Ray Jui Wu
Ray Jui Wu, US/Chinese plant geneticist (Beijing 14 August 1928 – Ithaca 10 February 2008) Son of biochemist Hsien Wu ACHIEVEMENTS Developed the first method for determining the nucleotide sequence of DNA (1970-3) Introduced the method of using synthetic oligonucleotide linkers and adaptors to increase the efficiency of manipulating and cloning blunt-ended DNA (1976) With colleagues he was the first to transfer successfully useful genes from a dicotyledoneous plant (potato) to a monocotyledoneous plant (rice) in 1990s
Raul Wernicke
Raul Ernesto Alberto Wernicke Rolda, Argentine physical chemist (Rosario 28 September 1888 – Magallanes Strait 22 September 1949) From German ancestry ACHIEVEMENTS Authored 75 scientific works Gained international recognition for his studies on oligodynamical activity of copper and silver and electrodyalisis method application to chemical, biochemical and biological problems With Moisés Ginstein first crystallized the human serum albumin independent from Adair & Taylor (1935) Crystallization of seroalbumin. Nature 136: 30, 1935. Created a method for measuring minute tensions With A. Sordelli. Um metodo de medida de pequeñas tensiones. Anal. Asoc. Quim. Arg. 1:8, 1913. With A. Sordelli & V. Deulofeu characterized Forssman antigen as a lipidic complex associated to a carrier protein Naturaleza del antigeno heterogenetico. Rev. Asoc. Med. Arg. 37:570, 1924 Sur la nature de l’antigéne hétérogénétique. C.R. Soc. Biol. Paris 92:898, 1925 With R. Birabén Losson developed a simple method for obtaining aurosols in order to effect Lange reaction (1930-1) Introduced improvements in insulin original preparation method Metodo de preparación de insulina. Rev.Asoc.Med.Arg. (Soc.Biol.) 37:89, 1924. Invented device for use in electrodyalisis Developed a sensible method for pH determination of gastric juice With V. Morera. Determinación del pH em jugo gástrico. Comparación de métodos. Primer Congr. Sudamer. Quim. 4:273, 1927. Developed a hydrogen microelectrode With F. Modern. Microelectrodo Del hidrogeno. Anal. Asoc. Quim. Arg. 17:91, 1929. Constructed potentiometrical measuring devices See Ciencia e Investigación 7:569-76, 1951 (contains bibliography)
Raafat Kamel Wasef
Raafat Kamel Wasef, Egyptian physicist (Cairo 10 June 1926 – Authored 140 papers Introduced internal friction as a tool for study of lattice defects in solids Enunciated the concept of dissociated vacancy Authored The elastic and anelastic behaviour of glass. Proc. Math. Phys. Soc. Egypt (1951)
Prawase Wasi
Prawase Wasi, Thai haematologist (Kanchanaburi 05 August 1931 – Authored over 100 articles Identified the genetic mechanism of alpha thalassemia or Hemoglobin H disease With S. Na-Nakorn & A. Suingdumrong. Haemoglobin H disease in Thailand: a genetical study. Nature 204:907, 1964 HONORS Wasi alpha-thalassemia 1 Wasi alpha-thalassemia 2
Otto Wucherer
Otto Eduard Heinrich Wucherer, Brazilian physician and naturalist (Porto, Portugal 07 July 1820 – Salvador 07 May 1873) From German father and Flemish mother ACHIEVEMENTS Observed embryos of microfilariae in urine later named Wuchereria bancrofti (1866) Described anatomical pathology of ainhum or Silva Lima disease Authored Sobre o modo de conhecer as cobras venenosas in Gazeta Medica da Bahia 17:193-6, 1867, translated and published in Europe Set up morphological rules to identifying poisonous snakes Described typical symptoms of snake bite poisoning Predicted the serum therapy for snake bites Described 2 new valid snake species: Atractus guentheri & Xenopholis scalaris (1861) HONORS Wuchereria Silva Araújo 1877 (Nematoda)
Noshir Hormusjee Wadia
Noshir Hormusjee Wadia, Indian neurologist (Surat, Gujarat State 10 January 1925 – Mumbai 10 April 2016) Authored over 130 papers Documented the degeneration of neurons in the parapontine reticular formation With S. Geiner, A.K. Horn, H. Sakai & J.A. Buttner-Ennever. The neuroanatomical basis of slow saccades in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (Wadia subtype). Prog. Brain Res. 171:575-81, 2008 DESCRIBED NEW SYNDROMES Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 or Wadia syndrome (1971) With R.K. Swami. A variety of olivopontocerebellar atrophy distinguished by slow eye movements and peripheral neuropathy. Adv. Neurology 41:49-77, 1984 With R.K. Swamy. A new form of heredo-familial spinocerebellar degeneration with slow eye movements (nine families). Brain 94:359-74, 1971 With P.N. Wadia, S.M. Katrak & V.P. Misra. A study of the neurological disorder associated with acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis due to enterovirus 70. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psych. 46(7):599-10, 1983 HONOURS World Federation of Neurology Gold Medal (2009) Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Excellence, Harvard Medical International and Wockhardt Ltd (2003) Honorary Member, American Neurological Association (1977)