H. Srinivasa Rao
H. Srinivasa Rao, Indian zoologist (Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu State 16 July 1894 – 14 August 1971) DESCRIBED INVERTEBRATA TAXA Mollusca Genera Angulyagra 1931 Ekadanta 1928 Indosuccinea 1924 Saptadanta 1934 with Prashad Species Ekadanta shanensis 1928 Ercolania gopalai 1937 Indosuccinea khandalla 1924 Limax acuminata with Annandale Limax biacuminata 1925 with Annandale Limax luteola 1925 with Annandale Limax stagnalis 1925 with Annandale Limnaea horae 1925 with Annandale Limnaea latior 1955 with Annandale Limnaea shanensis 1925 with Annandale Saptadanta nasika 1934 with Prashad Segmentina taia 1925 with Annandale Succinea gravelyi 1924 Taia crassicallosa with Annandale Vermetus andamanicus 1933 with Prashad Porifera Valid Genus Acanthostylotella 1932 with Burton Valid Species Callyspongia pambanensis 1941 Clathria (Clathria) antyaja 1932 with Burton Clathria (Thalysias) micropunctata 1932 with Burton Clathria (Wilsonella) foraminifera 1932 with Burton Erylus geodioides 1932 with Burton Eurypon cactoides 1932 with Burton Haliclona (Gellius) cellaria 1941 Hymedesma (Hymedesmia) crelloides 1932 with Burton Hymedesma (Stylopus) parvispicula 1932 with Burton Ircinia cactiformis 1941 Ircinia pellita 1941 Jaspis sollasi 1932 with Burton Kirkpatrickia spiculophila 1932 with Burton Monanchora enigmatica 1932 with Burton Mycale (Arenochalina) trincomalensis 1941 Mycale (Mycale) monanchorata 1932 with Burton Oceanapia arenosa 1941 Pericharax canaliculata 1941 Spongia (Spongia) bibulus 1941 Spongia (Spongia) fenestrata 1941 Stelleta bocki 1941 Cnidaria Species Crambionella annandalei 1931 Lobonemoides sewelli 1931 HONORS Raorhynchus Tripathi 1959 (Acanthocephala)
Gustavo Rivas Mijares
Gustavo Rivas Mijares, Venezuelan health and environmental engineeer (Nueva Valencia del Rey, Carabobo State 07 November 1922 – 30 November 2014) Authored 157 research papers and technical works beyond 11 books SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With L. Marciales. Ensayos para la simplificación del tratamento de aguas. Acta Cient. Venez. 45:54-61, 1994 With L. Marciales. Origen de la turbiedad en aguas superficiales. Acta Cient. Venez. 43(2):103-8, 1992 Abastecimiento de aguas y alcantarillados (1983) Tratamiento del agua residual (1976) La desinfección del agua en áreas tropicales (1970) With E.E. López. Comportamiento de lechos bio-percoladores (1968) Eficiencias de filtros percoladores biológicos en remover la DBO de un liquido residual (1967) Determinación de la magnitude de influencias ambientales em processos unitários del tratamento de las aguas. Bol. Acad. Cien. Fis. Mat. Nat. 16:1-56, 1966 Influence of water and sewage treatment processes on schistosomes (1963) Tratamiento de la potabilización de las aguas (1963) Normas de diseño para abastecimentos de agua en núcleos urbanos (1962) With K.L. Kollar. Normas para el diseño y construcción de acueductos para pequenas poblaciones (1956) Guía para el diseño de desarenadores y sedimentadores HONOURS Foreign Member, US National Academy of Engineering (1981) Listed in International Who’s Who
Giovanni (Juan) Ramorino
Juan (Giovanni) Ramorino, Italian / Argentine geologist and paleontologist (Genova 1840 – Genova 14 April 1876) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Sopra ter piccoli Chironectes trovati nel golfo di Genov. Estr. dall’ Arch. Per la Zool. 1(2), 1861 Apuntes del curso de mineralogía, dictados en la Universidad de Buenos Aires en el año de 1867 Sopra le caverne di Liguria, e specialmente sopra una recentemente scoperta a Verezzi presso finale. Mem. Acad. Sci. Torino 24(2):277-304, 1868 Memoria sobre la piedra movediza del Tandil HONORS Ramorinoa Spegazzini 1924 (Fabaceae)
Gilberto Rodríguez
Gilberto Domingo Rodriguez Ramírez, Venezuelan hydrobiologist and carcinologist (Caracas 12 May 1929 – Caracas 16 May 2004) Regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on Neotropical freshwater crustaceans Authored important works on ecology of estuarine systems With Humberto Díaz discovered pseudo lungs in crabs of Pseudothelphusidae family (1977) DESCRIBED CRUSTACEA TAXA Tribe Strengerianini 1982 Genera Eidocamptophallus 1989 with Hobbs Epithelphusa 1972 with Smalley Lobithelphusa 1982 Martiana 1980 Odontothelphusa 1982 Oedothelphusa 1980 Orthothelphusa 1980 Prionothelphusa 1980 Tehuana 1972 with Smalley Species/Subspecies 82 Plantae Species Heliconia aurea 1954 Heliconia nanna 1954 Heliconia schaeferiana 1954 HONORS (Crustacea) Rodriguezus Campos & Magalhães 2005 Subgenus Rodriguezia Bott 1969
Gilberto Righi
Gilberto Righi, Brazilian invertebrate zoologist (São Paulo 01 January 1937 – São Paulo 26 February 1999) DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Oligochaeta Families Narapidae 1993 with Varela Tumakidae 1996 Genera Aicodrilus 1971 Alexidrilus 1971 Amazo 1976 with Ayres & Bittencourt Amazonidrilus 1993 Areco 1978 with Ayres & Bittencourt Assudrilus 1971 Atatina 1971 Bauba 1980 Belladrilus 1984 Bribri 1984 Brunodrilus 1971 Chibui 1985 with Guerra Cirodrilus 1975 Cotinchytraeus 1974 Curacaodrilus 1979 with Kanner Dariodrilus 1978 with Ayres & Bittencourt Exisdrilus 1978 with Ayres & Bittencourt Goiascolex 1971 Guamaia 1975 Kaketio 1979 with Kanner Lourdesia 1994 Maipure 1996 Marcusaedrilus 1979 with Kanner Meridrilus 1993 Metataxis 1985 Narapa 1993 with Varela Opisthocordis 1984 Perolofius 1983 with Nemeth Praedrilus 1971 Santomesia 1984 Tairona 1984 Tiguassu 1978 with Ayres & Bittencourt Tonperoge 1975 Tuiba 1976 with Ayres & Bittencourt Tumak 1996 Tupidrilus 1974 Tupinaki 1996 Turedrilus 1993 Xibaro 1981 Zongodrilus 1996 Species 224 Mollusca Acanthochitona brunoi 1971 Acanthochitona ciroi 1971 Connexochiton moreirai 1973 Ischnochiton aidae 1973 Ischnochiton kempfi 1971 Ischnochiton marcusi 1971 Lepidochitona montoucheti 1973 Leptochiton darioi 1973 Lottia marcusi 1966 Crustacea Austinixa aidae 1967 Parthenope aylthoni 1965 Protozoa Aikinetocystis pontoscolecis 1988 Buetschliella marioninae 1974 Haplosporidium guarani 1974 Monocystis krin 1974 Monocystis octavi 1974 Monocystis tupi 1974 Rhabdostyla pristinis 1973 Rhynchocystis pessoai 1974 HONORS (Oligochaeta) Righiella Omodeo & Coates 2001 Righiodrilus Zicsi 1995
George Alexandre dos Reis
George Alexandre dos Reis, Brazilian immunologist (05 November 1953 – Rio de Janeiro 07 April 2019) Showed the macrophage role in T lymphocytes-induced streptococcal carditis lesions With M.A. Barcinski. Role of macrophage-dependent determinant selection in the induction phase of streptococcal carditis. Lancet 8198 (2):777-9, 1980 With M. Gaspar & M.A. Barcinski. Immune recognition in the streptococcal carditis of mice. The role of macrophages in the generation of heart-reactive lymphocytes. J. Immunol. 128:1514-21, 1982 First to demonstrate that self immunological tolerance is determined by histocompatibility genes With E.M. Shevach. Antigen-presenting cells from non-responder strain 2 guinea pigs are fully competent to present bovine insulin β-chain to responder strain 13 T cells: evidence against a determinant selection model and in favor of a clonal deletion model of immune response gene function. J. Exp. Med. 157:1287-99, 1983 Authored one of the first analysis of cyclosporin-propelled suppression mechanism With E.M. Shevach. Effect of cyclosporin A on T cell function in vitro: the mechanism of suppression of the T cell stimulus as well as differentiation state of the responding T cell. J. Immunol. 129:2360-7, 1982 With E.M. Shevach. Cyclosporin A treated guinea pig responder cells secrete a genetically restricted factor which suppresses the mixed leukocyte reaction. J. Clin. Invest. 71:165-9, 1983 Studied the relation between antigenic memory and autoreactivity of MHC in T cells emulating thymic positive selection With M.E. Shevach. The syngeneic mixed leukocyte reaction represents polyclonal activation of antigen-specific T lymphocytes with receptors for self Ia antigens. J. Immunol. 127:2456-60, 1981 With M.E. Shevach.Analysis of autoreactive, I Region-restricted cells colonies isolated from the syngeneic mixed leukocyte reaction and from conventional antigen responses. Europ. J. Immunol. 15:466-72, 1985 Exogenous antigen control of autoreactive T cell MHC specificity. Immunol. Today 15:597-8, 1994 With M.E. Shevach. Peripheral T cell self-reactivity and immunological memory. Immunol. Today 19(12):587-8, 1998 First description of apoptosis in a parasite disease With M.F. Lopes, V. Veiga, A. Santos & M.E. F. Fonseca. Activation-induced CD4+ T cell death by apoptosis in experimental Chagas disease. J. Immunol. 154:744-52, 1995 With C.G. Freire de Lima, M.P. Nunes, M. Soares, S. Corte Real, J. Previato & L. Mendonça Previato.Pro-apoptotic activity of a Trypanosoma cruzi ceramide-containing glycolipid turned on in host macrophages by interferon gamma. J. Immunol. 161(9):4909-16, 1998 Showed the relevant role that CTLA-4 plays in kalazar immunosupppression With N.A. Gomes, V. Barreto de Souza & M.E. Wilson. Unresponsive CD4+ T lymphocytes from Leishmania chagasi infected mice increase cytokine production and mediate parasite killing after blockade of B7-1 / CTLA-4 molecular pathway. J. Infect. Dis. 178(6):1847-51, 1998 With C.G. Freire de Lima, D.O. Nascimento, M. Soares, F. De Mello, P.T. Bozza, H.C. Castro Faria Neto & M.F. Lopes. Uptake of apoptotic cells drives the growth of a pathogenic trypanosome in macrophages. Nature 403:199-203, 2000