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
Carlos Augusto de Figueiredo Monteiro
Carlos Augusto de Figueiredo Monteiro, Brazilian geographer and climatologist (Teresina 23 March 1927 – Campinas, São Paulo State 13 July 2022) Gained international recognition on dynamic climatology Proposed the use of synoptic charts for geographical analysis of climate (1963) Sobre um índice de participação das massas de ar e suas possibilidades de aplicação à classificação climática. Rev. Geogr. 33(61):59-69, 1964 Proposed the vital cycle of cold spell A Frente Polar Atlântica e as Chuvas de Inverno na Vertente Sul Oriental do Brasil (1967) Introduced the concept of rhythm in geographical analysis of climate (rhythm analysis method) A Análise Rítmica em Climatologia: problemas da atualidade climática em São Paulo e achegas para um programa de trabalho (1971) Authored a work that deserved international attention Bahia – qualidade ambiental no Recôncavo e regiões limítrofes (1987) Member, Commission on Environmental Problems, International Congress of Geography, International Geographical Union (1976-88)
Carlos Arthur Moncorvo de Figueiredo
Carlos Arthur Moncorvo de Figueiredo, Brazilian pediatrician (Rio de Janeiro 31 August 1846 -25 July 1901) Authored over 80 works Discovered Wurtz papaine independently (1879) He would have reported the first case of nodose chronic rheumatism in children (1880) Developed whooping cough treatment by resorcin (1883) Developed a new diagnose technique employing the stomach dilatation of children (1885) First used analgesic exalgine in chorea treatment Sur un cas de chorée gueri par l’emploi de l’exalgin. Bull. Gener. Therap. (1890) Described blennorrhagic rheumatism in children Sur Le rhumatisme blenorrhagique. La Médecine Infantile (1894) HONORS Cited in Prix Montyon, Academie des Sciences de France (1884) Prix Desportes, Academie de Medecine de Paris (1886) World Columbian Comission Prize for his book Children’s diseases and their remedies (1893) His son, Carlos Arthur Moncorvo Filho, pediatrician (Rio de Janeiro 13 September 1871 – Rio de Janeiro 14 May 1944) Authored over 300 works CONTRIBUTIONS TO THERAPEUTICS First to use citric acid on whooping cough O acido cítrico na coqueluche (1893) Discovered the haemostatic properties of asaprol and first to use it in child therapeutics Da acção hemostática do asaprol (1894) Contribution á l’etude de l’asaprol dans la therapeutique infantile (1895) Proposed antiseptic iodine varnish and modified the basic formula of Steresol Novos tratamentos antisépticos (1895) First to use methylene blue and asaprol (1896) and ichthyol (1897) on filariasis Sur le traitement de la chylurie par l’ichthyol: les nouveau remedes (1897) OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS Invented puerimeter for assessing the children growth Puerimetro. Brazil Médico 18:123, 1904 Novo processo de preparação dos caldos de agar-agar sem auxílio do filtro a quente (1938) With L. Bulcão & L. Nascimento Gurgel. Da pretensa incompatibilidade dos calomelanos e do bicarbonato de sódio (1902) SOME PAPERS PUBLISHED IN OTHER LANGUAGES Das lymphagites dans l’enfance et de leurs conséquences. Rev. Med. Cir. (1897) Contributo allo studio del microbio di Schaudinn nella sifilide ereditaria. La Pediatria (1906) Note sur le traitement de la lymphagite dans l’enfance par l’ichthyol. La Med. Infant. (1898)