MODULE 1.

1: THE CELL

The Cell Theory

 a unifying concept explaining the cell itself
 unifies several concepts of different biology throughout the
history
 formulated by 4 scientists

3 Tenets of Cell Theory

1. All living organisms are composed of one or more cells.
2. Cell is the basic unit of structure and organization in organisms.
3. Cells arise from pre-existing cells.

1590 – Zacharias Janssen

- Created the first compound microscope

1609 – Galileo Galilei

- Improved the compound microscope in 1690 and called it
occhiolino, or "little eye."

1665 – Robert Hooke 

- Discovered cells from cork
- Created the term “CELLULA” from quarters of monks
1673 – Anton van Leeuwenhoek
- Used handmade microscope to observe pond water and
discovered protozoans
- Animalcules

1827-33 – Robert Brown

- Discovered nucleus in plant cells

1838 - Matthias Schleiden

- Concluded that all plants are made up of cells

1839 - Theodor Schwann

- Claims that all animals are made up of cells

1855 - Rudolph Virchow

- All cells came from previous cells which are the foundation of
cell division
- Omnis cellula e cellula

The Modern Cell Theory

1. All living things are made up of cells.
2. Cell is structural and functional unit of all living things.
3. All cells come from pre-existing cells by division. (Spontaneous
Generation does not occur)
4. Cells contain hereditary information that is passed from cell to
cell during cell division.
5. All cells are the same in chemical composition.
6. All energy flow (metabolism & biochemistry) of life occurs within
cells.