Haity Moussatché
Haity Moussatché, Sephardic Jewish Brazilian pharmacologist (Vourlá village, near Smirna 21 February 1910 – Rio de Janeiro 24 July 1998) ACHIEVEMENTS Authored over 200 works Studied anaphylactic reaction in laboratory animals, pharmacological properties of snake venoms fractions, reactivity of smooth and striated muscles and natural products from plants Gained international recognition due to his works about anaphylactic and peptone shocks With N.A. Pereira gave pioneering contributions to knowledge of corticotrophic hormones Established the release of great amount of histamine in anaphylactic and peptonic shocks With A. Prouvost Danon proved that histamine release in anaphylactic and peptonic shocks requires energy obtained from metabolic coupling with energy-rich phosphates by oxidative phosphorylation with great international repercussion (1954-1966) With A. Ozorio de Almeida & M. Vianna Dias. Recherches sur l’attaque epileptiforme produite par le refroidissement brusque de la moelle épiniere. Premier mémoire. Introduction et technique. Rev. Bras. Biol. 1:165-77, 1941 With A. Ozorio de Almeida & M. Vianna Dias. Sur le refroidissement brusque de la moelle épiniere par l’action du chlorure d’ethyle et son utilization comme technique de l’etude de l’attaque epileptiforme (1938) Sur une modification de l’appareil de Van Slyke permettant la lecture immediate des volumes gazeux à la pression athomospherique. Rev. Bras. Biologia 1(4):365-7, 1941 First noted the great sensitivity of Holothuria longitudinal muscles preparation to acetylcholine O músculo das holoturias (Holothuria grisea) como método de ensaio biológico para verificar presença de acetilcolina. Rev. Bras. Biol. 9(4): 52, 1949 With N. Daló. Hamster stomach as an isolated preparation for bradykinin assays. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 34(8): 542, 1982 With G.B. Domont, J. Perales, A.G. Neves Ferreira et al. New methodology for the obtainment of antibothropic factors from South American opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) and jararaca snake (Bothrops jararaca). Toxicon 37(10):1417-29, 1999 Showed that branches and leaves of Ipomoea carnea caused a nervous system disease in sheep
Guoguang Mu
Guoguang Mu, Chinese optic physicist (Hu Lu Dao, Liaoning Province 1931 – Tianjin 12 April 2012) Authored about 100 papers Introduced important concepts and technologies in pattern recognition, color image coding and decoding and color photography Designed and developed novel optical instruments and their components such as white light optical image treatment system, optical correction lens used for screen coating of color TV kinescope, special optical corrector for color TV display tube, optical projection system of aerial defense warning radar signal, opto-electronic hybrid system of image encoding and decoding for new photographic reconnoiter and cone-axis deep-ellipsoid cold reflection mirror Succeeded in using black and white film to refract color images (1983) With X. Zhu, Y. Zhao, N. Zhang, Y. Liang & M. Wang introduced the fundamental principles of laser induced air ionization microscopy (LIAIM) and laser induced breakdown microscopy (LIBM) in Ultrashort pulse laser ionization microscopy. Proc. Spie 7276 (2008) METHODS/DEVICES With Y. Liu & Y. Liang. Method for improving optical coherent tomographic imaging quality (2007) With Z. Fang & F. Liu. Light emitting diode array railway signal device (2004) With Z. Guo. Optical gradient filter for liquid crystal-emulsion (1993) With Z. Fang & J. Wang. Technique of using black-white photography film for colour photography (1987) With Z. Wang, K. Wang & X. Wang. A new technique for pattern recognition using VFHF in white light lensless optical system. Proc. Spie 0813 (1987) OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS/BIBLIOGRAPHY With H.C. Zhai, M.W. Wang, F.M. Liu, D. Pan & K.Y. Hsu. 3D monochromatic image synthesis with vertical area-partitioned recording of master hologram in multiple exposure holography. Optics Communications 195(1-4):141-9, 2001 With G. Luo, H. Fang & Z.L. Fang. Method for the deviation inspection of integrated circuit chip pin based on Harr wavelet transform. Optical Engineering 39(6):1712-6, 2000 With Z.Q. Wang, J.H. Guan 7 B.L. Liang. Rotation-invariant binary joint transform correlator. Optik 111(9):413-7, 2000 With W.Y. Liu, Z.Q. Wang & Z.L. Fang. Color-coded projection grating method for shape measurement with a single exposure. Appl. Optics 39(20):3504-8, 2000 With X.X. Shao, Z.Q. Wang, C.M. Cartwright, R.L. Fu & W.A. Gillespie. The amplitude-compensated matching synthetic discriminant filter by computer-generated holography. Optik 110(4):172-6, 1999 With S.J. Chang, J.Y. Shen, Z. Song, H.C. Zhai & Y.X. Zhang. Optical neural network for unequally distributed neuron states – algorithm and application. Optical Engineering 37(6):817-22, 1998 With X.X. Shao, Z.Q. Wang & R.L. Fu. Computer-generated amplitude-compensated matched-filter. Optical Engineering 37(1):99-102, 1998 With Y.X. Zhang, S.J. Chang, Z.B. Feng & S.Q. Gao. Multimode operation in an optical digital neuroprocessor with 1024 neurons. Optical Engin. 35(8):2132-5, 1996 With Z.K. Chen. High-dynamic range image acquisition and display by multi-intensity imagery. J. Imag. Science Technol. 39(6):559-64, 1995 With J.A. Davis, L.L. Haarvig, D.M. Cottrell & X.M. Wang. Differentiating optical correlators. Optics Letters 20(24):2511-3, 1995 With Z.K. Chen. Pattern identification with an improved synthetic discrimination function. Optical Engin. 33(9):3044-6, 1994 With Z.K.Chen & Y.X. Zhang. Complementary-reference joint transform correlator. Applied Optics 33(32):7622-6, 1994 With J.Y. Shen & Y.X. Zhang. Optical pattern recognition system based on a winner-take-all model of a neural network. Optical Engin. 32(5):1053-6, 1993 With X.M. Wang. Optical neural network with bipolar neural states. Appl. Optics 31(23):4712-9, 1992 With Z.Q. Wang & K.M. Wang. Rainbow holography of 3D diffuse objects with HOE/MEHL. Applied Optics 27(2):321-3, 1988 With Z.Q. Wang, Q. Gong, Q.W. Song & F.X. Wu. White-light image processing using oriented speckle-screen encoding. Optics Letters 10(8):375-7, 1985 With C.K. Chang & H.K. Liu. White-light stereoprojection through Fourier spectrum polarization. Optics Letters 6(6):263-5, 1981
Guillermo Michelena
Guillermo Michelena Saldías, Venezuelan surgeon (Willemstad, Curaçao 06 April 1817 – New York 15 January 1873) Invented an urethral dilatator in Des rétrécissements de l’uréthre (1847) Performed a total extirpation of parotid maintaining the facial nerve with international repercussion (1857) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Tratado de aneurismas y ligaduras precedido de una memoria sobre el organismo patológico (1854) Nueva teoria sobre el mecanismo de parto (1869)
Gregorio Santiago Montes
Gregorio Santiago Montes Welch, Argentine-born Brazilian cytologist and histologist (Buenos Aires 01 April 1952 – 19 October 2002) His works on structural biology of extracellular matrix earned him international recognition Demonstrated that extracellular matrix structures could be distinguished due to many characteristics of fibrillae composition With L.C.U. Junqueira et al. demonstrated the distribution and architecture of collagen in cartilages, nerves, arteries and skin (1979-89) Demonstrated definitively that reticular fiber is distinct of collagen fiber With L.C. U. Junqueira, R.M. Krisztan, K.M. Shigihara, R. Tokoro & P.A.S. Mourão. Histochemical and morphological characterization of reticular fibers. Histochemistry 65:131-41, 1980 Elucidated the process of uterine cervix softening at parturition With M. Zugaib, L.C. U. Junqueira, O.M.S. Toledo, R.M. Krisztan & K.M. Shigihara. Morphologhic and histochemical evidence for the occurrence of colagenolysis and for the role of neutrophilic polymorphonuclear leukocytes during cervical dilation. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 138:273, 1980 Established definitively collagen architecture in mammalian cartilages With N.Z. Zambrano, K.M. Shigihara, E.M. Sanchez & L.C. U. Junqueira. Collagen arrangement in cartilages. Acta Anat. 113:26-38, 1982 Elucidated the nature of skeletal elements in tail fin ray of teleosts showing that they display all the morphological and histochemical features of a cartilaginous tissue With J. Becerra, O.M.S. Toledo, M.A. Gordilho & L.C. U. Junqueira. Fine structure and histochemistry of the tail fin ray in teleosts. Histochem 75:363-76, 1982 Showed that collagen molecules are orderly disposed in basal laminae With L.C.U. Junqueira, R.R. Brentani, O.M.S.Toledo et al. Evidence for collagen molecular orientation in basement membranes. Histochem. J. 15:785-94, 1983 Described a new type of acellular cartilage found in arterious cone of Potamotrygon sp. With O.M.S. Toledo & L.C.U. Junqueira. Histochemical and morphological studies on a new type of acellular cartilage. Basic Appl. Histochem. 27:1-8, 1983 First to describe morphological differences between the distinct types of intermediate filaments With L.C.U. Junqueira, P.P. Joazeiro, S.M. O. Vieira, A.B. Costa Silva & A. Cais. Specific attachment of morphologically-distinct intermediate filaments to desmosomes and hemidesmosomes in the epidermis of the tadpole of the anuran Pseudis paradoxus. J. Submicrosc. Cytol. 16:643-8, 1984 METHODS A horse laparotomy technique With E.H. Luque & H. Silva. Laparotomia em equinos: nuestra técnica. Gac. Vet. Buenos Aires 42:38-44, 1980 Proposed a precise method for osteid distinction and characterization With M.T. Assis Figueiredo, H. Torloni & L.C.U. Junqueira. Differential diagnosis of osteid. A study on human osteosarcoma collagen by the histochemical Picrosirius-polarization method. J. Pathol. 148(2):189-96, 1986 A modified Weigert’s technique for the demonstration of oxytalan fibres. J. Braz. Assoc. Advan. Science 44:224-33, 1992 With E.M. Negri, S.S. Mori, C.S.V. Barbas & V.L. Capelozzi. A simple method for the differential characterization of alveoli and alveolar ducts in normal and injured lungs (2001)
Goetz Albert Maekelt
Götz Albert Maekelt, German-born Venezuelan parasitologist (Bitterfeld 15 October 1920 – Caracas 29 June 2008) Authored over 100 publications Authored works about toxoplasmosis detection with great reverberation Developed seroepidemiologic tests Proposed a complement fixation reaction for Chagas disease With J.E. López. Reacción de desviación del complemento para el diagnostico de la forma crônica de la enfermedad de Chagas. Acta Cient. Venez. 7:128, 1956 Die komplementbin-dungsreaktion der Chagas’krankheit. Tropenmed. Parasit. 11(2):152-6, 1960 With C. Comenares de Alayón. Simple method for the mailing of chagasic serums from rural regions. Arch. Venez. Med. Trop. Parasitol. Med. 3:133-42, 1960 A modified procedure of xenodiagnosis for Chagas disease. Amer. J. Med. Hyg. 13:11-5, 1964 Developed 3 new liquid media for mass cultivation of Trypanosoma cruzi Mass culture of Trypanosoma cruzi in particle-free monophasic liquid media using an enzyme technique. Mitteil. Osterr. Gesellsch. Tropenmed. Parasit. 5:17-20, 1985
Gilberto Morillo
Gilberto Neptaly Morillo Pacheco, Venezuelan botanist (Caracas 12 October 1944 – DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Genera Atrostemma 2015 Austrochthamalia 2013 with Fontella Pereira & Valerio Bruceholstia 2015 Chloropetalum 2015 Cristobalia 2016 with Caceres & Keller Fontellaea 1994 Graciemoriana 2015 Metoxypetalum 1994 Orinoquia 2015 Peruviasclepias 2015 Pruskortizia 2015 Pseudolachnostoma 2012 Rhytidostemma 2013 Riparoampelos 2015 Rotundanthus 2015 Suberogerens 2015 Vulcanoa 2015 Species 305 HONORS Morilloa Fontella, Goes & Caceres 2014 (Apocynaceae)