Andrés Posada Arango
Andrés Posada Arango, Colombian physician, naturalist, geographer, ethnographer and historian (Medellín 11 February 1839 – Medellín 13 March 1923) With Osorio introduced the term piedra and described clinical aspects of black piedra (1876) Proposed the term bufin for active principle of frog poison (1871) Proposed that the diet could be detected in dead body due to reaction between blood and sulphuric acid in Estudios medico-legales relativos a la identidad. Anales Acad. Med. Medellin 3(11):322-39, 1891 Aided in production of Dictionnaire Encyclopedique des Sciences Medicales DESCRIBED NEW SPECIES Plantae Bromelia longissima 1909 Cleome applanata 1909 Ficus minutaefolia 1909 Ficus venenata 1871 Oreodaphne oleifera 1891 Panopsis yolombo 1950 Pernettya locifolia Smilax sanguinea 1909 Tagetes apetala 1872 Pisces (1909) Astroblepus dux Chaetostoma aburrensis Chalceus flavicolis Tetragonopterus rhomboidalis Tetragonopterus sardina Trichomycterus medellinensis HONOURS Foreign Correspondant Member, Societé Anthropologique de Paris (1870) Bronze Medal, Societé Anthropologique de Paris (1872) Invited to International Congress of Botany and Horticulture, Saint Petersburg, Russia (1883) International Scientific Medal (1892) Genus Posadaea Cogniaux 1890 (Cucurbitaceae) LINKS http://biblioteca-virtual-antioquia.udea.edu.co/pdf/5/science-lpa-apa.pdf
Anastasio Pirion
François (Anastase) Pirion, French-born Chilean father and naturalist (Ambon, Morbihan 1888 – 1959) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Costumbres de algunos odonatos de Marga-Marga. Rev. Chil. Hist Nat. 37:78-82, 1933 Excursión a la cordillera de Tinguirica. Rev. Chil. Hist Nat. 34:170-80, 1930 Observaciones sobre 3 odonatos del Valle de Marga-Marga. Rev. Chil. Hist Nat. 32:95-7, 1928 Aves observadas em el Valle de Marga-Marga. Rev. Chil. Hist Nat. 31:102-15, 1927 With F. Jaffuel. Hymenopteres de la Vallee de Marga-Marga. Rev. Chil. Hist Nat. 30:362-83, 1926 With F. Jaffuel. Plantas fanerógamas del Valle de Marga-Marga. Rev. Chil. Hist Nat. 25:350-405, 1923 Algunas ideas de los mapuches acerca de los sismos HONORS (Diptera) Piriona Aldrich 1928 Pirionimyia Townsend 1931
Americo Pomales Lebron
Americo Pomales Lebrón, Puerto Rican microbiologist (Guayama 01 January 1904 – 16 December 1984) DEVELOPED METHODS With B.M. Thomason, W.B. Cherry & B.R. Davis. Rapid presumptive identification of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in faecal smears by means of fluorescent antibody. I. Preparation and testing of reagents. Bull. World Health Org. (1961) With C. Fernandez. A method for estimating the number of bacteria in liquids and tissues. J. Bacteriol. 64(6):837-45, 1952 With P. Morales Otero. A method for preservation of oxalate plasma for fibrinolytic tests. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 41:609, 1939
Amanda Pellegrino de Iraldi
Amanda Angela Pellegrino de Iraldi, Argentine cytologist (San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province 1917 – Buenos Aires 22 February 2007) Daughter of Italian immigrants Authored over 150 works ACHIEVEMENTS First to describe spontaneous atherosclerosis of female rat With M.R. Malinow & D. Hojman. Spontaneous atherosclerosis in the rat. AMA Arch. Pathol. 61(1):11-9, 1956 Obtained the first experimental generalized atherosclerosis With M.R. Malinow & D. Hojman. Different methods for the experimental production of generalized atherosclerosis in the rat. Acta Cardiol. 9(5):480-99, 1954 First to identify adrenergic synaptic vesicles With H. Farini Duggan & E. De Robertis. Adrenergic synaptic vesicles in the anterior hypothalamus of the rat. Anat. Record 145(4):521-31, 1963 First to formulate the coexistence of neurotransmitters in the same terminal With E. De Robertis. Electron microscope study of a special neurosecretory neuron in the nerve cord of the earthworm (1962) Isolated synaptosome With E. De Robertis & G. Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz. Isolation of synaptic vesicles from nerve endings of the rat brain. Nature 194:794-5, 1962 Identified the first neurotransmitter (acetylcholine) in the synaptic vesicles With E. De Robertis, G. Rodrígues de Lores Arnaiz, L. Salganicoff & L.M. Zieher. Isolation of synaptic vesicles and structural organization of the acetylcholine system within brain nerve endings. J. Neurochem. 10(4):225-35, 1963 Identified and established definitely the large dense core vesicles (LDCVs) as a special type of synaptic vesicles and primary storage and secretion sites for monoamines and neuromodulatory peptides With E. De Robertis. Action of reserpine on the submicroscopic morphology of the pineal gland. Experientia 17:122-3, 1961 With H. Farini Duggan & E. De Robertis. Adrenergic synaptic vesicles in the anterior hypothalamus of the rat. Anat. Rec. 145(4):521-31, 1963 Presented for the first time in the literature a detailed morphological study of the cells isolated from whole brains of 10-,30-and 120-days old rats With L.N. Berti Mattera, J.N. Larocca, J. Pasquini & E. Soto. Isolation of oligodendral cells from young and adult whole rat brains using an in situ generated Percoll density gradient. Neurochem. Intern. 6(1):41-50, 1984 Other contributions in Morphology Compartmentalization of monoaminergic synaptic vesicles in the storage and release of neurotransmitter. Mol. Neurobiol. 6(4):323-37, 1992 Compartmentation of synaptic vesicles in autonomic neurons: morphological correlates of neurotransmitter pools in monoaminergic synapses; the vesicles as dual quantal elements in transmitter storage and release. Adv. Biochem. Psychopharmacol. 25:255-68, 1980 With A.M. Suburo. Presynaptic tubular structures in photoreceptor cells. Zeitschr. f. Zellforsch. Mikoros. Anat. 113(1):39-43, 1971 With R. Gueudet. Osmium tetroxide-zinc iodide reactive sites in the photoreceptor cells of the retina of the rat. Zeitschr. f. Zellforsch. und Mikrosk. Anat. 101:203-11, 1969 (demonstrated an unidentified component of the retina which shows a striking specificity of localization) With A.M. Suburo. An ultrastructural study of the rat’s suprachiasmatic nucleus. J. Anat. 105 (Pt3):439-46, 1969 (described the ultrastructure of the suprachiasmatic nucleus of rat) With E. De Robertis, G. Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz & L.M. Zieher. Synaptic vesicles from the rat hypothalamus. Isolation and norepinephrine content. Life Sci. 4(2):193-201, 1965 With E. De Robertis. Electron microscope study of a special neurosecretory neuron in the nerve cord of the earthworm (1962) With A.P. Rodríguez Perez. Ultraestructura de los corpusculos de Grandry. Trab. Inst. Cajal Invest. Biol. 53:185-9, 1961 METHODS With G. Rodríguez de Lores & E. De Robertis developed original procedures for isolating synaptosomes and synaptic vesicles With G. Rodríguez de Lores & E. De Robertis developed De Robertis method of differential centrifugation for isolation of synaptic terminals (1962) Effect of N-ethyl-maleimide (NEM) on rod outer segments. Presentation of a model for the study of retinal degeneration induced by prolonged illumination (Wistar rat). Acta Physiol. Latin Am. 26(1), 1977 With L.N. Berti Mattera, J.N. Larocca, J. Pasquini & E. Soto. Isolation of oligodendral cells from young and adult whole rat brains using an in situ generated Percoll density gradient. Neurochem. Intern. 6(1):41-50, 1984 (a method for the isolation of oligodendroglial cells from rat brains) With C.J. Tandler. A silver-reducing component in rat striated muscle. I. Selective localization at the level of the terminal cistern/transverse tubule system. Light and electron microscope studies with a new histochemical procedure. Histochemistry 92(1):15-22, 1989 With C.J. Tandler. Staining terminal cisternae proteins in rat skeletal muscle triads: selectivity of a new silver technique. Proceed. Ann. Meet. Electron. Microsc. Soc. America 48(3):736-7, 1990 With C.J. Tandler & H. Rios. Differential staining of two subpopulations of Purkinje neurons in rat cerebellum with acid dyes. Biotech. Histochem. 72(5):231-9, 1997 (a new staining method) Papers in top journals With E. D. De Robertis, G. Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz, M. Alberici, R.W. Butcher & E.W. Sutherland. Subcellular distribution of adenyl cyclase and cyclic phosphodiesterase in rat brain cortex. J. Biol. Chem. 242(15):3487-93, 1967 With E. De Robertis & G. Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz. Isolation of synaptic vesicles from nerve endings of the rat brain. Nature 194:794-5, 1962 With M.R. Malinow, A.L. Gimeno, M.A. Fernandez-Gimeno, J.L. Lacuara & J.R. Moguilevsky. The C17-OH group of oestradiol: relationships between its anti-atherogenic and endocrine actions. Nature 184:1720-1, 1959 Papers with more than 100 citations With M. Cammarota, G. Paratcha, L.M. Bevilaqua, M.D. de Stein, M. López, I. Izquierdo & J. Medina. Cyclic AMP-responsive element binding protein in brain mitochondria. J. Neurochem. 72(6):2272-7, 1999 With E.D. De Robertis. The neurotubular system of the axon and the origin of granulated and non-granulated vesicles in regenerating nerves. Zeitschr. f. Zellforsch. Mikros. Anat. 87(3):330-44, 1968 With E.D. De Robertis, O.Z. Sellinger, G. Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz, M. Alberici & L.M. Zieher. Nerve endings in methionine sulphixomine convulsant rats, a neurochemical and ultrastructural study. J. Neurochem. 14(1):81-9, 1967 With E. D. De Robertis, G. Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz, M. Alberici, R.W. Butcher & E.W. Sutherland. Subcellular distribution of adenyl cyclase and cyclic phosphodiesterase in rat brain cortex. J. Biol. Chem. 242(15):3487-93, 1967 With E. De Robertis, G. Rodrígues de Lores Arnaiz, L. Salganicoff & L.M. Zieher. Isolation of synaptic vesicles and structural organization of the acetylcholine system within brain nerve endings. J. Neurochem. 10(4):225-35, 1963 With H. Farini Duggan & E. De Robertis. Adrenergic synaptic vesicles
Aluizio Prata
Aluízio da Rosa Prata, Brazilian infectologist and parasitologist (Uberaba, Minas Gerais State 01 June 1920 – Uberaba, Minas Gerais State 13 May 2011) Authored over 275 papers, 48 book chapters and 7 books Considered as a world expert on schistosomiasis Showed foundations and applications of retal biopsy in schistosomiasis diagnosis and evaluation of its therapy. Beyond this developed a method for finding Schistosoma in animal organs Enunciated criteria for studying oogram in schistosomiasis A biópsia retal na esquistossomose mansoni e tratamento. Doctoral Thesis, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal da Bahia (1957) Described an advanced hepatic form of schistosomiasis without splenomegaly (with Z. Andrade) Fibrose hepática de Symmers sem esplenomegalia. O Hospital 63:617-23, 1963 With Bina first demonstrated clinically the degradation and removal of a long standing hepatic fibrosis in a human disease, the hepatosplenic schistosomiasis (1983) MEMBERSHIP Visiting Professor, Cornell University (1965) Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1991) Honorary Member, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1998)
Allan Robert Phillips
Allan Robert Phillips, US-born Mexican ornithologist (New York City 25 October 1914 – San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León State 26 January 1996) DESCRIBED AVIAN TAXA Valid Species Empidonax oberholseri 1939 Leucolia wagneri 1966 Phaethornis griseoventer 1962 Subspecies 154