Upendranath Brahmachari
Upendranath Brahmachari, Indian physician (Jamalpur, Bihar, West Bengal 19 December 1873 – 06 February 1946) ACHIEVEMENTS Synthesized carbostibamide (urea stibamine) and determined that it was effective in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (1922) Described a new disease, post-kalaazar dermal leishmanoid (Brahmachari disease) Concluded that Burdwan fever was a combination of malaria and kala-azar (1911) Showed that in Blackwater fever the largest amount of haemolysis occurred in the liver during the active stage of the disease and prepared an antihaemolytic solution of quinine for treatment of certain cases. Developed a sorological reaction for diagnosis of kala-azar (1907) known as Brahmachari reaction or Brahmachari-Ray reaction Medicine & Physiology Nobel prize nominee (1929)
Thomaz Borgmeier
Thomaz Borgmeier, German-born Brazilian entomologist and Franciscan friar (Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia State 31 October 1892 – Rio de Janeiro 11 May 1975) His real name was Heinrich Fritz Hermann Borgmeier Known worldwide for his studies on ants, Coleoptera and Phoridae Diptera Authored 243 scientific papers DESCRIBED 96 genera and over 1000 species in Diptera 35 genera and at least 91 species in Coleoptera 10 genera and about 100 species of ants (Hymenoptera) HONORS Borgmeieria Pires do Prado 1976 (Diptera) Borgmeieriphora Pires do Prado 1976 (Diptera) Borgmeierisca Souza Lopes 1972 (Diptera) Borgmeierimyia Townsend 1935 (Diptera) Borgmeierella Enderlein 1924 (Diptera) Borgmeierina Wygodzinsky 1949 (Hemiptera) Borgmeierea Carvalho 1956 (Hemiptera) Thomazia Toledo Piza 1976 (Orthoptera) Thomazomyia Souza Lopes 1976 (Diptera)
Tagea Kristina Simon Bjornberg
Tagea Kristina Simon Bjornberg, Brazilian marine zoologist (São Vicente, São Paulo State 20 September 1925 – São Sebastião, São Paulo State 25 June 2023) From Swedish, Danish and English descent First to characterize and identify initial stages of development in marine Copepoda (1968) DESCRIBED (Crustacea) Genera Spionicola 2006 (with Radashevsky) Species Anomalocera manicauda 1963 Arietellus mohri 1975 Bathycalanus eltaninae 1968 Bathycalanus inflatus 1968 Bathycalanus unicornis 1968 Bradycalanus pseudotypicus 1968 Carcinocaris minipedia 2009 (with C. Santos) Catinia rosea 2006 (with G. Kawauchi) Choniomyzon libiniae 2004 (with C. Santos) Delibus sewelli 1982 Euaugaptilus fagettiae 1975 Galagaophonte alvaroi 2014 Gaussia assymmetrica 1988 (with Campaner) Landrumius thorsoni 1975 Laophontisochra terueae 2014 Myzomolgus sipunculensis 2007 (with T.C. Kihara & G. Y.Kawauchi) Oithona oligohalina 1976 (with Fonseca) Paracalanus campaneri 1982 Phyllodopsyllus iuanamai 2013 with Kihara Phyllodopsyllus pseudokunzi 2013 with Kihara Pseudoamallothrix soaresmoreirai 1975 Quinquelaophonte varians 2010 Rhizothrix virginiae 2014 Rhodinicola polydorae 2011 with Radashevsky Spionicola mystaceus 2006 (with Rashevsky) Temorites kanaevae 1976 Subspecies Acartia tonsa cryophylla 1963 Bradycalanus pseudotypicus enormis 1968 Enteropneusta Tornaria nordestina 1953 HONORS Bjornbergiella Bicudo 1966 (Cryptophyceae)
Suri Bhagavantam
Suri Bhagavantam, Indian physicist (Agiripalli, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh 14 October 1909 – 06 February 1989) Authored about 300 research papers ACHIEVEMENTS Discovered the quantum photon spin (1932) With C.V. Raman. Experimental proof of the Spin of the Spin. Nature 129:22, 1932. Performed the first serious study of Raman spectrum of diamond First to record Raman spectrum of hydrogen under high pressures Proposed an empirical rule that the rotatory lattice modes gives rise to strong Raman bands Derived Bhagavantam equation Invented wedge method of exciting ultrasonic waves in solids Introduced familiar factor-group analysis (Bhagavantam-Venkatarayudu method) and proposed the basic theory for the vibrational spectra of crystals With T. Venkatarayudu. Raman effect in relation to crystal structure. Proc. Indian Acad. Sciences sect. A 9(3):224-58, 1939 Developed a simple and effective method to measure elastic constants in crystals With J. Bhimasenachar. Elastic constants of crystals: a new method and its application to pyrites and galena. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. Sect A 21(5):298-303, 1944 Bhagavantam-Suryanarayana method of enumerating the physical constants of crystals With D. Suryanarayana. The crystal symmetry and physical properties: application of group theory. Acta Crystallographica 2(1):21-26, 1949 With B. Ramachandra Rao. Determination of the elastic constants of isotropic media: a new method. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. Sect A 23(5):254-6, 1946 With B. Ramachandra Rao. Elastic constants of alun determined by a new ultrasonic method. Nature 162:818-9, 1948 Photo-elastic behaviour of cubic crystals: new methods of distinguishing between different classes. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. Sect. A 37(5):585-8, 1953
Sunil Kumar Bose
Sunil Kumar Bose, Indian mycologist and plant pathologist (1922 – 1983) DESCRIBED DISEASES A leaf-spot disease of the dwarf hill date palm Phoenix humilis caused by Apiosphaera indica sp.nov. Ind. Phytopathol. 28:574-5, 1975 With A.J. Roy. Leaf spot disease of pear in Kumaon caused by Mycosphaerella chaubahattiensis sp.nov. Progr. Hortic. 1(4):57-62, 1970 With S.C. Mathur. A new leaf spot disease of Castor, Ricinus communis L. Curr. Sci. 18:210-1, 1949 OTHERS With A.K. Hazra & B.C. Guha. A rapid method of surveying fungi of cellulolytic power. Sci. Cult. 24:39-40, 1958 With S.K. Majumdar. Mycobacillin, a new antifungal antibiotic produced by Bacillus subtilis. Nature 181:134, 1958 DESCRIBED FUNGI SPECIES Acantharia quercus dilatataea 1965 with Muller Actinopeltis acicola 1967 with Muller Actinopeltis ciliaris 1964 with Muller Actinotexis indica 1962 Apioclypea indica 1975 Coccoidella quercifolia 1964 with Muller Ferrarisia quercina 1965 with Muller Herpotrichia australis 1961 Herpotrichia pandei 1961 Herpotrichia petrakiana 1960 Iremopsis crataegi 1962 Johansonia arxii 1964 with Muller Johansonia micheliae 1965 with Muller Keissleriella alpina 1961 Keissleriella mediterranea 1961 Lophomerum quercus 1965 with Muller Massaria himalayensis 1962 Massarina australis 1961 Massarina brunaudii 1961 Massarina cisti 1961 Massarina coccifera 1961 Massarina dryopteridis 1961 Massarina juniperi 1961 Massarina lonicerae 1967 with Muller Massarina maritima 1961 Massarina parasitica 1965 with Muller Massarina spiraea 1961 Microcallis negii 1959 with Muller Microcallis smilacis 1965 with Muller Micropeltidium crataegi 1962 Microthyrium bicilatum 1964 Microthyrium pieridis 1964 with Muller Mycosphaerella chaubahattiensis 1970 with Roy Otthia indica 1965 with Muller Pandora brahminae 1953 with Mehta Pestalotia jeolikotensis 1970 Phillipsiella smilacis 1963 with Muller Phyllosticta bosensis 1949 with Mathur Phyllosticta hederae 1970 with Roy & Jain Plagiostromella berberidis 1979 with Muller Plagiostromella indica 1979 with Muller Plagiostromella leptodermidis 1979 with Muller Pseudophacidium kumaonense 1964 with Muller Pyrenopeziza appendiculata 1965 with Muller Schizothyrium crenulatae 1962 Sphaerulina quercifolia 19064 with Muller Wentiomyces pandei 1962
Stephen Cole Bruner
Stephen Cole Bruner, US / Cuban phytopathologist and entomologist (Raleigh, North Carolina 18 August 1891 – Loma Linda, Los Angeles 27 August 1953) Described eucalypt canker disease caused by Cryphonectria cubensis Una enfermidad gangrenosa de los eucaliptos. Boletín, Estación Exper. Agr. 37:1-38, 1917 Authored with L.C. Scaramuzza & A.R. Ortero Catalogo de insectos que atacan a las plantas econômicas de Cuba (A catalogue of insects that attack economic plants of Cuba) in 1945 that obtained international repercussion Described and co-described 31 genera in Hemiptera insects and some fungi species HONORS Brunerella Young 1952 (Hemiptera) Stephembruneria Castañeda 1988 (Fungi)