Hossein Mirchamsy
Hossein Mirchamsy, Iranian immunologist and virologist (1916 – 2008) Authored 132 papers and 3 books With A. Sassani, A. Shafyi, P. Ahourai, J. Razavi et al. Development of a new live attenuated mumps virus vaccine in human diploid cells. Biologicals 19(3):203-11, 1991 With S. Bahrami, A. Shafyi et al. The isolation and characterization of a human diploid cell strain and its use in production of measles vaccine. J. Biol. Stand. 14:75-9, 1986 With S. Bahrami, M. Amighi & A. Shafyi. Development of a camel kidney cell strain and its use in virology. With F. Rapp. A new overlay for plaquing animal viruses. Exp. Biol. Med. 129(1):13-17, 1968 Developed a culture medium for Aedes albopictus cells (1970) Developed an inactivated vaccine for African horse sickness (1969) Developed a viral plaque assay (1968) Modified Siena method of antirabies serum for horses and mules (1963) With Rafyi developed a method to prepare goat pox vaccine (1956)
Horacio Antonio Mottola
Horacio Antonio Mottola, US/Argentine analytical chemist (Buenos Aires 22 March 1930- ACHIEVEMENTS More than 150 papers Devised with Ernest B. Sandell a solvent extraction procedure using iodides for separation of metals With Henry Freiser pioneered the use of the theory of regular solutions and solubility parameters for the interpretation and prediction of distribution constants for the partition of metal chelates between aqueous-organic solvent pairs Developed kinetic methods for determining organic species in which the end point of a titrimetric procedure is detected by a catalyzed reaction Described new analytical methods based in enzymatic reactions and coupled to flow systems http://digital.library.okstate.edu/OAS/oas_pdf/v62/p96_97.pdf
Honório Monteiro Filho
Honório da Costa Monteiro Filho, Brazilian botanist (Goiana, Pernambuco State 14 April 1899 – Rio de Janeiro 19 June 1978) Authored about 70 publications Proposed hippopede as a new organ in Dicotyledoneae (1953) Hypopedium, un organe nouveau des dicotyledonées. Rapports et Comm. Aux Sections 7 et 8 p.273-4, Huitime Congr. Intern. Botanique (1954) Uma nova entidade morfológica (A new morphological entity). Anais Congr. Nac. Botanica 25:45-7, 1974 DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE TAXA Section Distichifolia 1967 Species Bakeridesia andradelimae 1973 Bakeridesia bezerrae 1973 Bakeridesia pickelii 1973 Bakeridesia torrendii 1973 Melochia sergipana 1973 Monteiroa leitei 1955 Pavonia ducke-limae 1973 Pseudabutilon pintoi 1974 Sida allemanii 1936 Sida arrudiana 1936 Sida cambuiensis 1977 Sida grazielae 1974 Sida macaibae 1968 Sida macropetala 1968 Sida marabaensis 1968 Sida odorata 1936 Sida petropolitana 1967 Sida pires-blackii 1968 Sida pseudopotentilloides 1949 Sida rodrigoi 1967 Sida salzmannii 1969 Sida sampaiana 1967 Sida santaremensis 1936 Triumfetta sampaioi 1938 Others 15 varieties and 14 forms HONORS Bronze Medal, Societé Botanique de France (1954) Genus Monteiroa Krapovickas 1951 (Malvaceae)
Hertha Meyer
Hertha Meyer, German-born Jewish Brazilian microscopist (Berlin 03 May 1902 – Rio de Janeiro 06 September 1990) ACHIEVEMENTS Performed the first ultra structural studies on pathogenic protozoan (Trypanosoma, Toxoplasma & Plasmodium) Described structures such as cytoplasmic microtubules (1954) and the mitochondria-kinetoplast junction in many protozoan species With F.N. Guimarães described conoid organelle of Toxoplasma sp. Developed methodology for the cultivation of Toxoplasma gondii in tissue culture being the first reproducible studies on it With F.N. Guimarães. Cultivo de Toxoplasma Nicolle e Manceaux, 1909, em cultura de tecidos. Rev. Bras. Biol. 2:123-9, 1942 With F.N. Guimarães first to report active penetration of Toxoplasma gondii into cells First to observe Toxoplasma gondii by transmission electron microscopy With I. Andrade Mendonça. Electron microscopy observation of Toxoplasma Nicolle et Manceaux grown in tissue cultures. Parasitology 45:449-51, 1955 First to describe long and dark stained inclusions characteristic of the Apicomplexa phylum With I. Andrade Mendonça. Electron microscopy observation of Toxoplasma Nicolle et Manceaux in thin sections of tissue cultures. Parasitology 47:66-9, 1957 First to publish electron microscopy figures of Trypanosoma cruzi With K.R. Porter. A study of Trypanosoma cruzi with the electron microscope. Parasitology 44:16-23, 1954 With Xavier de Oliveira first performed the growing cultures of Trypanosoma cruzi in tissue cultures (1948) With M.X. de Oliveira. Cultivation of Trypanosoma cruzi in tissue culture: a four year study. Parasitol. 39(12):91-4, 1948 Developed in vitro culture of exo-erythrocytary form of Plasmodium gallinaceum With W. L. Paraense & V. Menezes. Estudos sobre Plasmodium gallinaceum. Comportamento dos esporozoitos em cultura de baço embrionário. Rev. Bras. Biol. 2(1):89-94, 1942 With G. Levi developed methods for studying nervous system tissues in vitro With G. Levi. Reactive, regressive and regenerative processes of neurons cultivated in vitro and injured with the micromanipulator. J. Exp. Zool. 99:141-81, 1945 With G. Levi. Nouvelles recherches sur le tissu nerveux cultivé in vitro (1941) With G. Levi. Nuovi studi sul destino del tessuto nervoso espiantato in vitro (1934) With G. Levi. Divisione mitotica di cellula nervosa in colture in vitro. Atti Acad. Naz. Lincei 8(18):352-8, With R. Levi-Montalcini developed a test for studying sarcoma effects on tissue culture SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With R.D. Machado & W.M. Cintra. On the cultivation of Trypanosoma cruzi in tissue cultures of the spinal and sympathetic ganglion from the chick embryo. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 54:739-42, 1982 With W. de Souza. On the fine structure of the nucleus in Trypanosoma cruzi in tissue culture forms (1974) With M.A. Esquibel, I. Alonso, G. Oliveira Castro & C. Chagas Filho. Quelques aspects de l’histogenese et de l’ontogenese des organes electriques chez Electrophorus electricus (L.). C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris Ser. D 273:196-9, 1971 With M.X. de Oliveira. Ação do S. cruzi degenerado ou em suspensão de tripanosomas mortos sobre células nervosas em cultura de tecido de embriões de galinha. O Hospital 55:889-903, 1959 With A. Couceiro & C. Chagas Filho. Estrutura submicroscópica da eletroplaca do Electrophorus electricus (L.). Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 27, 1955 Electron microscope study of nerve fibres grown in vitro. Experimental Cell Research 7:15-22, 1954 With R. Levi-Montalcini & V. Hamburger. In vitro experiments on the effects of mouse sarcomas 180 and 37 on the spinal and sympathetic ganglia of the chick embryo. Cancer Res. 14(1):49-57, 1954 Cultivation of the erythrocytic form of Plasmodium gallinaceum in tissue cultures of embryonic chicken brain. Nature 160:155-6, 1949 Cultivo de Plasmodium gallinaceum em culturas de tecido a partir de sangue infectado. II. Rev. Bras. Biol. 9, 1949 With M.X. de Oliveira. Conservação de protozoários em culturas de tecido mantidas a temperatura ambiente. Rev. Bras. Biol. 3:341-3, 1943 With C. Romaña. Estudo do ciclo evolutivo do Schizotrypanum cruzi em cultura de tecido de embrião de galinha. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 37:19-27, 1942 With M.X. de Oliveira. Observações sobre divisões mitóticas em células parasitadas. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 14:289-92, 1942 Culturas de tecido nervosa infectados por Schizotrypanum cruzi. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 14:253-5, 1942 Culture of cilia and iris muscle with the chicken embryos. Zeit. Mikroskop. Anat. Forschung 39:161-71, 1936 In vitro culture of the retina of hens. Zeit. Mikrosk. Anat. Forschung 39:151-60, 1936 Wechselbeiehungen zwischennormalen und bosartigen geweben. Ztschr. f. Krebsforsch. 29(3):270, 1929 Electron microscope study of nerve fibres grown in vitro Cultivo de uma Borrelia em culturas de tecido Estudo sobre a presença e a distribuição de fibras colágenas e reticulares em culturas de gânglio espinhal de embrião de galinha Uberleben von Mausekarzinomkulturen in vitro bei Zimmerkultur Aspectos morfologicos do Schizotrypanum cruzi em culturas de tecidos
Hermillo Bourguy de Mendonça
Hermillo Bourguy Macedo de Mendonça, Brazilian naturalist and engineer (Rio de Janeiro 30 September 1864 – Rio de Janeiro 10 September 1941) Authored O Megatherium do Museu Nacional (1934) HONORS Bourguyia Mello Leitão 1923 (Arachnida)
Hermann Marloth
Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth, German-born South African botanist, explorer, pharmacist and chemist (Lübben, Dahme-Spreewald, Brandenburg State 28 December 1855 – Caledon, Cape Province 15 May 1931) DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Valid Genus Charadrophila 1899 (Sterculiaceae) Species 108 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY The influence of hydrogen-ion concentration and of sodium bicarbonate and related substances on Penicillium italicum and P. digitatum. Phytopathol. 21:169-98, 1931 The chemistry of South African plants and plant products (1913) Observations on the function of the ethereal oils of xerophytic plants (1906) Results of experiments on Table Mountain for ascertaining the amount of moisture deposited from the southeast clouds. Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. 14:403-8, 1903 Some adaptations of South African plants to the climate. Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. 6:31-8, 1892 The absorption of water by aerial organs of plants HONORS Marlothistella Schwantes 1928 (Aizoaceae) Marlothiella H. Wolff 1912 (Apiaceae)