. -
Erwin Neher was Born
He was born in Landsberg, Germany. -
Maurice Wilkins X-ray Diffraction
He used X-ray diffraction to help determine the structure of DNA.
Chemistry of life DNA structure -
Thomas Hunt Morgan's death
He deid from a ruptured artery after a heart attack. -
Georges J. F. Kohler was Born
He was born in Munich, Germany. -
John E. Sulston was Born
He was born in Cambridge, England. -
Roger D. Kornberg was Born
He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. -
H. Robert Horvitz was Born
He was born in Chicago, Illinios. -
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi was Born
She was born in Paris, France. -
Al Gore was Born
He was born in Washington, D.C. -
Hebb Nerve Cells
He said when certain nerve cells are activated at the same time by a stimulus, they strengthen their physical ties with each other. These changes in the interconnections among nerve cells in the brain allow for learning. Neurology and Behavior, stimuli -
Sir Paul M. Nurse was Born
He was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England -
Horvitz Cell Death
Horvitz began to research programmed cell death by using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. cells -
Carlsson and Dopamine
He discovered that Dopamine was a neurotransmitter, which led to the inventiontion of the drug levodopa (L-Dopa) which became the leading drup used for patients with Parkinsons. Nerves, hormones and homeostasis -
Kandel and Aplysia
He studied the sea slug Apylsia to learn about the connection between synapses and memory. He discovered that weak stimuli change the synapses slightly, which are the basis for short term memory, strong stimuli produce a larger change in the synapses therefore giving way to long term memory. Nerves, hormones and homeostasis -
TMV James Watson
He discovered the shape of TMV, its sub-units are helically arranged. -
Nobel Prize 1953
Hans Krebs and Fritz Albert Lipmann received the 1953 Nobel Prize. Krebs discovered the citric acid cycle while Lipmann discovered co-enzyme A. cell respiration and photosynthesis -
Double Helix
James Watson and Francis Crick theorized the structure of DNA. Structure of DNA -
Jerne Theory 1955
Jerne proposed a theory about the production of antigens that said antibodies are produced early in life so that when an antigen enters the body one of the antibodies can combine with it and destroy it. Defence against infectious disease -
Brenner and Triplets
He discovered that the triplets of nucleotide bases that form the genetic code do not overlap along the genetic material. Nucleic acids and proteins -
Harlow's Expirement
He experimented with monkeys to determine what was more important, food or comfort. and many times it was comfort over food. Neurobiology and behavior -
Greengard and Slow Synaptic Transmission
He started researching a signaling process called slow synaptic transmission, which helped scientists better understand psychiatric diseases and better medicate them. Neurotransmitters and Synapses -
Andrew Z. Fire was Born
He was born in Stanford, California. -
Marshall W. Nirenberg
He discovered that messenger RNA is needed for protein synthesis and that synthetic messenger RNA preparations can be used to decipher parts of the genetic code. -
Craig C. Mello was Born
He was born in New Haven, CT. -
Nobel Prize in Medicine
Francis Crick, James Watson, and Maurice Wilkins recieved the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their research on nucliec acids and its imprtance in living beings. DNA Structure -
Carson Silent Spring
She published her book about the environment and pesticides and pollution. Ecology and Conservation, impacts of humans -
Rachel Carson's death
She died in Silver Spring, Maryland -
Robert W. Holley Nucleotide
The nucleotide sequence was finished at the end of 1964. It was for this research that he recieved the 1968 Nobel Peace Prize in Medicine. -
Ragnar Granit Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in Physiology was awarded to Granit because of his study in the field of vision. psychophysics, electrophysiological work, and muscular afferents. Neurobiology and behaviour -
Haldan Keefer Nobel Prize
He reiced the 1967 Nobel Piece prize because of his efforts on optical things, like the optic nerve and the effects of different stimulation. Perception of stimuli -
George Wald Nobel Prize
He recieved this award because of his work on vision and the function of Vitamin A. Neurobiology and behaviour -
Har Gobind Khorana Nobel Prize
He won the Nobel Prize for Medicine because of his interest in phosphate esters and nucleic acids. -
Marshall W. Nirenberg Nobel Prize
He received this Nobel Prize because of his work on DNA, RNA and protein. -
Robert W. Holley Nobel Prize
He won the Nobel Prize for his research on nucleotide sequences. -
Hartwell and Cell Division Cycle
He discovered cell-division-cycle (CDC) genes, which control that process and if any pauses in the cycle are necessary to repair damaged parts. chromosomes, genes, and alleles -
Jerne’s second theory 1971
It theorizes that the body learns to distinguish between its own components and those that are foreign. -
Gerald M. Edelman Nobel Prize
He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine because of his research with protiens and antibodies. defence against infectious disease -
Rodney R. Porter Nobel Prize
He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1972 because of his research with antibodies.Defence against infectious disease -
Lorenz's Nobel Prize
He won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine -
Doherty and Zinkernagel T-cells
Working together, they discovered how T-cells know when to attack other virus infected cells, it is all in the MHC antigens. Defence against infectious disease -
Jerne's third theory 1974
His network theory said that the immune system is a complex, self-regulating network that can turn itself on or off as needed. -
Hausen HPV
He finished his research that found that the Human Papilloma Virus caused cervical cancer not the herpes simplex virus. -
Kohler and Milstein Monoclonal Antibodies
They discovered a method of creating cells that produce mass quantities of a certain antibody. Defence against infectious disease -
Wangari Maathai introduced planting trees
She introduced this idea to the National Council of Women in order to preserve the environment and help improve the lives of women. The movement is known as the Green Belt Movement. Impacts of humans on the environment -
Neher and Sakmann patch-clamp
Neher and Sakmann presented their patch-clamp findings at a scientific gathering. -
Capecchi Gene Transfer
He developed a technique using recombinant DNA technology where DNA could be injected into the nucleus of cells, thus increasing the effectiveness of gene transfer. DNA, genes, chromosomes -
Barre-Sinoussi and Montagnier HIV
They researched HIV and discovered that it was the cause of AIDS. -
1981 Nobel Prize
Roger Sperry was given this award for all his work on split-brain. He determined that each hemisphere had different functions. Neurobiology and behaviour -
Hans Adolf Krebs' death
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Harry Harlow's death
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Hunt and Cyclin
He first isolated cyclin in sea urchins and discovered that it bonded with cyclin-dependent-kinase molecules. -
1983 Nobel Prize
Barbara McClintock received this award because of her work on mobile genetic elements. -
Haldan Keefer Hartline's death
He died in Fallston, Maryland. -
1984 Nobel Prize
Niels Jerne, Georges Kohler, and Cesar Milstein were presented this award due to their theories concerning the immune system and monoclonal antibodies. Defence against infectious disease -
1984 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
He received this award for his development of a method for synthesizing chains of amino acids in any predetermined order. Nucleic Acids and Proteins -
Donald Hebb death
He died in Nova Scotia on August 20, 1985 -
Rodney R. Porter's death
He died in Winchester, Hampshire, England. -
Fritz Albert Lipmann's death
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Sir Paul Nurse and CDK
He isolated CDK in humans, this gene controls cell cycle events. -
Konrad Lorenz's death
He died in Altenberg, Austria. -
1991 Nobel Prize
Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann were given this Nobel Prize for their contributions to the knowledge of single ion channels. Nucleic acids and proteins -
Ragnar Granit's death
He deid in Stockholm, Sweden. -
Barbara McClintock's death
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Al Gore became Vice President
He was inaugrated as Vice President and served for eight years. -
Robert W. Holley's death
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Roger Sperry's death
April 17, 1994 -
Niels K. Jerne's death
He deid in Castillon-du-Gard, France. -
Georges J. F. Kohler's death
He died in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany due to an accident. -
1996 Nobel Prize
Peter Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel received this award because they discovered things dealing with the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence. -
George Wald's death
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2000 Nobel Prize
Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard, and Eric Kandel received this award because of their research on signal transduction in the nervous system. Nerves, hormones, and homeostasis -
2001 Nobel Prize
Leland Hartwell, Tim Hnt, and Sir Paul Nurse recieced this award because of their research on regulators in the cell cycle. -
Nobel Prize 2002
Sydney Brenner, H. Robert Horvitz, and John E. Sulston were awarded this Nobel Prize because of their contributions to the knowledge of organ development and programmed cell death. -
César Milstein's death
He died in Cambridge, England because of heart failure. -
2003 Nobel Prize for Medice
Paul Lauterbur and Sir Peter Mansfield received this award for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging in 1973 -
Wangari Maathai Noble Prize
She and the Green Belt Movement received the 2004 Nobel Prize. Ecology and Conservation -
Francis Crick's death
He died due to colon cancer. -
Maurice Wilkins' death
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2006 Nobel Prize for Medicine
Andrew Fire and Craig Mello received it for their work on RNA interference. -
2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Roger Kornberg was awarded this because of his work on eukaryotic transcription.Transcription -
Bruce Merrifield's death
He died in Bergen County, NJ of an illness. -
2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine
Mario Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans, and Oliver Smithies received this award for their work with embryonic stem cells. -
Al Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize
He co-wins the award for his efforts in informing the public about climate change. Ecology and Conservation -
Paul C. Lauterbur's death
He deid in Urbana, Illinios due to kidney failure. -
2008 Nobel Prize
Harald vur Hausen, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, and Luc Montagnier received this award. Hausen for his work with HPV and Barre-Sinoussi and Montagnier for their work with HIV.
