Charles Edward Moss
Charles Edward Moss, English / South African botanist (Hyde, Cheshire County 07 February 1870 – Johannesburg 11 November 1930) DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE SPECIES Arthrocnemum pillansii 1948 Krauseola mosambicinum 1931 Salicornia disarticulata 1911 Salicornia dolichostachya 1912 Salicornia gracilima 1911 Salicornia meyeriana 1948 Sarcocornia capensis 1948 Sarcocornia littorea 1948 HONORS Mossia N.E. Brown 1930 (Aizoaceae)
Chakravarthula Manoharachary
Chakravarthula Manoharachary, Indian mycologist and lichenologist (Vavilava, Karimnagar District 01 January 1945 – Authored over 400 research papers DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA (may be incomplete) Genera Beltramono 2011 with Dubey & Pandey Beltraniomyces 2003 with Agarwal & Krishna Rao Bhadradriella 2011 with Nagaraju & Kunwar Chasakopama 2009 with Bagyanarayana, Rao & Kunwar Cylindromyces 2004 with Agarwal & Rao Diatrypoidiella 2005 with Kunwar & Agarwal Goosiomyces 1989 with Rao Hawksworthia 2004 with Rao, Agarwal & Kunwar Hyalocephalotrichum 2011 with Nagaraju, Kunwar & Kumar Isia 1978 with Hawksworth Microxyphispora 2004 with Kunwar & Ramesh Ramaraomyces 1989 with Rao & Goos Synnemellisia 1989 with Rao & Goos Vanibandha 2006 with Rao, Kunwar & Agarwal Species At least 70 HONORS (Fungi) Manoharachariella Bagyanarayana, Rao & Kumar 2009 Manoharachariomyces Rao, Agarwal & Kunwar 2005
Cesar Milstein
Cesar Milstein, British / Argentine (Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province 08 October 1927- Cambridge, england 24 March 2002) From Ukrainian and Lithuanian Jewish descent ACHIEVEMENTS Authored 314 papers Studied the structure of antibody proteins and the genetic study of antibody diversification A simple test for the presence of metals in biological materials. Nature 185:386-7, 1960 Defined the inter-heavy chain disulfide bridges that characterize each immunoglobulin class One of first to determinate the complete sequence of immunoglobulin light chain With George Brownlee discovered the junction between variable and constant regions of immunoglobulin (1972) Demonstrated the importance of somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin V genes in antibody affinity maturation Developed the hybridoma technique for the production of monoclonal antibodies With Georges J. F. Kohler. Continuous cultures of fused cells secreting antibody of predefined specificity. Nature 256:495-7, 1975 HONORS Medicine & Physiology Nobel Prize 1984 Wolf Prize in Medicine 1980 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize 1980 Asteroid Milstein 11776
Celina Maria Matteri
Celina María Matteri, Argentine bryologist (La Plata 27 September 1943 – 30 November 2004) Authored 83 papers and 3 books DESCRIBED MUSCI TAXA Subfamily Neomeesioideae 1999 with Ochyra Species Achrophyllum haesselianum 1979 Distichophyllum fuegianum 1975 Distichophyllum grandifolium 1975 Distichophyllum submersum 1975 Distichophyllum theriotianum 1975 Philonotis esquelensis 1968 Pterygophyllum crassirete 1979 Racomitrium kerguelense 1996 with Ochyra Racomitrium minutum 1996 Syntrichia subpapillosa 1994 Trematodon geniculatus 1980 HONORS Matteria Goffinet 1998 (Musci)
Carlos Moreira
Carlos Moreira, Brazilian carcinologist and entomologist (Rio de Janeiro 07 October 1869 – Rio de Janeiro 07 April 1946) First to observe Sitophilos oriza (Coleoptera) attacking bunches of grapes (1900) Embriologie du Cardisoma guanhumi Latr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France 25:145-61, 1912 (a classical work) DESCRIBED VALID TAXA Crustacea Genus Evius 1912 Species Dissodactylus crinitichelis 1901 Evius rubes 1912 Hyalella pernix 1903 Hemisquilla braziliensis 1903 Loxopagurus loxochelis 1901 Metanephrops rubellus 1903 Moreirocarcinus laevifrons 1901 Nanosesarma batavicum 1903 Philoscia briani 1927 Porcellionides schwencki 1932 Trichodactylus parvus 1912 Dermaptera Genus Forcepsia 1930 Species Ancistrogaster mendesi 1930 Brachylabis punctulata 1931 Carcinophora brasiliensis 1931 Carcinophora croceipes 1930 Carcinophora minima 1931 Cosmiella brasiliensis 1930 Euborellia flavipes 1931 Euborellia inermis 1931 Euborellia nitida 1932 Forcepsia pulla 1930 Opisthocosmia silvestris 1930 Praos paulensis 1932 Strongylopsalis dubia 1932 Vostox dubius 1931 Others Eryciini brasiliensis 1915 (Diptera) Geopemphigus fluoccosus 1925 (Hemiptera) Masicera brasiliensis 1915 (Diptera) Microparsus (Picturaphis) brasiliensis 1925 (Hemiptera) Passalus gravelyi 1922 (Coleoptera) HONORS Moreiradromia Guinot & Tavares 2003 (Crustacea) Moreirocarcinus Magalhães & Turkay 1996 (Crustacea) Moreira & Moreiranula Roewer 1930 (Arachnida) Moreiria Townsend 1932 (Diptera)
Carlos Bastos Magarinos Torres
Carlos Bastos Magarinos Torres, Brazilian anatomical pathologist (Rio de Janeiro 24 November 1891 – Rio de Janeiro 26 January 1984) Authored over 162 works Described histopathological alterations in cardiac striated muscle lesions in Chagas disease known as Magarinos Torres lesions Estudo do miocardio na moléstia de Chagas. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 9:114-39, 1917 Introduced the concept of allergy in Chagas disease pathogeny (1929) With A.P. de Azevedo described multinuclear giant cells filled with leishmanioid bodies in Chagas disease (1939) Established the concept of Chagasic coronaritis Patogenia das lesões do miocárdio na doença de Chagas. Rev. Goiana Med. 4(2):121-34, 1958 Reported the second case of toxoplasmosis in the world and the first to be described of the generalized form of the infection Described the first case of congenital toxoplasmosis in universal literature Sur un nouvelle maladie de l’homme, caracterisé par la présence d’un parasite intracellulaire, três proche du toxoplasme et de l’Encephalolitozoon, dans le tissu musculaire cardiaque, les muscles du squelette, le tissu céllulaire sous-cutané et le tissue nerveux. C.R. Soc. Biol. 97:1178-9, 1927 Sobre uma nova entidade morbida do homem caracterizada por meningoencefalite, miosite e miocardite aguda congênitas, associadas a presença, nos respectivos tecidos de um novo parasita, Encephalitozoon chagasi. Bras. Med. 42:1-14, 1928 Described anatomopathologically the toxoplasmosis Described Magarinos Torres bodies, oxychromatic bodies with intranuclear inclusions in hepatic cells affected by yellow fever Inclusions nucleaires acidophiles (dégénérescence oxychromatique) dans le foie de Macacus rhésus, inocule avec le vírus brésilien de La fievre jaune. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. 99:1344-5, 1928 Individualized and named chromoblastomycosis With Fernando Terra, O. Fonseca & Area Leão. Novo typo de dermatite verrucosa, mycose por Acrotheca com associação de leishmaniosa. Bras.Med. 36(2):368-78, 1922. Introduced the concept of hyperergy of reinfections With J. C. Teixeira first cultured measles virus (1935) Developed a method for diagnosing alastrim With J.C. Teixeira. Método para o diagnóstico do alastrim. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 32:543, 1937 With C. Pinto demonstrated the mode of eliminating eggs by Schistosoma mansoni in gastrointestinal tube (1945) EPONYMY Torres-Teixeira bodies Janko-Magarinos Torres disease or human toxoplasmosis Ribas-Torres disease or variola minor Magarinos Torres degeneration