1940
1828
Freidrich Wohler proved that non living and living things correlate by turning Ammonium Cyanate an inorganic compound to Urea a organic compound
1869
1911
1912
Freidrich Meisher discovered "nuclein" then later isolated it and named it DNA
Jacques Loeb theorized that
- "we succeed in controlling a life phenomenon to the extent that we can evoke the same whenever we wish"
Stephane Leduc wrote a book called Biologie Synthétique a book that focused on synthetic biology
1929
Phoebus Levene identified the four bases of DNA: Adenine(A), Cytosine(C), Guanine(G), and Thymine(T). He also discovered a sugar, and phosphate
Edwin Chargraff developed the rule where
A=T
C=G
Adenine connects with Thymine and Cytosine connects with Guanine
1977
First DNA has been sequenced using chain-terminating inhibitors
1978
Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans, Hamilton O. Smith won the nobel prize for discovering the restriction enzyme that allowed to cut specific parts of DNA and isolate it
2010
News has spread that the first synthetic microbe has been made by Craig Venter
First synthetic microbe conference held at MIT
2004
1955
Professors at UC Berkeley took apart a tobacco virus DNA and reassembled it
