Robert Allen Dyer
Robert Allen Dyer, South-African botanist (Pietermaritzburg 21 September 1900 – Johannesburg 26 October 1987) Authored over 450 publications Described 181 new plant species Honored in genus Radyera Bullock 1956 (Malvaceae) Received Herbert Medal, International Bulb Society (1948)
Richard Von Diringshofen
Richard Von Diringshofen, Brazilian entrepneur and amateur entomologist (Joinville, Santa Catarina State 04 August 1900 – São Paulo 20 May 1986) CO-DESCRIBED HOMOPTERA TAXA (with Fonseca) Genera Achantomedes 1974 Hypsoprorachis 1969 Species Achantomedes flavocephala 1974 Alcmeone flavostriata 1969 Alcmeone sinuata 1974 Aspona gibbosa 1969 Aspona quadrinodosa 1969 Cladonota trilobosa 1969 Hemikypta atracta 1969 Heteronotus sakakibarai 1974 Hypsoprora maculata 1974 Hypsoprorachis tuberosa 1969 Leioscyta foleata 1969 Leioscyta hemacroma 1969 Leioscyta similis 1969 Potnia orthosoma 1974 Sundarium achantocornus 1969 HONORS Diringsiella Martins & Galileo 1991 (Coleoptera) LINKS https://www.scielo.br/j/rbent/a/YZcYkwkBx5TmKb6PYc8rgWK/?lang=en
Rene Drucker-Colin
René Raul Drucker-Colin, Mexican neuroscientist (Ciudad de Mexico 15 May 1937 – Ciudad de Mexico 17 September 2017) Authored studies with 4,000 citations (H-index 19) Showed the role of proteins and peptides in regulation of REM sleep With C.W. Spanis, C.W. Cotman & J.L. McGaugh. Changes in protein levels in perfusates of freely moving cats relation to behavioral state. Science 187:963-5, 1975 With C.W. Spanis. Neurohumoral correlates of sleep:increase of proteins during rapid eye movement sleep. Experientia 31:551-2, 1975 First to find the precise localization of biological clock With R. Aguiar-Roblero, F. Garcia Hernandez, F. Fernandez Cancino & F.B. Rattoni. Fetal supraschiamatic nucleus transplants: diurnal rhythm recovery of lesioned rats. Brain Res. 311:353, 1984 With I. Madrazo Navarro suggested autotransplantation of suprarenal glands segments to brain for treating Parkinson disease (1986) With I. Madrazo, V. Díaz, J. Martínez-Mata, C.F. Torres & J.J. Becerril. Open microsurgical autograft of adrenal medulla to the right caudate nucleus in two patients with intractable Parkinson’s disease. New England J. Med. (1987) With I. Madrazo, M. Madrazo, A. Zarate, V. León, C.F. Torres & P. Reyes. Tecnica quirurgica del injerto autologo de medula suprarrenal al nucleo caudado para tratamiento de la enfermedad de Parkinson. Gac. Med. Mex. 124 (9-10):365-9, 1988 Proposed an innovative technique for investigating brain activity during sleep using Fos-like immunostaining With H. Merchant-Nancy, J. Vazquez de Rose & F. Garcia. Brain distribution of c-fos expression as a result of prolonged rapid eye movement (REM) sleep period duration. Brain Res. 681:15-22, 1995 Developed recording technique of simultaneous unit activity at intracerebral perfusion in free-running animals OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS With A.K. de la Herrán & R. Vidaltamayo. A new model of narcolepsy arising from OE/3 (Ebf2)-NULL mutant mice (2010) With R. J. Sallin Pascual. A novel effect of nicotine on mood and sleep in major depression (1998) The function of sleep is to regulate brain excitability in order to satisfy the requirements imposed by waking (1995) With F. Garcia Hernandez. A new motor test sensitive to aging and dopaminergic function (1991)
Reinaldo Di Polo
Reinaldo Victor Di Polo Alemán, Venezuelan biophysicist (Caracas 06 March 1943 – 15 June 2016) Authored over 180 papers (about 4,000 citations) With L. Beaugé clarified the ATP regulatory effect on Na/Ca exchange in giant axons of squid (1970s) Characterized metabolically the Na/Ca exchange system in human cardiac tissue Discovered a new protein in nerve cells that maybe represents a new class of exchange systems (1997) DEMONSTRATED The presence of an ATP-driven Ca2+ pumps in giant axons of squid (1979) The metabolic exchange of Na/Ca using ATP and an intracellular regulatory site for this process The presence of a 13KDa protein regulating this Na/Ca exchange in nerve cells The presence of a Ca-dependent extrusion mechanism of ATP hydrolysis in excitable tissues independent of Na/Ca exchanger
Reinaldo Damasceno
Reinaldo Mauricio Goubert Damasceno, Brazilian medical entomologist (Igarapé-Açú, Pará State 24 July 1916 – Macapá 14 August 1976) Developed Damasceno trap for collecting insects Contribuição entomológica – Descrição de um método de captura de insetos em troncos de arvores, buracos na terra e tocas de animais silvestres. In: Congr. Bras. Higiene 13, 1955, Belém DESCRIBED DIPTERA SPECIES (39 new species; incomplete list) Anopheles albitarsis 1944 with Ayroza Galvão Anopheles domesticus 1944 with Ayroza Galvão Anopheles konderi 1942 with Ayroza Galvão Anopheles marajoara 1942 with Ayroza Galvão Culex belemnensis 1955 with Duret Culex majuensis 1955 with Duret Lutzomyia baityi 1945 with Causey & Arouck Lutzomyia campbelli 1945 with Causey & Arouck Lutzomyia carvalhoi 1945 with Causey & Arouck Lutzomyia castanheirai 1945 with Arouck Lutzomyia cerqueirai 1945 with Causey Lutzomyia dreisbachi 1945 with Causey Lutzomyia dunhami 1945 with Causey Lutzomyia fariasi 1945 with Causey & Arouck Lutzomyia lopesi 1945 with Causey & Arouck Lutzomyia meirai 1945 with Causey Lutzomyia melloi 1945 with Causey Lutzomyia nevesi 1956 with Arouck Lutzomyia pinottii 1956 with Arouck Lutzomyia serrana 1949 with Arouck Lutzomyia souzacastroi 1944 with Causey Lutzomyia wagleyi 1945 with Causey Lutzomyia williamsi 1945 with Causey & Arouck Lutzomyia wilsoni 1945 with Causey Phlebotomus christophersoni 1944 with Causey Phlebotomus deanei 1945 with Causey & Arouck Phlebotomus digitatum 1950 with Arouck Phlebotomus ferreirai 1945 with Causey Phlebotomus marajoensis 1944 with Causey Phlebotomus pilosus 1944 with Causey Phlebotomus rachoui 1956 with Arouck Phlebotomus scaffi 1956 with Arouck Sciopemyia servulolimai 1945 with Causey
Pedro Celestino Luis Denier
Pedro (Pierre) Celestino (Celestin) Luis (Louis) Denier, French-born Argentine entomologist (Paris 14 November 1892 – Resistencia, Chaco 15 August 1941) DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA TAXA Tribe Epicautini 1931 Genera Eolydus 1913 Lyttomeloe 1921 Parameloe 1933 Picella 1933 Wagneronota 1935 Species Acrolytta neivai 1940 Acrolytta nigropicta 1932 Calocomus desmaresti 1939 Eolydus atrocoelureus 1913 Ephebocerus dufaui 1922 Lytta griseopubescens 1935 Meloe auropictus 1921 Oncideres guttulata 1939 Parameloe alutus 1933 Picnoseus laevigatus 1935 Picnoseus rubrofasciatus 1934 Pseudomeloe escomeli 1911 Pseudomeloe porteri 1934 Pyrota diadema 1940 Pyrota dispar 1934 Pyrota wagneri 1934 HONORS (Coleoptera) Denierella Kaszab 1952 Denierus Pic 1913 Denierota Kaszab 1959