Individuals Contribute to Biotechnology

1. Anton van Leeuwenhoek - Discovered cells, Bacteria, Protists, Red blood
2. Gregor Johan Mendel - Discovered genetics
3. Walter Sutton - Discovered Chromosomes
4. Thomas Hunt Morgan - Discovered how genes are transmitted through chromosomes
5. Ernst Ruska - Invented the electron microscope
6. Sir Alexander Fleming - Discovered penicillin
7. Rosalind Elsie Franklin -Research led to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA
8. James Watson and Francis Crick - Discovered DNA
9. Mary-Claire King - Mapped human genes for research of cancer treatments
10. Ian Wilmut - Created the first true clone, the Dorset ewe Dolly