Bernardo Leo Wajchenberg
Bernardo Leo Wajchenberg, Jewish Brazilian diabetologist and endocrinologist (São Paulo 06 April 1926 – São Paulo 21 August 2017) From Polish father and Ukrainian mother Authored over 200 books and 2 books Showed the presence of brain embolism in patients with chronic Chagas disease With I. Nussenzveig, A. Spina-França, R. Macruz, J. Timoner & L.G. Serra Azul. Acidentes vasculares cerebrais embólicos na cardiopatia chagásica crônica. Arq. Neuropsiqu. 11:386-402, 1953 With R.B. Radominski, P.G. Strassman & A. Halpern. Ultrasound as a new method of evaluation of body fat distribution. Intern. J. Obesity 19(2):22, 1995 IMPORTANT PAPERS Beta-cell failure in diabetes and preservation by clinical treatment. Endocrine Reviews 28:187-218, 2007 Subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue: their relation to the metabolic syndrome. Endocrine Reviews 21:697-738, 2000 With E.R. Quintão, B. Liberman & A.B.U. Cintra. Antagonism between adrenal steroids and parathyroid hormone. J. Clin. Endocrin. Metab. 25(12):1677-81, 1965 With S.S. Fajans, L.H. Louis, A.R. Hennes, R.D. Johnson et al. Metabolic effects of sulfonylureas in normal men and in various types of diabetic patients. Annals New York Acad. Sciences 71(1):207-14, 1957 Papers in renowned magazines With G. Hoxter & R. Mungioli. Analysis of electrophoretic proteins. Nature 179:423-4, 1957 With G. Hoxter, E.H. Mello & A.B. Ulhoa Cintra. Non-esterified and esterified fatty acids in hepatocellular disease. Lancet 1:1218, 1960 DESCRIBED NEW SYNDROMES AND OTHERS With A.R. Hennes & A.B. Ulhoa Cintra. A syndrome characterized by hypothyroidism and galactorrhea. Port. Med. 44:693-702, 1960 (syndrome of amenorrhoea, galactorrhoea and primary hypothyroidism) With F.J. Modesto, C. Ventrella, S.D. Giannini, B. Liberman & G. Hoxter. Lipoatrophic diabetes: a new variant characterized by tapeto-retinal degeneration, late onset, generalized lipoatrophy, insulin-resistant hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia. Israel J. Med. Sciences 8(6):793, 1972 With D.A. Malerbi, M.S. Rocha, A.C. Lerario & A.T. Santomauro. Syndrome X: a syndrome of insulin resistance. Epidemiological and clinical evidence. Diabetes Metab. Rev. 10(1):19-29, 1994 With A.C. Latronico, J. Anasti, I.J. Arnhold et al. A novel mutation of the luteinizing hormone receptor gene causing male gonadotropin-independent precocious puberty. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 80(8):2490-4, 1995 With C.Y. Hayashiro, R.G. Gondo, C. Ferrari et al. Familial growth hormone deficiency with mutated GHRH receptor gene: clinical and hormonal findings in homozygous and heterozygous individuals from Itabaianinha. Eur. J. Endocrinol. 142((6):557-63, 2000 (clinical and hormonal characterization of this familial dwarfism) METHODS With D.S. Freire, S.A.C. Siqueira, M.C.N. Zerbini et al. Development and internal validation of an adrenal cortical carcinoma prognostic score for predicting the risk of metastasis and local recurrence. Clin. Endocrin. 79(4):468-75, 2013 With V.C. Borghi & M. Nascimento. Rapid purification of radiodinated glucagon with Sep-Pak R reversed phase cartridges (1989) With V.C. Borghi, M. Nascimento & L.A. C. de Marco. A rapid method for purification of radiodinated glucagon (1989) With M.B. Mathor. A simplified method for the calculation of unbound or free testosterone by equilibrium dyalisis of undiluted plasma. Clin. Chim. Acta 145(2):213-8, 1985 With V.C. Borghi & R.H. Albuquerque. Evaluation of a sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay for pancreatic glucagon in human plasma and its clinical application. Clin. Chim. Acta 136(1):39-48, 1984 With I. T. Toledo e Souza, H. Pinto & R.R. Pieroni. Heterogeneity of human plasma insulin: technics for separation of immunoreactive components and determination by radioimmunoassay. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 33(3):136-48, 1978 With O.Z. Higa, I.T. de Toledo e Souza, R.R. Pieroni & H. Pinto. Standardization of radioimmunoassay technique for determination of plasma insulin and growth hormone (1974) With R.H. Albuquerque. A simple technique for separation of cortisol metabolites by thin-layer chromatography and its application for the measurement of cortisol secretion rate. Arq. Bras. Endocrin. Metab. 16(3):183-90, 1967 With R.R. Pieroni & G. Hoxter. Preliminary mathematical model for glucagon-induced hepatic glyconeogeneolysis in man. Metab. Clin. Exp. 10:585, 1961 With I. Martirani, G. Hoxter, A.B. Ulhoa Cintra & I. Marian. Determination of polyssacharide hexoses and hexosamines in normal human sera. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 54:773-8, 1959 HONOURS Distinguished Physician Award, Endocrine Society (2007)
Baoling Wu
Baoling Wu, Chinese marine biologist (Beijing 01 March 1925 – Qingdao 05 February 1998) World authority on Polychaeta biology DESCRIBED VALID TAXA Polychaeta Genera (9; incomplete) Cossurella 1977 with Chen Halosydnopsis 1959 with Uschakov Heterophysa 1991 with Shen Neopolyodontes 1993 with Shen Paraleonnates 1962 with Chlebovitsch Sinonereis 1979 with Sun Species Austrophyllum oculatum 1987 with Wang Autolytus robustisetus 1978 with Sun Cabira pilargiformis 1962 with Uschakov Cossura aciculata 1977 with Chen Eteone delta 1963 with Chen Euchone quadrisegmentata 1993 with Zhao & Westheide Euniphysa tridontesa 1990 with Shen Eusamythella multidentata 1987 with Wu & Qian Exogone fungopapillata 1992 with Zhao Gattyana pohaiensis 1959 with Uschakov Glycinde gurjanovae 1962 with Uschakov Grubianella brevicirrata 1982 with Wu & Qian Harmothoe asiatica 1962 with Uschakov Heptaceras fukianensis 1962 with Uschakov Hesioneura shangdongensis 1991 with Zhao Hesperonoe hwanghaiensis 1959 with Uschakov Heteropodarke xiamenensis 1997 with Ding & Westheide Heterospio sinica 1966 with Chen Hydroides longistylaris 1980 with Chen Hydroides nanhaiensis 1981 with Chen Hydroides rhombobula 1980 with Chen Hydroides trilobula 1978 with Chen Hydroides xishaensis 1978 with Chen Kinbergonuphis antarctica 1987 with Wu & Wang Kinbergonuphis fauchaldi 1987 with Wu & Wang Laonice sinica 1998 with Sikorskii Linopherus oligobranchia 1975 with Shen & Chen Lumbriclymene australis 1988 with Wang Macellicephala australis 1987 with Wang Malmgrenia ampulliferoides 1959 with Uschakov Microphthalmus biantennatus 1993 with Zhao & Westheide Mysta tchangsii 1959 with Uschakov Neanthes donghaiensis 1981 with Sun & Yang Neanthes flava 1981 with Sun & Yang Neanthes maculata 1981 with Sun & Yang Neanthes multignatha 1981 with Sun & Yang Neanthes nanhaiensis 1981 with Sun & Yang Nereis guangdongensis 1981 with Sun & Yang Nereis huanghaiensis 1981 with Sun & Yang Nereis longior 1962 with Chlebovitsch Nereis sinensis 1981 with Sun & Yang Nicon sinica 1979 with Sun Notopygos subpragigas 1962 with Uschakov Onuphis chinensis 1962 with Uschakov Orbinia dicrochaeta 1962 Paraeuniphysa falciseta 1991 with Shen Paraleonnates uschakovi 1962 with Chlebovitsch Perinereis rhombodonta 1981 with Sun & Yang Perinereis weijhouensis 1981 with Sun & Yang Pholoe chinensis 1994 with Zhao & Ding Phyllodoce papillosa 1959 with Uschakov Phyllodoce sinensis 1959 with Uschakov Pisione hainanensis 1988 with Ding & Huang Pisione lavisetosa 1991 with Zhang & Westheide Prionospio sishaensis 1964 with Chen Proclea antarctica 1987 with Wu & Qian Protodrilus huanghaiensis 1980 with Sun & Chen Rullierinereis elytrocirra 1979 with Sun Scolelepis (Scolelepis) gibbosa 1964 with Chen Scoloplos chrysochaeta 1962 Scoloplos uschakovi 1962 Semivermilia parapomatostega 1981 with Chen Serpula sinica 1979 with Sun & Chen Sigalion asiaticus 1965 with Uschakov Sinonereis heteropoda 1979 with Sun Sphaerosyllis sinensis 1992 with Zhao Streblosoma sinica 1987 with Wu & Qian Streblosoma xiangyanghong 1987 with Wu & Qian Tambalagamia sinica 1993 with Shen Trichobranchus polychaetus 1988 with Wang Echinodermata Subspecies Aphelasterias changfeng yingi 1962 with Baranova HONORS Wuinereis Khlebovich 1996 (Polychaeta)
August Weberbauer
August Weberbauer, German-born Peruvian botanist and plant geographer (Breslau 26 November 1871 – Lima 16 January 1948) Authored the classical work Die Pflanzenwelt der Peruanischen Anden in ihren Grundzugen Dargestellt (1911) improved and translated into Spanish language as El mundo vegetal de los Andes Peruanos (1945) DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE TAXA Genus Pleuranthodes 1896 (Rhamnaceae) Species Phrygilanthus lehmannianus 1911 Pleuranthodes hillebrandtii 1896 Pleuranthodes orbiculare 1896 Rhamnus maytenoides 1895 HONORS Weberbauera Gilg & Muschler 1909 (Brassicaceae) Weberbauerella Ullrich 1906 (Fabaceae) Weberbauerocereus Backeberg 1942 (Cactaceae)
Anselm Windhausen
Anselm Windhausen, German-born Argentine geologist and stratigrapher (Lingen, Emsland, Lower Saxony 20 April 1882 – Buenos Aires 02 April 1932) Enunciated the concept of Jaguel layers The problem of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in South America and the stratigraphic position of the San Jorge-Formation in Paragonia, American Journal of Science, volume XLV, No. 265, January 1918. SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Die Einhornhöhle bei Scharzfeld a. Harz, Der Harz, 14 Jg., H. 3, 5 p. 75-88, Magdeburg, 1907. Die geologischen Verhältnisse bei den Ausgrabungen in der Eninhornhöhle. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 39 Jg., H. 4 u. 5, 5., 540-543, Berlin, 1907. Die geologischen Verhältnisse der Bergzüge westlich und südwestlich von Hildesheim (Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde), August Lax, Hildesheim, 1907, Mitt. aus dem Roemer-Museum, id. 1907. El yacimiento de rafaelita en Auca Mahuida, Ministerio de Agricultura, Dirección General de Minas, Geología e Hidrología, Bo. 1, Boletín, tomo XIV, No. 10, Buenos Aires, 1912. Contribución al conocimiento geológico de los territorios del Río Negro y Neuquén, Ministerio de Agricultura, Anales, Sección Geología, Mineralogía y Minería, Tomo X, No. 1, Buenos Aires, 1914. Einige Ergebnisse Zweier Reisen in den Territorien Río Negro und Neuquén, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Beilage-Band XXXVIII, Stuttgart, 1914. Die geologischen Verhältnisse der Argentinischen Petroleumlagerstätten (Vortrag), Jahresbericht 1914 des Argentinischen Vereins Deutscher Ingenieure, Buenos Aires, 1914. Los yacimientos petrolíferos de la zona andina (Prov. de Mendoza y territorio del Neuquén), Ministerio de Agricultura, Dirección General de Minas, Geología e Hidrología, Boletín No. 15, serie B (Geología), Buenos Aires, 1916. Consideraciones generales sobre el límite entre el Cretácico y el Terciario, Primera Reunión de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales, Tucumán, 1916 (resumen), en Actas, Buenos Aires, 1918-1919. Líneas generales de la estratigrafía del Neocomiano en la Cordillera Argentina, Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba, Boletín, tomo XXII, Córdoba-Buenos Aires, 1918. With R. Beder. Sobre la presencia del Devónico en la parte media de la República del Paraguay. Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba, Boletín, tomo XXIII, Córdoba-Buenos Aires, 1918. Apuntes sobre la historia geológica de la planicie costanera en la Patagonia septentrional, Diario La Época, Buenos Aires, lunes 18 de octubre de 1920. Informe sobre un viaje de reconocimiento geológico en la parte nordeste del territorio del Chubut, con referencia especial a la cuestión de la provisión de agua de Puerto Madryn, Ministerio de Agricultura, Dirección General de Minas, Geología e Hidrología, Boletín No. 24, Buenos Aires, 1921. Ensayo de una clasificación de los elementos de estructura en el subsuelo de la Patagonia y su significado para la historia geológica del continente, Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba, tomo XXV, Córdoba-Buenos Aires, 1921. Geología del Cerro Lotena, Auca Mahuida y Covunco, centro del Neuquén, Revista “Petróleos y Minas”, I, Nos. 7 y 8, Buenos Aires, 1921. Eine Blick auf Schichtenfolge und Gebirgsbau in Südlichen Patagonien, Geologische Rundschau, Band XII, FET 3/5, Leipzig, 1921. Estudios geológicos en el valle superior del Río Negro, Ministerio de Agricultura, Dirección General de Minas, Geología e Hidrología, Boletín No. 29, serie B (Geología), Buenos Aires, 1922. Geología del Cerro Lotena, Auca Mahuida y Covunco, centro del Neuquén (continuación), Revista “Petróleos y Minas”, Nos. 10, 11, 12 y 13, Buenos Aires, 1922. Cambios en el concepto de las condiciones geológicas del yacimiento petrolífero de Comodoro Rivadavia (comunicación preliminar), Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba, tomo XXVII, Córdoba-Buenos Aires, 1923. Líneas generales de la constitución geológica de la región situada al oeste del golfo de San Jorge, Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba, tomo XXVII, Córdoba-Buenos Aires, 1924. Apuntes sobre el sistema hidrográfico del río Senguerr, Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Geográficos (GAEA), Anales, No. 4, Buenos Aires, 1925. Einige Linien der geologischen Entwicklungsgeschichte Patagoniens im Lichte neuerer Forschungen, 17. Jahresbericht des Niedersächsischen Geologischen Vereins zu Hannover, Hannover, 1924. Informe sobre las posibilidades existentes para el aprovisionamiento de agua en Puerto Camarones (Territorio de Chubut), Ministerio de Agricultura, Dirección General de Minas, Geología e Hidrología, Publicación No. 20, Buenos Aires, 1926. Rasgos geológicos y morfológicos de la región del lago Nahuel Huapí, Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Geográficos (GAEA), tomo II, No 2., Anales, Buenos Aires, 1925. Las antiguas conexiones de la Patagonia, Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba, boletín No. 28, tomo XXVIII, Buenos Aires, 1925. Consideraciones generales sobre la hidrografía de la provincia de Córdoba y partes adyacentes, Revista “Ingeniería Civil”, I, Córdoba, 1928. Geología Argentina, primera parte: Geología General o Dinámica, Ed. Jacobo Peuser, Buenos Aires, 1929. Geología Argentina, segunda parte: Geología Histórica y Regional del Territorio Argentino, Ed. Jacobo Peuser, 1931. Bau und Bild Patagoniens, Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin, Jahrgang 1932, Nr. ½, Berlin, 1932. Apuntes sobre la zona petrolera de la Patagonia meridional, Boletín de Informaciones Petroleras de Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YP), Buenos Aires, julio de 1935 HONORS (Fossil) Windhausenia Kraglievich 1930 (Mammalia) Windhauseniceras Leanza 1945 (Mollusca) LINKS HTTPS://www.kartswanderweg.de/aw.htm
Anita Wajntal
Anita Wajntal, Brazilian geneticist (14 July 1937 – DESCRIBED SYNDROMES AND OTHERS CONTRIBUTIONS With D. Moretti-Ferreira, C.P. Koiffmann, M. Listik & N. Setian. Macrossomia, obesity, macrocephaly and ocular abnormalities (MOMO syndrome) in two unrelated patients: delineation of a newly recognized overgrowth syndrome. Am, J. Med. Genet. 46:555-8, 1993 With D. Moretti-Ferreira, C.R. Mingroni-Netto, R.C.M. Pavanello, B.B. Mendonça & A.J. Diament. A criança macrossômica II: provável síndrome nova. Cien. Cult. 40:835, 1988 With I.J. Cavalli, I.J. Sbalqueiro & N. Freire-Maia. A 15/17 translocation in a patient with Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome. Human Heredity 32(3):149-51, 1982 (first report of this kind of translocation in this syndrome) With J. Roizenblatt & A.J. Diament. Median cleft face syndrome or frontonasal dysplasia: a case report with associated kidney malformation. Pediatr. Ophthalm. Strabismus 16(1):16-20, 1979 (first case report of median cleft face syndrome associated with renal agenesia) DEVELOPED METHODS/MODELS With F.S. Raposo do Amaral & F.H. Sheldon. Towards an assessment of character interdependence in avian RNA phylogenetics: a general secondary structure model for the avian mitochondrial 16S rRNA. Mol. Phylog. Evol. 56:498-506, 2010 With R. de Mars. A tetrazolium method for distinguishing between cultured human fibroblasts having either normal or deficient levels of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Biochem. Genet. 1(1):61-4, 1967 ORNITHOLOGY Proposed the avian genera Cryptoleucopteryx & Amadonastur 2009 with Raposo do Amaral, Sheldon, Gamauf, Haring, Riesing & F.L. Silveira
Andres Weber
Andrés George Weber y de Torres, Cuban odontologist (Guanabacoa, La Habana 31 December 1870 – La Habana 12 November 1950) From German father Authored over 300 scientific works between them Bibliographiae Stomatologicae (1922) and Bibliographia odontologica. Rev. Dent. Habana 10:321-32, 1917 His Bibliographia dentalis (1909) obtained gold medal in international congress of field at Berlin Had the most complete classification of world’s odontological bibliography and some 20,000 items in dentistry Founder, Federation Dentale Internationale (1900) Received posthumously International Miller Prize, Federeation Dentale International (1952)