Was a famous doctor in the Roman Empire. His most important discovery was that arteries carry blood. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/galen.shtml
Hooke published his book Micrographia in 1665, which contained illustrations of microscopic organisms he had observed using microscopes he created. http://famousbiologists.org/robert-hooke/
Antoine van Leeuwenhoek was known for the discoveries of the micro world of biology. He modified previous models of microscopes, making the lens more powerful. http://www.famousscientists.org/robert-brown/
Linnaeus studied medicine and botany and is now considered the “father of taxonomy.” He developed the binomial nomenclature system for classifying organisms. http://www.linnean.org/Education+Resources/who_was_linnaeus
demonstrated that oxygen is produced by photosynthesis. Promoted vaccination against smallpox and helped develop a new vaccination procedure. http://www.biologyreference.com/Ho-La/Ingenhousz-Jan.html
In 1796 Jenner discovered the vaccine for smallpox. He used pus from someone infected with cowpox to infect a boy, who became immune to smallpox. http://www.biography.com/people/edward-jenner-9353941
Robert Brown is a biologist that discovered the nucleus that reside within the cell. http://www.science-of-aging.com/timelines/robert-brown-names-cell-nucleus.php
Known for his work in microbiology. He proposed that a new group of single-celled organism be called Rhizopoda. He also did intensive research of invertebrate groups. Dujardin disproved Ehrenberg's theory, which is tiny animals have the same organs as large ones. http://www.tutorvista.com/biology/dujardin-cell-theory
Russel Wallace proposed that all animals had evolved, and created a theory of evolution. http://www.npr.org/2013/04/30/177781424/he-helped-discover-evolution-and-then-became-extinct
In 1859 Darwin published his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection after observing animals around the world on his voyage and developing a theory of evolution through natural selection. http://www.biography.com/people/charles-darwin-9266433
Pasteur completed his first test of the pasteurization process in 1862, in which liquid is boiled then cooled to remove bacteria. He later developed vaccines for diseases such as cholera, anthrax, and tuberculosis. http://www.biography.com/people/louis-pasteur-9434402
Francis Crick discovered Deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA. Francis opened a new world furthering new discoveries toward genes. Year: 1869 Web: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/watson-and-crick-discover-chemical-structure-of-dna
Alexander Graham Bell In 1876 is the creator of the first successful use of the telephone. Alexander Bell was a teacher of the deaf and attempted to create an invention that would transmit sound through electricity, successfully creating the telephone. http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/alexander-graham-bell
He is a famous soil microbiologist. His research papers helped pave the way for the study of viruses. http://www.britannica.com/biography/Martinus-W-Beijerinck
Koch isolated the tuberculosis bacterium and won the Nobel Prize for it in 1905. He is also known as one of the founders of microbiology for his work, and developed Koch’s postulates. http://www.biography.com/people/robert-koch-9367370
Was one of the founders of the science of genetics. Is best known for his opposition to the doctrine of the inheritance of acquired traits. Also known for his “germ plasm” theory. http://www.britannica.com/biography/August-Friedrich-Leopold-Weismann
Received the credit/ Nobel Prize for his discovery that animals of amoeba-like cells engulf foreign bodies such as bacteria- a phenomenon known as phagocytosis, a fundamental part of the immune system. http://www.britannica.com/biography/Elie-Metchnikoff
Fleming discovered the world’s first antibiotic, a mold called Penicillium notatum. The mold was later isolated and purified by a team of scientists from the University of Oxford, and it revolutionalized medicine. http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-fleming-9296894#the-road-to-penicillin
Elizabeth Helen Blackburn is a biology researcher that studied on the structure of chromosomes and how they protect them selfs. Elizabeth also co-discovered telomere and their structure which protects the chromosomes. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1945/fleming-bio.html
Theodosius Dobzhansky is known for his discovery of modern evolutionary synthesis the book. his discovery on synthesis helped bring attention to genetics, paleontology, and many other things. http://www.famousscientists.org/theodosius-dobzhansky/
Known for his discoveries of two important chemical reactions, the urea and citric acid cycle. Earned nobel piece prize 1953. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Adolf_Krebs Kornberg, H.; Williamson, D. H. (1984). "Hans Adolf Krebs. 25 August 1900-22 November 1981". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 30 (0): 350–385.
Won the Nobel Prize. He also was the person who used X-Rays to prove the mutations were caused by changes in the DNA sequence. http://www.dnaftb.org/27/bio-2.html
proposed the existence of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA). Jacques Monod won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the messenger ribonucleic acid. http://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacques-Monod
Carson was a marine/aquatic biologist who published the book Silent Spring in 1962, which was an influential work that raised awareness to the effects of harmful pesticides on the environment. http://famousbiologists.org/rachel-carson/
Jacob won the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1965 for discovering regulatory genes and proposing the existence of an RNA messenger. http://www.biography.com/people/fran%C3%A7ois-jacob-37036
discovered the first type of II restriction enzyme. He also discovered DNA methylases that constitute the other half of the bacterial host restriction and modification system. http://www.britannica.com/biography/Hamilton-O-Smith
Gould’s most significant contribution to biology was the theory of punctuated equilibrium. His work gave missing pieces to Charles Darwin transitional questions. http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_05_img0311.jpg
Jack Szostak discovery of the Origin of Life on Earth is found by the use of nuro science. http://www.ibiology.org/ibioseminars/evolution-ecology/jack-szostak-part-1.html
He won the Nobel Prize in physiology for discovering that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell. http://www.rockefeller.edu/research/faculty/abstract.php?id=225
The project to map out every gene (3 billion base pairs) of Homo sapiens started in 1990 and was completed in 2003. This took the combined effort of researchers all over the world. http://report.nih.gov/NIHfactsheets/ViewFactSheet.aspx?csid=45&key=H#H
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