| 1820 |
Appointment of H. G. L. Reichenbach(1793-1879) from Leipzig as Chair of Botany at the Surgical-Medical Academy and Inspector of the Royal Natural History Cabinet. Head of the Botanical Garden. |
| 1874 |
B. Vetter (1848-1893) becomes Privatdozent (PD) of Zoology at the Royal Saxon Polytechnic and head of the collections. |
| 1879 |
Appointment of O. Drude (1852-1933) appointed Chair of Botany at the Polytechnikum Dresden (from which the later TH/TU emerged). Foundation of the 1st Botanical Institute near the main railway station. |
| 1878 |
B. Vetter appointed Associate Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy. |
| 1893 |
Opening of today's Botanical Garden on Stübelallee |
| 1924 |
Appointment of F. Tobler (1879-1957) appointed Chair of Botany at the TH Dresden, expert in natural fiber research. |
| 1945 |
Destruction of the Botanical Institute |
| 1945 |
Reconstruction of botany training in temporary facilities on the TU campus |
| 1951 |
Appointment of H. Ulbricht (1909-1989) as Chair of Botany |
| 1952 |
Inauguration of the Drudebau as the 2nd Botanical Institute |
| 1954 |
Appointment of K. H. C. Jordan (1888-1972) as Professor of Zoology, founding of the Institute of Zoology |
| 1960 |
Appointment of U. Sedlag (1923-2016) as Professor of Zoology |
| 1968 |
3rd university reform of the GDR leads to the dissolution of Biology at the TH Dresden |
| 1990 |
Recommendation of the Saxon Higher Education Commission to the Saxon State Minister for Science and the Arts to rebuild Biology and the Institutes required for this - Botany, Genetics, Microbiology, Zoology. |
| 1992 - 1994 |
Appointment of the following Chairs W. Hempel (1936-2012) Special Botany, H. Gutzeit Zoology and Developmental Biology, I. Röske Applied Microbiology, M. Tesche (1934-2013) General Botany, G. Barth General Microbiology, R . Entzeroth Special Zoology and Parasitology |
| 1994 |
First enrolment in the Department of Biology (40 places) |
| 1995 - 1996 |
Appointments G. Rödel as Professor of General Genetics, M. Göttfert as Chair of Molecular Genetics |
| 1999 |
Appointments to the Chair of Plant Physiology J. Ludwig-Müller, G. Vollmer for Molecular Cell Physiology and Endocrinology |
| 2002 - 2003 |
C. Neinhuis takes over the Chair of Botany, T. Schmidt (1963-2019) the Chair of Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants |
| 2006 |
After years of temporary accommodation, the Department of Biology moves into its current building |
| 2012 |
Appointment of M. Ansorge-Schumacher as Chair of Molecular Biotechnology |
| 2013 |
Appointment of C. Dahmann to the professorship of Systems Biology and Genetics |
| 2014 |
Appointment (tenure-track) of K. Reinhardt to the Chair of Applied Zoology, permanent in 2019. |
| 2018 |
Department of Biology is founded as an independent Faculty of Biology. |
| 2020 |
Foundation of the Environmental Monitoring and Endocrinology research group |
| 2021 |
Appointment of S. Schirmeier as Chair of Zoology and Animal Physiology, A. Scheffel as Chair of Microalgal Cell and Molecular Biology |
| 2021 - 2022 |
Start of the English-language Master's degree programs Biology in Society and Molecular Biosciences and Productive Biosystems |
| 2022 |
Dissolution of the Institutes as an overarching structure to promote interdisciplinary research and strengthen working group autonomy. |
| 2022 |
Appointment of M. Meier as Chair of Didactics of Biology |
| 2023 |
First enrolment of student teachers in biology |
| 2023 |
Appointment of D. Brockmann as Chair of Biology of Complex Systems |
| 2024 |
Appointment of M. Albert as Professor of Epigenetics of Neural Development |
| 2024 |
Appointment of Junior Professor D. Brixius for the History of Botany and Horticulture |