Atila Gosztonyi
Atila Esteban Gosztonyi, Argentine ichthyologist (fl.1967) DEVELOPED METHODS The use of engine-based laundry “presoaks” for clearing small vertebrates for alizarin red staining of bony tissues. Stains Technol. 59(5):305, 1984 DESCRIBED VALID PISCES TAXA Genera (1977) Aiakas Notolycodes Piedrabuenia Species Aiakas kreffti 1977 Aiakas zinorum 1991 with Anderson Lycenchelys bachmanni 1977 Lycodonus malvinensis 1981 Notolycodes schmidti 1977 Piedrabuenia ringueleti 1977 Plesienchelys stehmanni 1977 HONORS Gosztonyia Matallanas 2009 (Pisces)
Arturo Gomez Pompa
Arturo Gómez Pompa, Mexican botanist and ecologist (Ciudad de Mexico 21 October 1934 – Regarded as world authority on ecology of tropical forests, studying their mechanisms of regeneration Developed a method for studying ecology in tropical areas Un método para el estúdio ecológico en regiones tropicales. Mem. Congr. Mex. Botanica (1963) Authored a paper became a classical With S. Guevara & C. Vazquez Yanes. The tropical rain forest: a non-renewable resource. Science (1972) Developed a botanical database using computers for storage and organization of the information independently of Theodore Crovetto in United States (1967) DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES Diospyros riojae 1964 Hydrangea nebulicola 1968 with Nevling Hymenophyllum saenzianum 1970 Isoetes tryoniana 1970 Polypodium rodriguezianum 1970 Robinsonella mirandae 1962 Thelypteris villana 1970 Yucca lacandonica 1962 with Valdes HONOURS Golden Ark Medal (1984) Tyler Prize for Environment (1994) Chevron Medal
Arnaldo Gabaldón
Arnaldo José Gabaldón Carrillo, Venezuelan parasitologist and tropical physician (Trujillo 01 March 1909 – Caracas 01 September 1990) Considered world authority in paludism and gained recognition for his studies about biology, ecology and behavior of mosquitoes ACHIEVEMENTS Authored 163 scientific works Proposed a method for measuring hepatomegalies Presentación de un metodo para la medición de hepatomegalias. Gac.Med. Caracas 40:219-220, 1933. A method for mounting anopheline eggs. Jour. Parasit. 25(3):281, 1939. With G. Ulloa. A quick and easy method to determine the sporozoite index in mosquitoes. Trans. Royal Trop. Med. Hyg. 72(3):311-12, 1978. Proposed a new climate zone named paraequatorial zone With P. Cova-Garcia. Zoogeografia de los anofelinos em Venezuela. III. Relaciones com el terreno y el clima. Tijeretazos sobre malaria 10(3):164-79, 1946. DESCRIBED Subgenus Plasmodioides 1985 (with Ulloa & Zerpa) and 5 Protozoa species 6 Diptera species HONORS Darling Medal (1960)
Armando Gomez Puyou
Armando Gómez Puyou, Mexican biochemist (San Luis Potosi 02 April 1934 – Ciudad de Mexico 23 December 2013) Authored over 150 papers Demonstrated that monovalent cations promote the NADH oxidase action (1969-72) With A. Peña Díaz proposed a mechanism of K+ transport by an ATPase in yeasts (1967) and discovered a H+ATPase system related to K+ transport system (1972) Isolated a Ca2+ carrier independently of Carafoli (1971) With M. Tuena de Gomez Puyou, G. Becker & A. Lehninger. An insoluble Ca2+ binding factor from rat liver mitochondria. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 47:814-9, 1972 Discovered and/or designed new types of specific inhibitors of enzymatic action to face parasites such as Trypanosoma cruzi With V. Olivares Illana, A. Rodríguez Romero, I. Becker et al. demonstrated that is possible to attack Trypanosoma cruzi at interface between the two subunits in triosephosphate isomerase from Homo sapiens and that from parasite without side effects (2007) METHODS With M. Tuena de Gómez Puyou. A simple method of purification of a soluble oligomycin-insensitive mitochondrial ATPase (1977) With A. Darszon developed methodology to extract the ATPase along with other mitochondrial proteins into organic solvents (1982) With A. Darszon, E. Escamilla & M. Tuena de Gómez Puyou described a method for transfer of spores, bacteria and yeasts into toluene containing phospholipids and low amounts of water (1988) LINKS http://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/eq/v25n4/v25n4a8.pdf
Antonio Rudesindo Garcia Rijo
Antonio Rudesindo García del Rijo, Cuban surgeon (Sancti Spiritus 20 April 1852 – Finca Lajitas 15 September 1912) Talla hipogastrica. Simplificación del metodo de Petersen. Cron. Med. Quir. La Habana (1887) Pinzas para ligaduras profundas y estilete de hueso. Cron. Med. Quir. La Habana 14:93-6, 1888 A simplified technique for serum diagnosis of typhoid fever (1897) Nuevo y rapido procedimiento de doble cloración de la sangre. Anales real Acad. Cien. Med. Fis. Natur. La Habana (1899)
Antonio Ildefonso Gomes
Antonio Ildefonso Gomes, Brazilian physician and botanist (São Miguel de Piracicaba, Minas Gerais 22 January 1794 – Rio de Janeiro 29 October 1859) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Practica elementar da hydro-sudo-therapia, ou modo de curar as moléstias com suadouro, água fria, regimen e exercício (1848) Lamentações de um brasileiro (1854) Viagem as províncias do Norte (do Brasil) em 1856 e 1857 (1857) HONORS Ildefonsia Gardner 1842 (Plantaginaceae)