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Exam 1- Scientists Flashcards

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Zacharis Jansen

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Invented the 1st compound microscope

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Robert Hooke

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Presented 1st published depiction of a microorganism

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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Observed and described microscopic Protozoa and bacteria

Ex. RBCs , sperm cells of animals

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Louis Pasteur

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Disproved the the theory of spontaneous generation
Proposed germ theory of disease
Pasteurization- process of destroying bacteria
Pasteur treatment- special vaccine for rabies
Pasteur effect- sugar fermentation

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Robert Koch

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Founder of modern biology
Research on TB, won Nobel prize
Anthrax work- was the first to link a specific microorganism to a specific disease
Cholera
*rejecting the idea of spontaneous generation, supporting germ theory of disease

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Joseph Lister

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Father of anti-septic surgeries- sterile surgery using carbolic acid (phenol)
Introduced clean gowns and insisted on hand washing

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Edward Jenner

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Used variolation for small pox

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Rudolf Virchow

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Founder of social medicine and vet pathology

Coined term zoonosis

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Alexander Fleming

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Discovered lysozyme

Discovered penicillin

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Ferdinand Cohn

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Classified bacteria into shapes

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Chatton

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Characterized the distinction between eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems

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Metchnikoff

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Russian marine biologist
Worked with starfish
1st to s]describe phagocytosis

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Grassi

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Known for work with parasite life cycles

  • > nematodes
  • > malaria
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David Bruce

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Identified cause of sleeping sickness

Described the Chaya’s disease

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Iva now ski

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Discovered viruses

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Linnaeous

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Coined binomial nomenclature/systematics

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Carl Woese

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Found archaea part of photogenic tree

-> based on structure of ribosomes used for protein synthesis

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Fredrick Griffith

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Bacterial Transformation

Worked with streptococcus pneumoniae

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Avery, MacLead, McCarty

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Used purification methods to reveal that DNA is the genetic material

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Watson, Crick, Wilkins

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Proposed double helix structure of DNA

Ball and stick models

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Mary Mullis

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Invented PCR

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