Giambiagi brothers
Juan José Giambiagi Persico, Argentine / Brazilian theoretical physicist (Buenos Aires 18 January 1924 – Rio de Janeiro 08 January 1996) Regarded as expert of world renown on quantum field theory Authored about 90 scientific works ACHIEVEMENTS Developed elimination divergence method in quantum field theory and in six dimension super symmetry Invented analytical regularization method With C.G. Bollini & A. Gonzalez Dominguez. Analytic regularization and the divergence of quantum fields theories. Nuovo Cimento 31:550-61, 1964 Invented dimensional regularization method With C.G. Bollini. Dimensional Regularization. J. Nuovo Cimento 12 B:20, 1972 Eponym of Bollini-Giambiagi potential OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS An alternative dimensional reduction prescription. Mod. Phys. Lett A 11(13):1037-45, 1996 With C. G. Bollini & O. Obregon. Criteria to fix the dimensionality corresponding to some higher derivative Lagrangians. Modern Phys. Lett. A 7(7):593-9, 1992 With C.G. Bollini. Lagrangian procedures for higher order field equations (1986) With C.G. Bollini. Relations between effective potentials in different dimensions. Phys. Lett. B 134(6):436-8, 1984 With C.G. Bollini. A differential equation for the self-energy in momentum space. Phys. Lett. 10(2):219-21, 1964 With M. Giambiagi, Segre de Giambiagi & C.G. Bollini. On a SC method for determining bond orders in alternant hydrocarbons. HONORS Visiting Researcher, California Institute of Technology (1958) Visiting Researcher, Centre Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire (1976) His brother, Mario Giambiagi Persico, Argentine / Brazilian quantum chemist (1928 – Rio de Janeiro 08 March 2002) Authored over 60 papers First to define bond indices for multicenter systems With M. Segre de Giambiagi & K.C. Mundim. Definition of a multicenter bond index. Struct. Chem. 1(5):423-7, 1990 With R. C. Ferreira & M. Segre de Giambiagi. Une approximation pour lês parametres semi-empiriques conjuguées. J. Chim. Phys. 61:694, 1964 Presented simple rules for the bond order properties of conjugated organic molecules having two-fold symmetry (1979) With M. Segre de Giambiagi. Two simple symmetry-dependent rules in conjugated systems. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 25:459-62, 1979 Proposed a MO multicenter bond index as a measure of aromaticity With M. Segre de Giambiagi, C.D.S. Silva & A.P. de Figueiredo. Multicenter bond indices as a measure of aromaticity. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2:3381-92, 2000 With M.S. Giambiagi found an analytical expression relating softness with the experimental molecular polarizability (1993) With M.S. Giambiagi proposed a definition for the number of electrons X involved in a three-center bond, based upon the corresponding two-center bond indices (1994) With C.G. Bollini, M.S. de Giambiagi & A.P. de Figueiredo. Graphical linking of MO multicenter bond index and VB structures. II-5-c rings and 6-c heterocyclic rings. Struct. Chem. 12(2):113-20, 2001 With F. Cernuschi & M.S. de Giambiagi. Application d’un modele d’ordre a courte distance aux electrolytes forts With J.J. Giambiagi, M. Segre de Giambiagi & C.G. Bollini. On a SC method for determining bond orders in alternant hydrocarbons. Theoret. Chim. Acta 18:394-8, 1970 Eponym of Giambiagi bond order Spouse of Mario, Myriam Malvina Segre de Giambiagi, Argentine-born Brazilian physical chemist (1937 – With M. Giambiagi & K.C. Mundim. Group-group bond index for molecular systems. J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 88:29959, 1992 With M. Giambiagi, J.M. Pires & P. Pitanga. Mollesse d’un atome dans une molecule et definition de la mollesse d’un groupement fonctionnel: une echelle LCAO. J. Mol. Struct. Theochem. 180:223-31, 1988 With M. Giambiagi, D.R. Grempel & C.D. Heymann. Sur le definition d’un indice de liaison (TEV) pour des bases non orthogonales. Proprietés et applications. J. Chem. Phys. 72:15-22, 1975 With M. Giambiagi. Certain rules concerning alternant hydrocarbons. Chem. Phys. Lett. 1:563-5, 1968 With F. Cernuschi. Theory of condensation of liquids of one and two-components. J. Chem. Phys. 36:412, 1962 With M. Giambiagi & F. Cernuschi. Theory for strong electrolytes in not too dilute solutions (1962)
Ghosh brothers
Bhupendra Nath Ghosh, Indian chemist (Arambag Village, Hooghly District, West Bengal April 1900 – Calcutta 26 May 1988) ACHIEVEMENTS Isolated a cardiotoxin and a respiratory toxin from snakes venom as well as enzymatic inhibitors Verified experimentally the effect of surface conductance in modifying the zeta potential of the particles Proposed an original equation for the rate of colloids coagulation Developed equations for the variation of activity, conductance, viscosity and molal volume in terms of cube-root of concentration OTHERS Deriving equation to account for the effect of added electrolytes on the viscosity of sols Modification of the equations for the electroviscous effect of colloidal electrolytes Equation to account quantitatively for the variation of apparent molal volume of strong electrolytes in solution according to cube root of concentration BIBLIOGRAPHY This text was extracted partially from J. Indian Chem. Soc. 66:71-2, 1989 His brother, Jnanendra Chandra Ghosh, Indian chemist (Purulia, East Bengali 14 September 1894 – Calcutta 21 January 1959) Created the theory of complete dissociation of electrolytes (1918), that was improved and revised by Debye in 1923 Eponym of Ghosh equation for the conductance of binary electrolytes and Langmuir-Ghosh equation for colloids Ghosh-Mitter procedure described in Quart. J. Ind. Chem. Soc 4:353-66, 1928
German Garcia Rada
Germán García Rada, Peruvian plant pathologist (Lima 22 February 1902 – ?) Nuevo método de control de la “chupadera fungosa” en los almaciges (1938) Una nueva enfermedad del cafeto (1940) “fusariosis” With J. Vallega, W.Q. Loegering & E.C. Stakman. An unusually virulent race of wheat stem rust, Nº189. Phytopathology 32:720-6, 1942 First to describe a disease in quinua (Chenopodium quinoa), the mildew caused by Peronospora farinosa in Investigaciones en las enfermedades de la quinua (1947)
Gatti family
Carlos Zacarias Santiago Gatti Battilana, Paraguayan physician, ethnologist and philologist (Asunción 30 December 1899 – Asunción 24 April 1956) From Italian father With G. Delamare described doubtful bacterial species Treponema rigidum (1931) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Enciclopedia Guarani-Castellano de ciencias naturales y conocimientos paraguayos Plantas de uso comun en la medicina folclorica paraguaya para regular la fecundidad Las culebras venenosas del Paraguay. Rev. Med. Paraguay 1(2):81-100, 1955 With T. Rojas & A.W. Bertoni. El vocabulario español-guaraní para uso medico (1947) With C. Magarinos Torres & J. Boggino. Alterações dos folículos pilo-sebáceos em caso de síndrome bolhoso do grupo pênfigo. Presença de inclusões intranucleares das doenças por vírus filtráveis. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 45(4), 1947 La pelagra en el Paraguay. Anales Fac. Med. 7(12):3-38, 1940 With R. Jimenez de Gaona. Cebion bei der Lepra.-Behandlung. Arch. Schiffs. Tropenhyg. 43:32, 1939 With J. Boggino & C. Prieto. Un nouveau foyer de leishmaniose viscerale en Amerique du Sud. Bull. Soc. Path. Exot. 32:602-5, 1939 With P. Menendez & A. Knallinsky. Influencias de la carne y de yerba mate sobre un brote de escorbuto humano y sobre el escorbuto experimental. Arch. Farmacol. Sperim. Scienze Affini 62:37, 1936 With G. Delamare & D. Gonzalez. La pied vegetant du Paraguay (leishmaniose americaine ulcero-vegetante). Bull. Soc. Path. Exot. 25(5):488-94, 1932 With G. Delamare. Fusospirochetose et leishmaniose cutanée. Bull. Soc. Path. Exot. 25(2):141-5, 1932 With G. Delamare. Spirochetes et corps annulaires intraleucocytaires. Compt. Rend. L’Acad. Sciences 194 (21):1861-2, 1932 With G. Delamare. Mycetome du pied à grains noirs. Bull. Soc. Path. Exot. 24:80-4, 1931 With G. Delamare. L’evolution des kystes de la piedra paraguayenne. Compt. Rend. L’Acad. Sciences 186:1771-2, 1928 With G. Delamare. La piedra del Paraguay. An. Fac. Cien. Med. Asunción 2:10, 1928 HONORS Correspondent Member, New York Academy of Sciences (1947) International Who’s Who in World Medicine (1947) His nephew, Eugenia Teresa Elisa Bordas Gatti, Paraguayan botanist and plant chemist (Asunción 1920 – 01 May 2018) PHYTOCHEMISTRY With Jr. Dai, R. Suttisri, D.D. Soejarto & A.D. Kinghorn. Clerodane diterpenoids from Baccharis articulata. Phytochem. 34(4):1087-90, 1993 (two novel clerodane diterpenes) With F. Fullas, R.A. Hussain, J.M. Pezzuto, D.D. Soejarto & A.D. Kinghorn. Gaudichaudiosides A-E, five novel diterpenes glycoside constituents from the sweet-tasting plant, Baccharis gaudichaudiana. Tetrahedron 47(40):8515-22, 1991 With H.E. Makapugay, D.D. Soejarto & A.D. Kinghorn. Piperovatin, the tongue-numbing principle of Ottonia frutescens. J. Ethnopharm. 7(2):235-8, 1983 With R. Gmelin & M. Schuler. Holocalin: ein neues cyanogenes glykosid aus Holocalyx balansae. Phytochem. 12:457, 1973 With M. Schluter. Canavanine in Canavalia paraguayensis, C. gladiata & Dioclea paraguayensis. Phytochem. 11(12):3533-4, 1972 HONORS Bordasia Krapovickas 2003 (Malvaceae)
Garcia Lebredo family
Joaquín María de la Asunción Garcia Lebredo y Lladó, Cuban physician (Matanzas 18 August 1833 – La Habana 26 November 1899) Invited to join as correspondent fellow of Societé de Biologie de Paris due to this work below Note sur les lésions hepatiques dans deux cas de fievre jaune. Gaz. Med. Paris (1874) & Comptes Rendus des Seances et Mem. de la Societé de Biologie (1877) Another prize-winning work by Real Academia de Medicina de Madrid related physiology and therapeutics via organic chemistry Aplicaciones que permite hacer a la fisiologia y a la terapeutica el estado actual de la Quimica Organica (1870) Many of his works received praise in foreign countries Received many titles and honors from many societies worldwide SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Disertación sobre el tétano (1856) Consideraciones sobre la cuestión de identidad de las fiebres biliosa y grave y amarilla. Anales Real Acad. Cien. Med. Fis. Natur. La Habana 3:245-54 & 287-300, 1866-7 Ensayo sobre una nueva teoria quimico-fisiologica de la fiebre amarilla endemica de las Antillas. Inf. Acad. Cien. 7, 1870-1 Informe sobre enajeción mental de D.E.R. en causa por tentativas de violación en sus hijas. Trab. Com. Med. Leg. Hig.Publ. R. Acad. Cien. Med. La Habana (1873) Sobre la marcha que pudo emprender un herido.An. Acad. Cien. Med. La Habana (1888) His son, Mario Adolfo García-Lebredo Arango, hygienist and epidemiologist (La Habana 27 April 1866 – La Habana 05 July 1931) Consultant for several foreign institutions Described the way in which occur the transmission of filariasis in man by mosquitoes Metamorphosis of Filaria in the body of the mosquito (Culex pipiens). J. Infect. Dis. (1905) Nota preliminar deducida de experiencias practicas que demuestram el sitio por donde la Filaria nocturna abandona el Culex pipiens infectado. Rev. Med. Trop. Habana 5:171-2, 1904 Authored a work recognized abroad La fiebre amarilla y su diagnostico em especial de los casos benignos. Sanidad y Beneficiencia (1909) Diagnosis of yellow fever: with special reference to mild cases, a study in sanitation SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY La fiebre amarilla: su diagnostico (1931) Tratamiento del paludismo (1930) La defensa sanitaria de Cuba. Rev. Med. Cubana (1929) Estado actual de nuestros conocimientos sobre la enfermedad de Weil y la fibre amarilla. Bol. Med. Cir. Guayaquil (1922) Leptospirosis experimental con un “strain” (Merida) de Noguchi. Rev. Med. Cir. La Habana (1921) With J. Guiteras & W.H. Hoffmann. Leptospira icterohemorrhagiae en La Habana. Anales Acad. Cien. Med. Fis. Natur. La Habana LVII:462-3, 1920-1 Considerations suggested by publications of Dr. Noguchi on experimental yellow fever (1919) Causas y medios de reducir la mortalidad infantil en cada término municipal. Bol. San. Benef. 18:209-33, 1917 La invasión paludica em las provincias de Camaguey y Oriente. Bol. San. Benef. (1917) Beri-beri: an epidemiological and experimental study (1915) Parasitismo intestinal en Cuba (1914) With A. F. Coca & G.M. Dorrance. “Vaccination” in cancer. II. A report of the results of the vaccination therapy as applied in 79 cases of human cancer. Z. Immun. Forsch. Exp. Ther. 13:543, 1912 Organización del servicio bacteriologico de peste en la sección de investigaciones y estudio de las enfermedades transmisibles. San. Benef. 8:179-241, 1912 Report on the yellow fever in Madeira: diagnosis, epidemiology. Bull. Yellow Fever Bureau 1:294, 1911-2 Informe sobre la fiebre amarilla en Merida. Diagnostico y Epidemiologia (1911) Contribution to the study of beriberi. J. Am. Publ. Health Assoc. 1:924, 1911 With A. Recio. Poliomielitis anterior aguda epidemica: Epidemia de Cuba 1909. Sanidad y Beneficiencia 3:170, 1910 Un caso de larvas de Dermatobia cyaniventris observada en el hombre. Rev. Med. Cir. La Habana 13:425, 1908 Un caso de fiebre recurrente en La Habana (1906) With E. Martínez y Martínez. Un caso de enfermedad de Weil. Rev. Med. Trop. 6:25-32, 1905 Algunas observaciones sobre la anatomia del mosquito con dibujos originales. Rev. Med. Tropical 5(4), 1904 Huespedes de infección protozoarica (1903) Rabia. Su diagnostico por los corpusculos de Negri. Bol. San. Benef. 2:634, 190?
Gabriel Guarneros Pena
Gabriel Guarneros Peña, Mexican molecular biologist (Ciudad de Mexico 08 July 1941 – ACHIEVEMENTS Discovered new bacteriophages infecting Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Entamoeba histolytica Characterized novel genetic signals which regulate messenger RNA translation in prokaryotes Discovered a minigene that regulates translation termination Proposed a novel concept of retroregulation of gene expression With V. Flores, A. Cazares, E.M. Adriaenssens, L. Kameyama, O. Sepulveda Robles, A. Kropinski & J.H. Kuhn described a new viral genus, Pamx74 virus (2016) HONOURS Life Sciences Award, Montreal Interscience Association (2012) International Howard Hughes Scholar, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1991-6)