Tsing Chao Maa
Tsing Chao Maa, Taiwanese entomologist (1910 – 1992) DESCRIBED INSECTA TAXA Family Myrmiciidae 1949 (Fossil Hymenoptera) Genera Hymenoptera Alloxylocopa 1939 Ancylocopa 1954 Apoxiphia 1949 Bohea 1944 Bomboixylocopa 1939 Cingalixiphia 1949 Copoxyla 1954 Dryeiphia 1949 Eoxeris 1949 Eoxiphia 1949 Genaxiphia 1949 Hyperxiphia 1949 Indoxiphia 1949 Jungicephus 1949 Moaxiphia 1949 Myrmoibalia 1949 Nasoxiphia 1949 Palpixiphia 1949 Paraxiphia 1949 Scelidoloba 1961 with Yoshimoto Sigmatapis 1953 Sinicephus 1949 Urosyrista 1944 Diptera Aoroura 1971 Ardmoeca 1969 Brachyotheca 1962 Gypoeca 1969 Lobolepis 1966 Megastrebla 1971 Oncoposthia 1966 Phthona 1969 Psilacris 1971 Rhyponotum 1969 Struthiobosca 1963 Hemiptera Aecalus 1965 Blastacaena 1963 Diurocoris 1956 with Lin Labrosyne 1963 Platycotta 1963 Romachaeta 1963 Tapinacaena 1963 Trigonurella 1963 Dermaptera Araeomerus 1974 Xeniaria 1974 HONORS Maabella Hastriter & Bush 2006 (Diptera) Maacoccus Tao, Wong & Chang 1983 (Hemiptera) Maacynips Yoshimoto 1963 (Hymenoptera) Maaltica Samuelson 1969 (Coleoptera) Maana Soulier Perkins 1998 (Hemiptera) Maaserphus Lin 1987 (Hymenoptera)
Tryambak Shankar Mahabale
Tryambak Shankar Mahabale, Indian botanist and paleobotanist (Ahmednagar 19 October 1909 – 03 July 1983) Authored over 140 research papers Performed studies on plant morphology and embryology Discovered that the fern Regnellidium diphyllum produces rubber being the first report of lactescence in Pteridophyta (1949) before Labouriau DESCRIBED Living Species Folioceros dixitianus 1942 (Bryophyta) Isoetes sahyadriensis 1938 (Pteridophyta) Fossil Genera Tetracoccosporium 1972 with Biradar (Fungi) Kamthioxylon 1980 with Vagyani (Plantae) Species Fungi Diplodites rodei 1968 Tetracoccosporium eocenum 1972 with Biradar Plantae Euphorbioxylon sagarense 1963 with Deshpande Kamthioxylon adhariense 1980 with Vagyani Palmocarpon insigne 1950 Palmoxylon khondaliensis 1981 with Kulkarni Salvinia intertrappea 1950 Sonneratioxylon intertrappeum 1975 with Biradar Taxaceoxylon kateruense 1973 with Rao Terminalioxylon tomentosum with Deshpande HONORS Mahabalella Sutton & Patil 1966 (Fungi)
Tomás Leandro Marini
Tomás Leandro Marini, Argentine ichthyologist and fisheries biologist (Buenos Aires 27 February 1902 – Buenos Aires 02 December 1984) DESCRIBED VALID FISH SPECIES Engraulis anchoita 1935 with Hubbs Hypostomus commersonoides 1933 with Nichols & LaMonte Hypostomus meleagris 1933 with Nichols & LaMonte Hypostomus niger 1933 with Nichols & LaMonte Merluccius hubbsi 1933 Mullus argentinae 1933 with Hubbs Pimelodus brevis 1933 with Nichols & LaMonte Psammobatis bergi 1932 Raia gallardoi 1933 Squatina argentina 1930 Squatina guggenheim 1936 Squatina punctata 1936 Trichomycterus alterus 1933 with Nichols & LaMonte
Thomas Maclear
Thomas Maclear, Irish-born South-African astronomer (Newton Stewart, Tyrone County 17 March 1794 – Cape Town 14 July 1879) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Verification and extension of La Caille’s Arc of Meridian at the Cape of Good Hope (1866) An account of the fall of a meteoritic stone in the Cold Bokkeveld, Cape of Good Hope. Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. London Further particulars of the fall of the Cold Bokkeveld meteorite. Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. London Geography of the Cape: longitude of Graham’s Town. S. Afr. Comm. Advertiser (1850) Catalogue of 4810 stars for the epoch 1850, from observations made at the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope during the years 1849-52 Published observations of the comet Encke HONORS Lalande Medal, Academie Française des Sciences (1867) Maclear Crater on Moon LINKS http://old.assa.saao.ac.za/html/his-astr-maclear_t.html http://archive.samj.org.za/1977%20VOL%20LI%20Jan-Jun/Articles/05%20May/3.11%20HISTORY%20OF%20MEDICINE.SIR%20THOMAS%20MACLEAR.SURGEON,%20AND%20HER%20MAJESTY’S%20ASTRONOMER%20AT%20THE%20CAPE,%20Th.pdf
Thales Martins
Thales Cesar de Padua Martins, Brazilian endocrinologist (Rio de Janeiro 29 September 1896 -Rio de Janeiro 31 July 1979) ACHIEVEMENTS Performed original researches on comparative endocrinology and animal psychology Obtained and assayed testicle interstitial hormone Demonstrated the hypophysis regulation via gonads Performed researches about parabiosis independent from Kallas Performed impacting studies about hormones effect on motor function of genital musculature Showed repetitious effect of injected extracts from anterior lobule of pituitary in laboratory animals attenuates progressively in time (anti-hormones) Discovered independently Friedmann reaction (Friedman-Martins test) With L. Fraenkel demonstrated the presence of corpus luteum in venomous ovoviviparous snakes ovaries O diagnóstico da gravidez pela pesquisa dos hormônios pré-hypophysarios da urina. Modificação da técnica de Aschheim-Zondek. Thesis. Faculdade do Rio de Janeiro, 1930 Test rapide de l’hormone masculine mitoses dans la genitalia accessoire des males castrées. C.R. Soc. Biol. Paris 126:131, 1937 Test rápido para hormonio testicular, baseado na presença de motores na mucosa das vesículas seminais e de próstata (1937) With J. Carneiro Felippe developed a new process for extracting hormones by absorption (1929) (patented) With Arnoldo Rocha suggested the existence of a second testicle hormone in mammalians (1929) and developed a new test for male hormone that attained international repercussion With Arnaldo Rocha authored important papers about hormonal regulation on sexual organs Action des extraits testiculaires sur las vesicules séminales des souris chatrees. C.R. Soc. Biol. Paris 102:485, 1929 Influence de la castration, des greffes et des implantations des gonades sur le lobe antérieur de l’hypophyse. C.R. Soc. Biol. Paris 105:793-4, 1930 La regulation de l’hypophyse par le testicule. Experiences de parabiose. C.R. Soc. Biol. Paris 105:795-6, 1930 A regulação do lobo anterior da hipófise por um hormônio testicular, especialmente sob o ponto de vista morphológico. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 25:73-80, 1931 Utilisation des alterations de l’hypophyse, consécutives à la castration, comme test d’une hormone testiculaire. C.R. Soc. Biol. 108:1080, 1931
Syed Qasim Mehdi
Syed Qasim Mehdi, Pakistani geneticist and molecular biologist (Lucknow 13 February 1941 – Lahore 28 September 2016) His discoveries have shown eight new mutations in the tumour suppressor gene p53 in breast cancer patients, four new genetic loci responsible for night blindness and new genes responsible for non-syndromic deafness and microphthalmia in Pakistani families (until 1998) CONTRIBUTIONS (7,745 citations) With D.M. Walsh, S.H. Shah, M.A. Simpson, N.V. Morgan et al. A novel ABCA 12 mutation in two families with congenital ichthyosis. Scientifica (2012) With S. Khaliq, A. Abid, D.R.A. White, C.A. Johnson et al. Mapping of a novel type III variant of Knobloch syndrome (KNO3) to chromosome 17q112. Amer. J. Med. Genetics Part A 143(23):2768-74, 2007 With A. Mihyuddin, Q. Ayub, P.A. Underhill & C.Tyler-Smith. Detection of novel Y SNPs provides further insights into Y chromosomal variation in Pakistan. J. Human Genetics. 51(4):375-8, 2006 With A. Abid, M. Ismail & S. Khaliq. Identification of novel mutations in the SEMA4A gene associated with retinal degenerative diseases. J. Med. Genetics 43(4):378-81, 2006 With T. Forshew, S. Khaliq, L. Tee, U. Smith et al. Identification of novel TYR and TYRP1 mutations in oculocutaneous albinism. Clinical Genetics 68(2):182-4, 2005 With S. Khaliq, A. Abid, M. Ismail, A. Hameed et al. Novel association of RP1 gene mutations with autosomal recessive retinitis pigments. J. Med. Genetics 42(5):436-8, 2005 With S. Khaliq, A. Hameed, M. Ismail, K. Anwar et al. A novel locus for autosomal dominant nuclear cataract mapped to chromosome 2p12 in a Pakistani family. Invest. Ophth. Vis. Sci 43(7):2083-7, 2002 With S. Khaliq, A. Hameed, M. Ismail et al. A gene for nonsyndromic persistant hyperplastic primary vitreous maps to chromosome 10q11-21 in a Pakistani family. Invest. Ophth. Vis. Sci (2001) With A. Hameed, S. Khaliq, M. Ismail & K. Anwar. A novel locus for autosomal dominant nuclear cataract mapped to chromosome 2p12-2q13 in a Pakistani family. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 69(4):508, 2001 With S. Khaliq, A. Hameed, M. Ismail, K. Anwar et al. Novel locus for autosomal recessive cone-rod dystrophy CORD8 mapping to chromosome 1q12-q24. Invest. Ophth. Vis. Sci 41(12):3709-12, 2000 With S.S. Bhattacharya, S. Khaliq, A. Hameed, A.M. Payne et al. A new locus for autosomal recessive cone-rod dystrophy mapping to chromosome 1q12-24. Invest. Ophth. Vis. Sci 41(5):195, 2000 With A.M. Payne, S. Khaliq, A. Hameed, M. Ismail et al. A new locus for autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa mapping to chromosome 4q32-34. Invest. Ophth. Vis. Sci 41(4):194, 2000 With Q. Ayub, A. Mihyuddin, R. Qamar, K. Mazhar aet al. Identification and characterization of novel human Y-chromosomal microsatellites from sequence database information. Nucleic Acids Research 28(2), 2000 With D.A.R. Bessart, S. Khaliq, A. Hameed, K. Anwar et al. Several autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa caused by a novel rhodopsin mutation (Ter 349Glu). Human Mutation 13(1):83, 1999 With A. Hameed, S. Khaliq, M. Ismail, N.D. Ebenezer et al. A novel locus for Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) with anterior keratoconus mapping to chromosome 17p13. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 65(4):253, 1999