Chapter 1 Flashcards
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
6000BC
Yeast was utilized to prepare beer
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
4000BC
A process was discovered to prepare leavened bread by means of yeast
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
3500BC
- Another ancient product of fermentation was wine made in Assyria
- Chinese developed a fermentation technique for brewing and cheese making
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
500BCE
In China, the first antibiotic moldy soybean curd was put to use to treat boils.
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
400BC
Hippocrates treated patients with vinegar.
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
100BCE
Rome had over 250 bakeries which were making leavened bread.
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
100AD
The first insecticide was produced in china using chrysanthemums
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
700AD
The use of molds to saccharify rice in the koji process
- Saccharify: means to convert a substance, typically starch, into sugar through a chemical process, often involving enzymes or acids.
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
1000AD
Hindus recognized that some illness may run in the family.
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
1663
Robert Hooke
First described cells
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
Who first described cells in the year 1663?
Robert Hooke
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
1673-1723
He discovered microorganisms by examining scrappings from his teeth under a microscope.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
-Additional info: He is also often referred to as the “Father of microbiology”.
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
1675
Leeuwenhoek discovers protozoa and bacteria
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
1701
He found that the deliberate administration of smallpox could prevent it occurrence daily in life especially in children.
Giacomo Pylarani
Ancient Biotechnology (Pre-1800)
1761
He pioneered vaccination, inoculating a child with viral smallpox vaccine.
- Inoculate: to introduce a vaccine, serum, or other substances in the body to produce immunity to a disease.
Edward Jenner
Classical Biotechnology (1800-1945)
1773
He discovered nucleus in cells.
Robert Brown
Classical Biotechnology (1800-1945)
1802
The word “Biology” first appears.
Classical Biotechnology (1800-1945)
1822-1895
Vaccination against smallpox and rabies was developed by_______ &________?
Edward Jenner & Louis Pasteur
Classical Biotechnology (1800-1945)
1850
He detected rod-shaped objects in the blood of anthrax-infected sheep and was able to produce the disease in healthy sheep by inoculation of such blood
Casimir Davaine
Classical Biotechnology (1800-1945)
1855
A bacterium that was discovered and later becomes a major research, development, and production tool for biotechnology.
Escherichia coli
Classical Biotechnology (1800-1945)
1855
Pasteur works with yeast, eventually proving they are living organisms.
Classical Biotechnology (1800-1945)
1855
Pasteur works with yeast, eventually proving they are living organisms.
Classical Biotechnology (1800-1945)
1863
He discovered genes while working with peas. He lays the groundwork for modern genetics by establishing the principles of inheritance.
Gregor Mendel
Classical Biotechnology (1800-1945)
1870
-Breeders crossbreed cotton, developing hundreds of varieties with superior qualities.
-The first experimental corn hybrid is produced in a laboratory
Classical Biotechnology (1800-1945)
They finally demolished the concept of spontaneous generation and proved that existing microbial life came from preexisting life.
Pasteur of France and John Tyndall of Britain
Classical Biotechnology (1800-1945)
1876
Koch’s work led to the acceptance of the idea that specific diseases were caused by specific organisms, each of which had a specific form and function.