Yellapragada Subba Row
Yellapragada Subbarao (Subba Row), Indian pharmacist and biochemist in United States (Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh State 12 January 1895 – Pearl River, New York State 08 August 1948) Authored over 100 papers CONTRIBUTIONS Developed Fiske-Subba Row calorimetric method to estimate phosphorus in tissues and body fluids (1924) With C. Fiske, P. Eggleton & G.P. Eggleton discovered phosphagen in muscle (1927) With Fiske discovered that phosphocreatine and ATP were sources of muscle power (1927-9) With Fiske isolated ATP and phosphocreatine independently from Lohmann (1929) With Szent-Gyorgy isolated pyridoxine Isolated and synthesized folic acid (1945) Developed a method to synthesize folic acid Found that folic acid cures tropical sprue Discovered antifolates ANTIBIOTICS With Duggar discovered aureomycin (1948) and tetracycline Discovered diethyl carbazamin Anti-cancer drug Methotrexate (1948) Hetrazan against elephantiasis Hydrazide against tuberculosis Polymyxin used in cattle feed HONORS Antibiotic Subbamycin Genus Subbaromyces Hesseltine 1953 (Fungi)
Wilson Sasso
Wilson da Silva Sasso, Brazilian morphologist (São Paulo 07 July 1925 – 2015) Performed the first chromosomic study of Turner’s syndrome With L. Decourt, E. Chiorboli, M.C. Lima & J.M. Fernandes. Sobre o sexo genético na síndrome de Turner. Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. 1(2):203-6, 1954 With N.F. Romani found a glycoproteolipid complex in human dental cuticle Papers in Nature and Lancet With N.M. de Castro. Sex chromatin (chromoleme) in the Purkinje nerve cells of some mammals. Nature 184:293, 1959 With N.M. de Castro, U.S. Trench & J. Kerbauy. Sex diagnosis by the nuclear structure of the cells of human urinary sediment. Lancet 273(6995):565, 1957 With N.M. de Castro & M.R. de Goes. Sex determination in rats (Rattus norvegicus var. albinus) through the ameloblasts of the dental germ. Nature 178 (4541): 1059-60, 1956 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With I. K. Ueda, M.I. Egami & E.R. Matushima. Cytochemical aspects of the peripheral blood cells of Oreochromis (Tilapia) niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cichlidae, Teleostei). Part II. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. 38(6), 2001 With C.A. Valente. Morphology and morphometry of the cervix uterine of female albino rats in the estrus and diestrus phases. Rev. Bras. Biol. 52(4):527-32, 1992 With M.I. Egami. Cytochemical observations of blood cells of Bothrops jararaca (Reptilia, Squamata). Rev. Bras. Biol. 48(1):155-9, 1988 With O.A. Mora & M.J. Simões. Aspectos ultra-estruturais dos fibroblasts durante a regressão da cauda dos girinos. Rev. Bras. Biol. 47(4):615-8, 1987 With M.A. I. de Lima. Histochemical detection of glycoproteins in the gastric epithelia of Columba livia. Acta Histoch. 76(2):145-50, 1985 With H.R.C. Segreto, L.M. Iwabuchi & N.F. Novo. The influence of whole-body exposure to low doses of x-rays on the peripheral reticulocyte count. Int. J. Appl. Rad. Isotopes 36(6):507, 1985 With S. Katz. Detecção histoquímica de polissacarídeos nas glândulas de Bowman da mucosa anal do rato albino. Rev. Bras. Biol. (1976) With A. Berezin. Electron microscopy of the pulmonary alveolar cells (granular pneumocyte) of normal and vagotomized Amphibian (Bufo icterus icterus). Experientia 30:1074, 1974 With H. de Souza Santos. Ultrastructural and histochemical observations of the external epithelium of echinoderm tube feet. Acta Anat. 88:22-33, 1974 With H. de Souza Santos. Ultrastructural and histochemical studies on the mucous granules in the tube feet of the starfish Echinaster brasiliensis. Experientia (1973) With H. de Souza Santos. Ultrastructural and histochemical studies on the epithelium revestment layer in the tube feet of the starfish Asterina stellifera. J. Morph. 130(3):287-96, 1970 With H. de Souza Santos. Electron microscopic and histochemical studies of human cellular cementum. Rev. Bras. Biol. 28(2):121-8, 1968 With H. de Souza Santos. Morphological and histochemical studies on the secretory glands of starfish tube feet. Acta Anat. (1968) With N. Macha & N.F. Romani. Histochemical study of the mucopolysaccharides of decayed human dentin. Rev. Fac. Odont. Univ. S. Paulo 4 (1966) With H. de Souza Santos. Electron microscopy of enamel and dentin of teeth of the Odontaspis (Selachii). J. Dental Res. (1961) With E. Katchburian & O. Della Serra. Estudo histoquimico de um pigmento da célula hepática do bugio Alouatta fusca. Rev. Bras. Biol. 21:131-8, 1961 With H. de Souza Santos & O. Della Serra. Observações sobre as estruturas mineralizadas do dente do cação do gênero Odontaspis (Selachii, Pisces). Rev. Bras. Biol. 21:79-95, 1961 With N.M. de Castro & E. Katchburian. A histological and histochemical study of the gizzard of the Mugil sp. Acta Anat. 45:155-63, 1961 Pesquisa de mucopolissacarídeos ao nível da mucosa do oviduto da coelha. Anais Fac. Farm. Odont. Univ. S. Paulo (1960) With N. M. de Castro. Diagnosis of genetic sex by the study of the nuclei of the arrectores pilorum muscles in biopsies of human skin. Rev. Latinoam. Anat. Patol. 3:39-46, 1959 Existence of hyaluronic acid in the zona pellucid of the rabbit ovum. Acta Anat. 36:252-7, 1959 With R.A. Aun & A.M. Almeida. Detecção histoquímica do acido hialurônico em cisto pseudomucinoso do ovário. Rev. Assoc. Med. Brasil 4(1):22-5, 1958 With H. de Souza Santos. Electron diffraction and electron microscopy studies of the crystalline component of enamel of the Odontaspis (Selachii). Experientia 17:17, 1957 With N.M. de Castro. Histochemical study of amelogenesis and dentinogenesis. Oral Surg. Oral Med. Oral Path. 10(12):1323-9, 1957 With N. M. de Castro & F. Saad. Da presence da fosfatase alcalina ao nível dos germs dentários. An. Fac. Farm. Odont. Univ. S. Paulo 11:243-7, 1953 With N. M. de Castro. Histochemical detection of mucopolysaccharides in mucous, mucoid and “transitional cells” of Cebus sp. (macaco prego). Rev. Istochim. Norm. Pat.
William Jose da Silva
William José da Silva, Brazilian plant breeder (14 December 1937 – Developed new maize cultivars With C.J. Rossetto, L.E.C. de Miranda & V. Nagai. Milho IAC Azteca Centenário With H. Hirato, D.M. Medina & R.S. Longo. Características anatômicas e morfológicas do novo cultivar de milho Erecta Cien. Cult. 28:657-68, 1976 With J.P.F. Teixeira, P. Arruda & M.B. Lovato. Nutrimaiz, a tropical sweet maize cultivar of high nutritional value. Maydica 23:129-36, 1978 With M.C.M. S.T. Machado & F.G.R. Reyes. Acúmulo de matéria seca e composição dos carboidratos de uma nova cultivar de milho, com endosperma triplo mutante “sugary opaque 2-waxy”. Pesq. Agropec. Bras. 25(12):1789-96, 1990 Methods With O. Garcia Jr. & M.A.S. Massei. An efficient method for screening maize inbreds for aluminium tolerance. Maydica 24:75-82, 1979
Wilhelm Heinrich Schaffner
Josef Wilhelm Heinrich Schaffner, German-born Mexican pharmacist and botanist (Darmstadt 22 October 1830 – San Luis Potosi 24 March 1882) DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES Calamintha potosina 1897 Cuscuta globifera 1921 Cuscuta macrocephala 1921 Cuscuta polyanthemos 1921 Cuscuta potosina 1883 Heuchera mexicana 1905 Polytaenium feei 1857 Pteridium feei 1857 Sticherus palmatus 1872 HONORS Schaffneria Fée 1857 (Pteridophyta) Schaffnerella Nash 1912 (Poaceae)
Vivianne Solis Weiss
Vivianne Solis-Weiss or Vivianne Solis Wolfowitz de Weiss, Jewish Mexican marine zoologist and ecologist (Ciudad de Mexico 25 July 1949 – DESCRIBED NEW ANNELIDA TAXA Genera Grassleia 1993 Imajimanereis 2000 with Leon Gonzalez Lycastilla 1991 with Espinasa Meredithia 2000 with Hernandez Alcantara Pararicia 1989 with Fauchald Pettibonella 1989 with Fauchald Species Aglaophamus foliosa 2009 with Perez & Hernandez Alcantara Aglaophomus longicirrata 2009 with Perez & Hernandez Alcantara Amphisamytha fauchaldi 1994 with Hernandez Alcantara Aricidea hirsuta 2013 with Arriaga Hernandez & Hernandez Alcantara Cenogenus eliae 2006 with Hernandez Alcantara & Perez Mendoza Decamastus okuilin 2019 with Hernandez Alcantara & Garcia Eunereis eugeniae 2000 with Leon Gonzalez Grassleia hydrothermalis 1993 Hermunduria bennei 1983 Hirsutonuphis paxtonae 2013 with Hernandez Alcantara & Estrella-Ruiz Imajimanereis pacifica 2000 with Leon Gonzalez Labrorostratus caribensis 2015 with Hernandez Alcantara & Cruz Perez Labrorostratus zaragozensis 1998 with Hernandez Alcantara Leitoscoloplos multipapillatus 2014 with Hernandez Alcantara Lycastilla cavernicola 1991 with Espinasa Magelona marianae 2000 with Hernandez Alcantara Magelona tehuanensis 2000 with Hernandez Alcantara Meredithia spinifera 2000 with Hernandez Alcantara Meredithia uebelackerae 2000 with Hernandez Alcantara Mooreonuphis bidentata 2013 with Rupit-Alvarenga & Hernandez Alcantara Naineris setosa 1989 with Fauchald Nereis alacranensis 2015 with Ramírez Hernandez & Hernandez Alcantara Nereis baolingi 2000 with León Gonzalez Nereis casoae 2000 with León Gonzalez Nereis inflata 2001 with León Gonzalez Ninoe jessicae 2006 with Hernandez Alcantara & Perez Mendoza Ninoe marthae 2006 with Hernandez Alcantara & Perez Mendoza Notomastus angelicae 1998 with Hernandez Alcantara Odontosyllis septemdentata 2016 with Salcedo & San Martín Ophiogoniada lyra 1997 with Granados Barba Paradiopatra multibranchiata 2017 with Hernandez Alcantara & Mercado Paradoneis campechensis 2019 with Quintanar Retama & Hernandez Alcantara Paradoneis carmelitensis 2013 with Arriaga Hernandez & Hernandez Alcantara Paradoneis mexicanensis 2019 with Quintanar Retama & Hernandez Alcantara Paradoneis yucatanensis 2019 with Quintanar Retama & Hernandez Alcantara Pararicia belizensis 1989 with Fauchald Parexogone anseforbansensis 1998 with Hernandez Alcantara Perinereis bajacalifornica 1998 with León Gonzalez Perinereis cariboea 1998 with León Gonzalez Perinereis osoriotafalli 1998 with León Gonzalez Pettibonella multiuncinata 1989 with Fauchald Pisione hippocampus 2015 with 2016 with Salcedo & Hernandez Alcantara Pisione sanmartini 2015 with Salcedo & Hernandez Alcantara Plakosyllis curvispina 2011 with Salcedo & San Martín Platynereis hutchingsae 2001 with León Gonzalez & Valadez Platynereis mucronata 2001 with León Gonzalez & Valadez Prosphaerosyllis sotoi 2016 with Salcedo & San Martín Protoaricia pigmentata 1989 with Fauchald Rullinereis fauchaldi 2000 with León Gonzalez Sphaerosyllis tetralobata 2016 with Salcedo & San Martín Spiophanes lowai 1983 Stenoninereis tecolutlensis 1997 with León Gonzalez Syllis antoniae 2012 with Salcedo & San Martín Syllis deleoni 2012 with Salcedo & San Martín Syllis lagunae 2008 with Tovar Hernandez & Hernandez Alcantara Terebellides carmenensis 1991 with Fauchald & Blankensteyn Terebellides lanai 1991 with Fauchald & Blankensteyn Terebellides parvus 1991 with Fauchald & Blankensteyn Trochochaeta mexicana 2011 with Hernandez Alcantara Trypanosyllis microdenticulata 2011 with Salcedo & San Martín Typosyllis papillosus 2002 with Tovar Hernandez & Granados Barba Fossil (with Alessandrello & Bracchi 2003) Species Iubarenicala fischeri Paleoaphrodite adeliae Paleoaphrodite briggsiana Paleoaphrodite gallica Others (Crustacea) Hyalella cenotensis 2014 with Marrón Becerra & Hermoso Salazar Hyalella maya 2018 with Marrón Becerra & Hermoso Salazar
Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar
Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar, Indian obstetrician and gynecologist (Shiroda, Goa 27 April 1899 –Mumbai 07 March 1971) Described cervical cerclage operation known as Shirodkar stitch (1955) Invented 2 operations for genital prolapsed Developed a technique of placing a vaginal hood over the cervix Designed special instruments for the repair of the incompetent cervix such as a retractor, a fasciotome, a speculum and Shirodkar needles