Manuel Augusto Pirajá da Silva
Manuel Augusto Pirajá da Silva, Brazilian parasitologist (Camamu, Bahia State 28 January 1873 – São Paulo 01 January 1961) ACHIEVEMENTS Performed first complete description of Schistosoma mansoni and clarified his full life cycle La schistosome à Bahia. Arch. Parasit. 13:415, 1908 First to correlate mansonic schistosomiasis and glomerulopathy (1908) First described schistosomal cercaria Cercaire brésilienne (Cercaria blanchardi) à queue bifurquée. Arch. Parasit. 15:398-400, 1912 Demonstrated transmission mode of Trypanosoma cruzi by faeces of its vector With E. Brumpt. Existence du Schizotrypanum cruzi Chagas, 1909 à Bahia (Matta de São João). Biologie du Conorhinus megistus. Bull. Soc. Pathol. Exot. 5(1):22-6, 1912 Perfected treatment technique of cutaneous leishmaniasis by employing tartar emetic Described fungi Discomyces bahiensis 1919 and Madurella brumptii 1922 that cause maduromycosis HONORS Bernhard Nocht Medal, Bernhard Nocht Institut für Tropenmedizin, Hamburg (1954) Manson-Pirajá da Silva disease or Mansonic Schistosomiasis
Man Kyu Pak
Man Kyu Pak, South Korean amateur botanist (Gurye County, Jeollanam-do Province 13 April 1906 – 1988) Authored An enumeration of Korean plants (1946) & Flora of Korean Pteridophyta (1961) HONORS Mankyua Sun, Kim, Kim & Park 2001 (Pteridophyta)
Malur R. Narasimha Prasad
Malur Ramaswamy Iyengar Narasimha Prasad, Indian reproductive physiologist and comparative endocrinologist (Bangalore, Karnataka 01 May 1923 – Bangalore, Karnataka 07 October 1987) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Effects of intranasal administration of hormonal steroids on serum testosterone and spermatogenesis in rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatto). Biol. Reprod. 22:935-40, 1980 With T. Karkun & M. Rajalakshmi. The maintenance of the epididymis in the castrated golden hamster by testosterone and dihydrotestosterone. Contraception 9:471-85, 1974 With M. Rajalakshmi, G. Gupta & T. Karkun. Control of epididymal function. J. Reprod. Fertil. Suppl. 18:215-22, 1973 With S. Mohla. Early action of oestrogen on the incorporation of 3H-uridine in the blastocyst and uterus of the rat during delayed implantation. J. Endocrin. 49:87-92, 1971 With M. Rajalakshmi. Sites of formation of fructose, citric acid and sialic acid in the accessory glands of the giant fruit bat, Pteropus giganteus giganteus (Brunnich). J. Endocrin. 46:413-6, 1970 With P.R.R.K. Reddy. Hormonal control of the maintenance of spermatogenesis and sexual segment in the Indian house lizard Hemidactylus flaviviridis Ruppell. Gen. Comp. Endocrin. 14:15-24, 1970 With S.P. Singh & M. Rajalakshmi. Fertility control in male rats by continuous release of microquantities of cyproterone acetate from subcutaneous elastic capsules. Contraception 2:165-78, 1970 With S.P.Kabra. Initiation of spermatogenesis by FSH and testosterone propionate im clomipheae fed rats. Endocrinology 81:965-76, 1967 With M.K. Sanyal. Reproductive cycle of the Indian house lizard Hemidactylus flaviviridis Ruppell. Copeia 627-33, 1967 With M.B. Kumar, B.I. Sundararaj, P.V. Narasimhan & T.A. K. Venkatasubramanian. Effects of hormones on liver and saccus vasculosus glycogen in Notopterus notopterus (Teleostei). Ind. J. Exper. Biol. 4:4-6, 1966 With G.K. Dhahwal. Cytology and histochemistry of the pituitary gland of the fire-striped palm squirrel. Funambulus pennanti (Wroughton). Amer. J. Anat. 117:339-52, 1965 With S.R.V. Rao. The nuclear sex in the Indian elephant, Elephas maximus L. Naturwissenschaften 50:313, 1963 With B.I. Sundararaj. The histochemistry of the saccus vasculosus of Notopterus chitala (Teleostei). Quart. J. Microscop. Sci. 104(4):465-70, 1963 Changes in the reproductive organs of the male palm squirrel Funambulus palmarum (Linn.). Half Yearly J. Mysore Univ. 12:89-105, 1951 With P.R.R. K. Reddy. Physiology of the sexual segment of the kidney in reptiles HONORS Subgenus Prasadsciurus Moore & Tate 1965 (Mammalia)
Makanji Kalyanji Patel
Makanji Kalyanji Patel, Indian plant pathologist (Bardoli Gujarat 28 February 1899 – Naysari, Gujarat State 28 February 1967) Authored over 140 papers Developed Patel agar for isolating crown-gall bacterium With Y.S. Kulkarni showed Dolichos biflorus (kulthi) as a new host of Xanthomonas phaseoli sojense (1949) Described more than 50 bacterial diseases from India DESCRIBED DISEASES AND AGENTS Alternaria burnsii 1938 with B.N. Uppal & M. Kamat (alternaria blight of cumin) Bremia gramicola var. indica 1948 Xanthomonas badri 1950 with Kulkarni & Dhande Xanthomonas campestris pv. Uppali (1948) that causes disease of Ipomoea muricata Xanthomonas desmodii, a new bacterial leaf spot of Desmodium diffusum D.C. Curr. Sci. 18:213, 1949 With L. Moniz & Y.S. Kulkarni first documented Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae as causative agent of black spot of mango (1948) Xanthomonas phaseoli var. indicus 1946 with B.N. Uppal & B. Nikam (bacterial blight of French beans) Bacterial leaf spot of Cyanopsis tetragonaloba Bacterial leaf spot of Amaranthus viridis With L. Moniz & B.N. Uppal described Xanthomonas desmodii-gangeticii (1948) that causes bacterial leaf spot of Desmodium gangeticum With Y.S. Kulkarni & S.G. Abhyankar. A new bacterial leaf spot and stem canker of pigeon pea. Curr. Sci. 19(12):384, 1950 With Y.S. Kulkarni. A new bacterial leaf spot on Vitis woodrowii Stapf. Curr.Sci. 20:132, 1951 With V.V. Bhatt & Y.S. Kulkarni. Three new bacterial diseases of plants from Bombay. Curr. Sci. 20:326-7, 1951 Two new bacterial diseases of plants. Curr.Sci. 21:74-5, 1952 Some new bacterial diseases of plants. Curr. Sci. 21:345-6, 1952 With V.V. Bhatt & G.W. Dhande. A new variety of Xanthomonas alysicarpi. Ind. Phytopath. 7:182-3, 1954 With A.C. Padhya. A new bacterial leaf spot on Alangium lamarckii Thw. Curr. Sci. 31:196-7, 1962 With A.C. Padhya & W.V. Kotasthane. A new bacterial leaf spot disease on Bauhinia racemosa. Curr. Sci. 34:224-5, 1965 With S.G. Desai & A.J. Patel. A new bacterial leaf-spot on Vernonia cinerea Less. Scien. Cult. 34:220-1, 1968
Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva
Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva, Brazilian parasitologist (Santos, São Paulo State 16 September 1929 – São Paulo 24 September 2014) Considered as one of world’s foremost authorities on malaria Authored over 120 scientific works being 80 of them about malaria Studied molecular biology of Plasmodium sp. Described genetic regulation of regulator genes With H. Eisen, P.H. Brachet & F. Jacob. Regulation of repressor expression in bacteriophage. I. Proceed. Natl. Acad. Sciences 66:855-62, 1970 Described the role of chemotactic agents as cell differentiation inducers With M. Darmon & P.H. Brachet. Chemotactic signals induce cell differentiation in Dictyostelidium dicoideum. Proceed. Natl. Acad. Sciences 72:3163-66, 1975
Luiz de Rezende Puech
Luiz Manuel de Rezende Puech, Brazilian orthopedist (São Paulo 28 May 1884 – São Paulo 04 January 1939) Designed a method for the treatment of paralytic talipes calcaneus SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Tabes dorsalis et tabes combine. Arch. Bras. Psych. Neurop. Scien. Aff. 2(1): 58-97, 1906 Ginecologia e alienação mental. Arch. Bras. Psych. Neurop. Scien. Aff. 3-4: 352-76, 1907 Algumas deformidades congênitas. Annaes Paul. Med. Cir. 3(2-4), 1915 Atestados de óbito. Annaes Paul. Med. Cir. 277-83, 1919 Osteocondrite deformante infantil. Bras. Med. 141, 1921 A moléstia de Heine-Medin e suas paralysias residuais: conceito atual, etiológico, pathológico e clínico. Annaes Paul. Med. Cir., 1924 O problema da luxação congenital do quadril no Brasil (1937) Contribuição ao estudo da coxa plana