7.1 Cell Intro

Chapter 7.1 Cells

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Goal 1:

Explain the Cell theory and its evolution

• Cell Theory

1. All living things composed of cells

2. Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things

3. New cells are produced from existing cells

• Robert Hooke 1665– Microscope – First to observe cells

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• Anton van Leeuwenhoek 1674

– Single-celled Protista

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• Matthias Schleiden 1838– All plants are made up of cells

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• Theodore Schwann 1839 – Animals are made up of cells

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• Rudolph Virchow 1855 – New cells from division of existing cells

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• Cell Theory

1. All living things composed of cells

2. Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things

3. New cells are produced from existing cells

Goal 2:

Discuss how researchers explore the living cell

1. Modern light microscopes

– Fluorescent “labels”– Molecules

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2. Confocal light microscopes

– lasers– High resolution – 3-D images

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tetrachimena_Beta_Tubulin.png

Tubulin protein marked in Tetrachimena sp.

3. High resolution video– Movies of cell activities

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http://physics.nist.gov/Divisions/Div842/Gp4/Tweezers/Images/Liposomefusion.jpg

Video of liposome fusion

4. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)– Beams of electrons are passed through a

thin slice of an object– Objects too small for light microscopes

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bacillus_subtilis.jpg

TEM image of Bacterium Bacillus subtilis

5. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

– Beams of electrons scanned over surface of an object

– 3-D images

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Misc_pollen.jpgPollen Grains

6. Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM)– Scans objects with probe – 3-D image– Open air with samples in solution– Probes are needles with a tip of one atom (wow! That’s

small!)

Goal 3:

Distinguish between eukaryotes and prokaryotes

• Characteristics of ALL cells

– Surrounded by a cell membrane

– Genetic information in the form of DNA

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• Prokaryotes– No nucleus– Simple– Small– Single cell

organisms– Bacteria

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Salomonella bacteria invades a human cell

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• Eukaryotes– Contain nucleus!! – Complex, organelles– Large– Single-celled or multi-cellular

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Animal_cell_structure_en.svg

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ostreococcus_RCC143.jpg