10/10/2008 Nobel Laureate, «Father of
Modern Cell Biology» George Palade Dies at Age 95 Nobel Laureate George Palade (pronounced «pa - LAH - dee»), M.D., considered the father of
modern cell biology, died at home on Tuesday, October 7 at age 95 after a long illness.
A pioneer of
modern cell biology used cell fractionation and electron microscopy to describe subcellular structures.
Lie4Him, Schweitzer, one of the first scientists to use the tools of
modern cell biology to study dinosaurs, has upended the conventional wisdom by showing that some rock - hard fossils tens of millions of years old may have remnants of soft tissues hidden away in their interiors.
Not exact matches
I'd bet that 90 % of those who know enough basic
biology to write a short essay on
cell mitosis and DNA replication would also say «evolution is obvious and is the basis for of all of
modern biology».
Not that that's necessarily the very first way Darwinian systems began, but at some point they had to transition into a system more related to
modern biology where
cells are all bounded by membranes.
Like Medieval alchemists who searched for an elixir that could turn base metals into gold,
biology's
modern alchemists have learned how to use oocytes to turn normal skin
cells into valuable stem
cells, and even whole animals.
As a result, they say, the origin of the first eukaryotic
cell has remained «one of the most enduring mysteries in
modern biology.»
So it could be RNA or DNA like we have in
modern biology or it could be some related kind of material; and we are also thinking about some kind of
cell envelope or
cell membrane — not that that's necessarily the very first way Darwinian systems began, but at some point they had to transition into a system more related to
modern biology where
cells are all bounded by membranes — so we're thinking about how to assemble these two components and get them to interact with each other.
Arthur Landy, a distinguished professor of molecular and
cell biology and biochemistry at Brown University, recently decided, however, that he had to remind a former premed student of his that «without evolution,
modern biology, including medicine and biotechnology, wouldn't make sense.»
«In
modern biology mitochondria are considered to be much more than the powerhouse of the
cell; they integrate multiple intracellular signals to regulate progression through the
cell cycle and into apoptosis.
The broad area of molecular,
cell and developmental
biology is a rapidly growing area that has deeply impacted
modern biological approaches.
This rapidly emerging field requires strength from various disciplines of
modern day science including Genetics,
Cell biology, Physiology, Neuroscience, Engineering, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
Stelzer concentrates his efforts on applications and further developments of advanced light microscopies in the
modern life sciences, working on various aspects and applications of three - dimensional
cell biology, lateral root development in Arabidopsis thaliana and the embryogenesis of, amongst other insects, Tribolium castaneum.
Critical transitions across states and tipping points lay at the heart of most complex problems in
modern biology, including reversible physiological adaptation to environmental change, evolution of interactions in the microbial loop, development of an adult body plan from an embryo, differentiation of a stem
cell, and transition from health to disease.
Recent progress in phylogenomics, and the implementation of
modern molecular, microscopy, and
cell biology techniques in a handful of spiralian model systems have made that possible.