title: Jan Evangelista Purkyně/Purkinje (1787-1869) and the establishment of cellular physiology--Wrocław/Breslau as a central European cradle for a new science.
abstract: Being a professor of physiology in Wrocław/Breslau till the half of nineteenth century, Jan Evangelista Purkyně/Purkinje made, along with his students, many crucial discoveries combining original experimental approaches with new advanced microscopy and histology techniques. Here, he established first Institute of Physiology worldwide and created a framework for the new science of cellular physiology. With his work, he not only substantially contributed to the establishment of cellular and protoplasmic concepts in biology but represented a rare type of Central European scholar by bridging communities separated by ethnicity and language.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 5, Prague 2, 128 44, Czech Republic. zarsky@ueb.cas.cz
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zárský
mesh_terms: D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010827:Physiology / Q000266:history*