BIO 1140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Robert Hooke, Archaea, Cell Theory
23 Apr 2018
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Understand different types of microscopy and their requirements for use in cell biology (in textbook) Cell biology is the study of cells, their function and structure and as they work as a unit. many scientist were interested beyond their immediate environment. telescopes were being invented at that time. Robert hooke designed a tool that was the early microscope. Goal is able to look at things that our eyes aren"t powerful enough for us to see. Thought it looked like little cells, small room= cellulae =cells. Was looking at the leftover cell walls. biology was first thought of as the tree of life, 200 years of observation came to a discipline of cell biology. Three components to the cell theory (mid 1800s) all organisms are composed of one or more cells the cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all living organism. Rate of diffusion is effect (rate at which cells can leave and enter cell)
