Pan-Chieh Chen
Pan-Chieh Chen or Ban-jie Chen, Chinese bryologist (Zhejiang, Jiangsu Province 17 August 1907 – 28 February 1970) DESCRIBED VALID GENERA Bellibarbula 1941 (Musci) Bryoerythrophyllum 1941 (Musci) Reimersia 1941 (Musci) Pedinolejeunea 1964 with Wu (Hepaticae) HONORS (Musci) Chenia Zander 1989 Bryochenea Gao & Chang 1982
Oswaldo Cruz
Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz, Brazilian sanitarist and microbiologist (São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo State 05 August 1872 – Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro State 11 February 1917) His works on toxicology in Pasteur Institute were praised by famous scientists like Metchnikov, Roux and Nebert Developed a method for extraction of toxic albumins from ricine seeds Etude toxicologique de la ricine. Ann. Hyg. Publ. Med. Legale XL (1898) ACHIEVEMENTS Developed techniques for combating Aedes aegypti Developed an efficient serum anti-plague Devised a water sampler for microbiological studies Proposed a type-mixed filter for microbes in water (Cruz filter) Invented a washing apparatus of fixed specimens for histological studies Ein einfacher Waschapparat fur mikroskopische zwecke. Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Mikroskopie und fur Mikroskopische Technik, fasc.XV, 1898. Described subgenus Chagasia 1906 (Diptera) HONORS Gold Medal, International Congress of Hygiene and Demography, Berlin, 1907 Oswaldina Rangel 1921 (Fungi) Cruzella Cunha, Faria & Pinto 1923 (Marine Protozoa) Protocruzia Faria, Cunha & Pinto 1922 (Marine Protozoa) Oswaldocruzia Travassos 1917 (Nematoda) Oswaldostrongylus Lent & Freitas 1934 (Nematoda) Oswaldofilaria Travassos 1933 (Nematoda) Cruznema Artigas 1927 (Nematoda) Cruzia Travassos 1917 (Nematoda) Oswaldotrema Muniz-Pereira & Pinto 2000 (Trematoda) Subgenus Cruzmyia Lane & Cerqueira 1942 (Diptera)
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Gonçalves Costa, Brazilian dermatologist and soccer player (São João del Rei, Minas Gerais State 03 December 1905 – 1996) Described idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (1961) and polydysplastique oculo-cutané Described acrokeratoelastoidosis Acroceratoses (ceratodermias palmo-plantares). Thesis. Fac. Med. Univ. Federal Minas Gerais (1952) Acrokeratoelastoidosis: a hitherto undescribed skin disease. Dermatologica 170:164-8, 1953 Described the parotid impairment in acute lupus erythematosus Studied histochemically the juvenile hyaline fibromatosis classifying it as a subgroup of mucopolysaccharidosis With R.C. Guimarães, L. Bogliolo, W.L. Tafuri & P.U. Costa. Fibromatosis hialina juvenil. Med. Cut. Iber. Lat. Amer. 5:331-40, 1975 As soccer player was goalkeeper of Clube Atletico Mineiro
Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha
Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha, Brazilian herpetologist and paleontologist (Belém 06 April 1930 – Belém 11 March 2011) DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Reptilia Genera Amapasaurus 1970 Colobosauroides 1991 with Lima & Lima-Verde Species Amapasaurus tetradactylus 1970 Atractus albuquerquei 1983 with Nascimento Atractus alphonsehogei 1983 with Nascimento Atractus snethlageae 1983 with Nascimento Colobosauroides cearensis 1991 with Lima & Lima-Verde Gonatodes eladioi 1987 with Nascimento & Ávila-Pires Liophis carajasensis 1985 with Nascimento & Ávila-Pires Micrurus paraensis 1973 with Nascimento Placosoma cipoense 1966 Subspecies Oxyrhopus melanogenys orientalis 1993 with Nascimento Fossil Mollusca (with Ferreira) Astraea brasiliensis 1957 Atrina pirabensis 1959 Cymatium carlotae 1957 Cypraea macrovoluta 1957 Diodora fortalezensis 1957 Diodora siqueiirai 1957 Divaricella castelensis 1959 Modiolus domingosi 1959 Mytilus canoasensis vidali 1959 Strombus goeldii 1957 Turbinella amazoniana 1957 Turbinella mauryae 1957 Vasum kraatzi 1957 LINKS www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bn/artigos/cnv6n1._2011/osvaldo(hoogmoed).pdf (in Portuguese)
Osvaldo H. Casal
Osvaldo Hugo Casal, Argentine entomologist (Buenos Aires 02 November 1931- Buenos Aires 17 October 1971) Authored about 80 papers DESCRIBED TAXA Hymenoptera Chasquitilla 1970 Darditilla 1965 Ephuamelia 1968 Ephuchaya 1968 Ephuseabra 1968 Ephusuarezia 1968 Gurisita 1970 Horcomutilla 1962 Huacotilla 1962 Jamaitilla 1965 Limaytilla 1964 Lynchiatilla 1963 Patquiatilla 1962 Seabratilla 1963 Suareztilla 1968 Tobantilla 1965 Vianatilla 1962 Diptera Subgenus Allimanta 1968 with Garcia At least 19 new species with Garcia
Osvaldo Cori
Osvaldo Cori Moully, Chilean biochemist (Antofagasta 11 August 1921 – Santiago de Chile 02 April 1987) From Italian father and Greek-born mother Demonstrated and characterized chemically 6-phosphogluconolactone an intermediate of oxidation of glucose 6 phosphate With F. Lipmann. The primary oxidation product of enzymatic glucose-6-phosphate oxidation. J. Biol. Chem. 194:417-25, 1952 Demonstrated the mechanism of phosphorylation at substrate level in Krebs cycle With S. Kaufman, C. Gilvarg & S. Ochoa. Enzymatic oxidation of alpha-ketoglutarate and coupled phosphorylation. J. Biol. Chem. 203:869-88, 1953 Performed studies about kinetic, metabolism mechanism and specificity of potato apyrase (1961-6) With A. Traverso-Cori & H. Chaimovich. Kinetic studies and properties of potato apyrase. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 109:173-84, 1965 Proposed and demonstrated neryl pyrophosphate as a new intermediate in monoterpenes biosynthesis With P. Valenzuela, E. Beytia & A. Yudelevich. Phosphorylated intermediates of terpene biosynthesis in Pinus radiata. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 113:536, 1966 Proposed non-enzymatic models for explaining the role of metallic ions in enzymatic reactions of monoterpenes biosynthesis (1970s) With G. George-Nascimento & R. Pont Lezica. Non enzymic formation of nerolydol from farnesyl pyrophosphate in the presence of bivalent cations. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 45:119-24, 1971 Enuciated or improved rules of chemical biosynthesis Complementary rules to define R or S configuration. Viewing molecules from any side. J. Chem. Educat. 49:461, 1972 Showed a Redox system in Pinus sp. as an biosynthetic alternative for formation of some natural products in plants Explained cis/trans conformation of allylic pyrophosphates produced in plant tissues With L. Chayet, R. Pont Lezica & C. George-Nascimento. Biosynthesis of sesquiterpene alcohols and aldehydes by cell free extracts from orange flavedo. Phytochemistry 12:95-101, 1973 Papers in top journals With F. Marcus & A. Traverso-Cori. Participation of adenine nucleotides in the proposed direct pathway of biosynthesis of N-phosphorylcreatine. Nature 194:476, 1962 With F. Abarca, R. Frenkel & A. Traverso-Cori. Synthesis of phosphocreatine by enzymes from heart and skeletal muscle. Nature 178:1231-3, 1956 Others With G. Portilla & L. Chayet. Secondary plant metabolism and enzyme mechanisms. Arch. Biol. Med. Exp. 15:357-64, 1982 Enzymic regulation in plant enzymes. Monogr. Nat. Cancer Inst. 27:41, 1967