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From the first cell seen to one built

27 of our articles placed at the moment they are about, spanning 350 years.

  1. 1676History of Science & BiographiesUNTITLED SCIENTIST- The story of Antoni vonn LeeuwenhoeckLeeuwenhoek reports the first sighting of single-celled life
  2. 1866Genetics & BiotechnologyThe Priest: Beginning of GeneticsMendel publishes Versuche über Pflanzenhybriden
  3. 1902Genetics & BiotechnologyIntroduction to Plant Tissue Culture NotesHaberlandt proposes that any plant cell can regrow a whole plant
  4. 1914History of Science & BiographiesSrinivasa Ramanujan- the magician of mathematicsRamanujan arrives at Cambridge to work with Hardy
  5. 1928Microbiology & Cell BiologyAntibioticsThe antibiotic era begins with penicillin
  6. 1928Microbiology & Cell BiologyDiscovery of Penicillin (पेनिसिलिन की खोज)Fleming notices mould killing bacteria on a forgotten plate
  7. 1968History of Science & BiographiesHar Gobind Khorana (Bio-Pics ep)Khorana shares the Nobel for deciphering the genetic code
  8. 1972Genetics & BiotechnologyTools used in gene cloning (Notes)Restriction enzymes make recombinant DNA possible
  9. 1975Cancer Research & ImmunologyWhat is Monoclonal antibodies or monoclonal immunoglobulins?Köhler and Milstein produce antibodies from a single cell line
  10. 2008Virology & VaccinesUnraveling the Causes Behind the Surge in Novel Viral InfectionsJones and colleagues map global trends in emerging disease
  11. 2010Genetics & BiotechnologyThe Genetic Legacy: How Ancient DNA Reveals When Humans and Neanderthals InterbredThe draft Neanderthal genome shows interbreeding with us
  12. 2010Microbiology & Cell BiologyThe Story of a cellVenter’s team boots a bacterium from a synthesised genome
  13. 2011Cancer Research & ImmunologyStory of Cancer and the CellHanahan and Weinberg restate the hallmarks of cancer
  14. 2012Genetics & BiotechnologyWhat is CRISPR-Cas9?Jinek and colleagues show CRISPR-Cas9 can be programmed
  15. 2012Evolution & ZoologyWhat makes modern humans unique?A high-coverage Denisovan genome sharpens the comparison
  16. 2014Medicine & HealthGlaucoma: The Silent Thief of SightThe global burden of glaucoma is projected to 2040
  17. 2018Cancer Research & ImmunologyTreatments for cancerCheckpoint blockade becomes a mainstream cancer therapy
  18. 2020Medicine & HealthThe Nobel Prize 2020 in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize goes to the discovery of hepatitis C
  19. 2021Virology & VaccinesCovishield Clarity: AstraZeneca Vaccine and Rare Blood ClotsRare clotting after ChAdOx1 vaccination is characterised
  20. 2021Evolution & ZoologySpiders’ web secrets unraveledHow spider silk assembles is worked out
  21. 2021Genetics & BiotechnologyThe Nobel Prize 2021 in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize goes to receptors for temperature and touch
  22. 2022Cancer Research & ImmunologyCancer : A cell program disorderHanahan adds new dimensions to the hallmarks of cancer
  23. 2023Virology & VaccinesThe New COVID Variant You Need to Know AboutA new SARS-CoV-2 variant is tracked
  24. 2023Virology & VaccinesThe Revolutionary Story of mRNA VaccinesKarikó and Weissman win the Nobel for modified mRNA
  25. 2025Science & Innovation HighlightsThe 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine: Understanding How Our Body Protects ItselfThe Nobel Prize goes to peripheral immune tolerance
  26. 2025Science & Innovation HighlightsScientific and Biotechnological Breakthroughs of 2024-2025A year of breakthroughs across biotechnology
  27. 2026Genetics & BiotechnologySpudCell: Scientists Built the World's First Synthetic Cell From Scratch And It's AliveA synthetic cell that feeds, grows and divides

Dates are the year of the work each article describes, not the year we published it. Articles that explain a subject rather than an event — most of the archive — are not on the timeline. Browse everything instead.