Biology

• Who coined the term "Biology"?

  Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, and Karl Friedrich Burdach
• What is the title of Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus' work?

  Biologie oder Philosophie der lebenden Natur
• What is Karl Friedrich Burdach's work?

  Propadentik zum Studium der gesammten Helikunst
• What were the practical necessities during the Primitive Period?

  • Obtaining food
  • Materials for clothing/shelter
  • Substances to cure ailments
  • Necessary information about the human body
• What was a significant characteristic of the Classical Period in biology?

  Great curiosity about natural phenomena and the ability to organize knowledge
• Who is known as the father of natural philosophy?

  Thales of Miletus
• What is the significance of Thales of Miletus in biology?

  He is considered the father of natural philosophy and a precursor of natural science.
• What did Dr. Jo venito D. Soriano study?

  Plant cytogenetics, he also shed light of the mutation process. He also use radiation and chemical mutagens.
• What was Dr. Emerita v. De Guzman's contribution to biology?

  Development of makapuno embryo inside a test tube (in vitro development)
• What area of study did Dr. Magdalena C. Cantoria focus on?

  Morphology, physiology, and biochemistry of drug plants.
• What is the focus of Dr. Filomena F. Campos' research?

  Cotton research and development of technology for cotton production
• Who is known for their work in medical parasitology and public health?


  Dr. Benjamin D. Cabrera
• What did Dr. Eduardo A. Quisumbing specialize in?

  Botany, taxonomy, and morphology. He also study the Philippine medicinal plants and orchids with 129 scientific articles published.
• What is the significance of Dr. Francisco M. Fronda in biology?

  He is known as the father of poultry science. In six decades.
• What did Wendell Meredith Stanley crystallize?

  The Tobacco Mosaic virus
• What technique did Wendell Meredith Stanley use to describe the structure of viruses?

  1. X-ray crystallography technique
• Who is known for their work in genetics using sheep?

  Imre Festetics
• What was the Human Genome Project?

  A project aimed at sequencing the entire human genome from 1990 to 2003
• Who are the scientists associated with the CRISPR-Cas9?

  Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier
• What is the significance of CRISPR Cas-9?

  It revolutionized molecular biology by allowing gene editing.
• What is Dr. Lourdes J. Cruz known for?

  Research on toxic peptides from Conus marine snails
• What did Dr. Clare R. Baltazar contribute to entomology?

  She authored the first authoritative text on Philippine insects. Specifically, the discovery of hymenoptera with 108 species of parasite wasps
• Who is known for the concept of "jumping genes"?

  Barbara McClintock
• What did Francis Crick and James Watson discover in 1953?

  The twisted-ladder structure of DNA
• Who discovered the structure of DNA using X-ray diffraction?

  Rosalind Franklin
• What is the significance of Alexander Fleming in microbiology?

  He discovered penicillin, known as the father of antibiotics.
• What does the term "serendipity" refer to in Fleming's discovery?

  An accidental discovery
• What did Robert Brown discover?

  The nucleus within cells and Brownian movement
• Who was the first to discover the smallpox vaccine?

  Edward Jenner
• What does the term "vacca" mean in relation to vaccines?


  It means cow, referring to the origin of the smallpox vaccine.
• Who is known as the father of bacteriology?

  Robert Koch
• What is the Germ Theory of Disease proposed by Robert Koch?

  Microorganisms can lead to disease.
• Who formulated the concept of natural selection?

  Charles Robert Darwin
• What is the title of Charles Darwin's famous work?

  On the Origin of Species
• Who is known as the father of genetics?

  Gregor Johann Mendel
• What did Mendel study to discover the laws of inheritance?

  Pea plants (Pisum sativum)
• Who is known for the process of pasteurization?

  Louis Pasteur
• What is pasteurization?


  A process of treating substances with mild heat to eliminate pathogens.
• Who was the first to perform public dissection on a human corpse?

  Andreas Vesalius
• What was the significance of Andreas Vesalius' work?

  He published "The Structure of the Human Body" and challenged Galen's work.