-
Jansen
*built his own compound microscope
*discovered that all living things are made of cells -
Hooke
*named the cell
*inspired by the chambers of a dormitory -
Redi
*all life comes from an egg
*disapproved spontaneous generation -
Leeuwenhoek
*built his own microscope
*used it to discover bacteria on people's teeth
*he called bacteria animicules because they looked like small animals -
Trembly
*studied stem cells
*called them hydra -
Brown
*created the first detailed description of the cell nucleus -
Meyen
*created a description of the inside of a plant cell -
Schleiden
*researched plant tissue
*all plants are made of cells -
Schneider
*different parts of the plant organism are composed of cells -
Schwann
*discovered that:
-all animals are made of cells
-all organisms are made of 1 or more cells
- cells are the basic unit of organization and structure -
Mohl
*researched cell division -
Mendel
*discovered that physical traits were passed down through genes -
Virchow
*dicovered that all cells come from prexisting cells -
Pasteur
*proved that cells come from prexisting cells
*researched bacteria contamination -
Golgi
*researched the structure of nervous tissue
