BIO extra credit
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- 3. Venter Led the first successful sequencing of the human genome
- 5. Darwin, Alfred Wallace Known for contributions to Natural Selection. They both independently discovered it.
- 7. Harvey First to recognize the full circulation of the blood in the human body
- 9. Koch Known as one of the founders of bacteriology and microbiology. Studied anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera.
- 10. S Meselsoterm-31n, Franklin W Stahl Known for the Meselson-Stahl experiment which supported their hypothesis that DNA replication was semiconservative
- 13. Cuvier Known for establishing the sciences of comparative anatomy and paleontology
- 14. Galvani Known for discovery of animal electricity.
- 16. D Hershey, Martha Chase Known for the Hershey-Chase experiment that proved that phage DNA, and not protein, was the genetic material
- 18. Linnaeus Known as the "Father of Taxonomy." His system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still in wide use today.
- 20. Michael Blaese, W. French, Anderson, Kenneth W. Culver (1990) Conducted the first successful human gene therapy
- 24. Mitchell Clarified how ADP is converted into into the energy carrying compound ATP in th mitochondria of living cells
- 25. Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin Elucidated the double helix structure of DNA, a landmark discovery in molecular biology.
- 26. van Leeuwenhoek Known for work on the development and improvement of the microscope and also for his subsequent contribution towards the study of microbiology
- 29. Alexander Fleming Known for discovering penicillin made from penicillium notatum mold
- 31. Doudna, EmmanuelleCharpentier Developed CRISPR-Cas9 technology
- 32. Genome Project international effort to map all the genes in the human genome
- 33. B. Lamarck Known for his idea that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- 34. Salk Developed polio vaccine
- 35. Woese Discovered the Archaea domain, reshaping the tree of life and our understanding of microbial diversity.
- 36. Pasteur Known for creating pasteurization (Bacteria is destroyed by heating beverages and allowing them to cool)
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- 1. Mendel "Father of genetics", Known for discovering the basic principles of heredity through experiments in his garden, specifically in pea plants
- 2. Carson Known for writings on environmental pollution and the natural history of the sea
- 4. Jenner Discovered the small pox vaccine.
- 6. McClintock Known for discovering transposable elements (jumping genes), genes could move from place to place on a chromosome
- 8. Schleiden, Theodor Schwann Known as co-founders of Cell Theory stating that every cell originates from another cell
- 9. Hooke Discovered the law of elasticity (Hooke's law) and known for his microscope work (first to name "cells")
- 11. Hans A. Krebs Discovered the Krebs cycle, a key metabolic pathway in cellular respiration. which is the conversion of substances formed by the breakdown of sugars, fats, and protein components to carbon dioxide, water, and energy rich compounds
- 12. Virchow Known as the "Father of Pathology." Applied the Cell Theory to explain the effects of disease in the organs and tissues of the body
- 15. Beadle, Edward Tatum Proposed the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis, linking genes to specific biochemical processes.
- 17. Jacob, Jacques Monad Known for originating the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through regulation of transcription
- 19. Cohen and Herbert Boyer (1973) demonstrated that DNA cloning was possible and that genes from different organisms could be combined in living cells
- 21. Miller, Harold Urey Conducted experiments simulating early Earth conditions, demonstrating the abiotic synthesis of organic compounds.
- 22. Calvin, Andrew A Benson Known for discovering the Calvin Cycle (discovery of chemical pathways of photosynthesis)
- 23. Redi disproved spontaneous generation
- 27. Pauling Known for being the "Father of Molecular Biology" due to his discovery of the spiral structure of proteins
- 28. H Morgan Known for his experiment research with the fruit fly by which he established the chromosome theory of heredity
- 30. Wilmut Led the team that cloned Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell, raising ethical and scientific questions.
- 36. Margulis Discovered the endosymbiotic theory, explaining the origin of eukaryotic cells