Rodolfo R. Brenner
Rodolfo Roberto Brenner Wiebeck, Argentine biochemist (Banfield 17 July 1922 – La Plata, Buenos Aires Province 03 July 2018) His uncle grandfather was president of Swiss Confederation Authored over 300 papers, 12 books and book chapters Performed important contributions to knowledge of the role of fatty acids in animal feeding and numerous discoveries in the biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids Realized seminal studies on the desaturation of essential precursors forming highly unsaturated fatty acids Demonstrated the role of insulin and other hormones in the unsaturated fatty acid synthesis and cellular composition Demonstrated the existence of fatty acid families Demonstrated the relationship in diabetes alterations due to absence or error in essential fatty acids synthesis First to study the hormonal regulation of desaturase enzymes and abnormalities in fatty acid metabolism occurring in diseases HONOURS G. Burns & Von Euler Gold Medal (1985) Supelco AOCS Research Award, American Oil Chemist’s Society (1990)
Roberto de Bellis
Roberto de Bellis Louzan, Uruguayan hematologist (Montevideo 31 October 1938 – Montevideo 31 January 2007) Authored over 200 publications Pioneered the use of antiangiogenic agents for treatment of host x graft disease With M Nese, A. Carneiro, J. di Landro, A. Miller & G.W. Santos Vogelsang. Graft versus host disease prophylaxis using cyclosporine and steroids with / without thalidomide. Blood J. Amer. Soc. Hemat. 76(10), 1990 With M. Nese, I. Rodríguez, R. Ferrando, J. Di Landro, N. Passano et al. Un nuevo factor causal de anemia en las linfopatias tumorales. Anales Fac. Medicina (1978) With M. Nese, I. Rodríguez, R. Ferrando, J. Di Landro, N. Passano, H. Kasdorf, F. Muxi, C.M. Sanguinetti & M. Ferrari. Un nuevo factor de hiperhemolisis en las linfopatias tumorales. Clin. Med A. Anales Fac. Medicina U. Montevideo 1:43-8, 1978 With M. Ferrari & M. Nese. La dishemopoyesis medular. Una entidad nueva en el sindrome mieloproliferativo. Clin. Med A. Publ. Oficial 11th Congr. Nac. Med. Interna (1980) With M. Nese & A.M. Otero. Formas morfologicas excepcionales de las leucemias agudas (1983) METHODS With M. Boulard, M. Nese, C. Rodríguez, C.M. Sanguinetti, H. Kasdorf & M. Ferrari. Serum copper level as a biological index in patients with Hodgkin’s disease and malignant lymphoma. Clin. Med A. 16th Intern. Congr. Hematology (1976) With F. Muxi, G. Cotia, G. Magnifico, A. Carneiro, C. Pons, M. Nesse, A.M. Otero & H. Kasdorf. Protocolo poliquimioterapico para el tratamento del mieloma multiple. Publ. Oficial 14th Cong. Nac. Med. Interna (1983)
Roberto Beder
Roberto Beder, Swiss-born Argentine geologist and mineralogist (Zurich 16 February 1885 – Cordoba 19 November 1930) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Los yacimientos de minerales de manganeso en el Norte de la Prov. de Cordoba y sur de Santiago del Estero, Anales Museo Nac. Hist. Nat. Bernardino Rivadavia 36:431-502, 1931 With J. Olsacher. Sobre un caso de cinc nativo. Rev. Minera 2 (1930) La Sierra Norte de Cordoba. Riel y Fomento (1930) Sobre la existência de platino en una serpentina de Alta Gracia, Prov. de Cordoba. Rev. Minera 2 (1930) Los yacimientos de mármol de Quilpo, Dep. Cruz del Eje, Prov. de Cordoba. Rev. Minera 1 (1929) La sierra de Gusayán y sus alrededores. Una contribución a la geologia e hidrologia de la Provincia de Santiago del Estero. Publ. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 39 (1928) Los yacimientos de mineral de plomo en el Departamento de Yavi de la Provincia de Jujuy con algunas consideraciones geologico-economicas sobre el Norte de las Provincias de Jujuy y Salta. Publ. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 38 (1928) Sobre una andesina procedente de Alta Gracia, Prov. de Cordoba. Bol. Acad. Nat. Ciencias Cordoba 30:1-15, 1927 Los yacimientos minerales de la Republica Argentina relacionados con las rocas ígneas de las diferentes epocas geológicas. Rev. Univ. Nac. Cordoba 14 (1927) Las concreciones de mineral de manganeso en los estratos del Terciario Sub-Andino de Puerta Quemada, Dep. De Burruycau, Prov. de Tucumán. Publ. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 16 (1926) Sobre fuegos fátuos. Gaea. Anales Soc. Arg. Est. Geogr. (1926) Informe sobre un yacimiento de mineral de hierro en la Sierra de Paganzo, Prov. de La Rioja. Publ. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 12 (1925) Algunas observaciones sobre el yacimiento de mineral de hierro de la mina Romay, cerca de Albigasta, Prov. de Catamarca. Publ. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 11 (1925) Informe sobre la existência de mineral de hierro en los alrededores majores de Potrerillos y Iachenta en la Provincia de Mendoza. Publ. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 6 (1925) Sobre un hallazgo de fósiles pérmicos en Villarrica, Rep. del Paraguay. Bol. Acad. Nat. Ciencias Cordoba 27:9-12, 1923 Estudios geológicos em La Sierra de Córdoba, especialmente de las calizas cristalino-granulosas y sus fenômenos de metamorfismo. Bol. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 23 Ser. B, 1922 Los filones de fluorita en la quebrada del Río Seco, Departamento Chacabuco, Prov. De San Luis. B) El yacimiento de mineral de tungsteno “Los Avestruces”. Dep. San Martín, Prov. De San Luis C) Sobre La presencia de nitratos cerca de Ojo de Agua, Dep. Minas, Prov. De Cordoba. Bol. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 5 Ser. F, 1922 Informe sobre studios geologicos-economicos en la Provincia de Catamarca. 1) La mina de wolframita “San Antonio” y los filones inmediatos em El Departamento Belén. 2) Los yacimientos de caolín de Siján y Mutquín y las tierras de color del Valbe Muerto en el Departamento Pomán. Bol. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 31 Ser. B, 1922 Los yacimientos de mineral de hierro de Caápucú, Quyquyó y San Miguel y el de mineral de manganeso de la Cordillerita, Republica de Paraguay. Bol. Acad. Nat. Ciencias Cordoba 25:170-82, 1921 Estudio petrografico de algunas rocas. Bol. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 24 Ser. B, 1921 (in paper of A. Windhausen) Contribución a la mineralogia argentina: 1) Apuntes cristalográficos sobre El topacio de San Salvador, Catamarca. 2) Estudios ópticos sobre la casiterita de San Salvador. Sobre um método para identificar piedras pulidas con el goniômetro (1918) With A. Windhausen. Sobre la presencia del devónico en la parte media de la Republica del Paraguay. Bol. Acad. Nat. Ciencias Cordoba 23:255-62, 1918 Contribución a la cristalografia del diópsido de las cales cristalinas de la Sierra de Córdoba. Bol. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 16 Ser. B, 1917 Estudios geologicos e hidrogeologicos en los alredores de Villa Dolores, Prov de Córdoba. Bol. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 14 Ser. B, 1916 Los yacimientos de los minerales de wolfram en la Republica Argentina. Bol. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 12 Ser. B, 1916 Las cales cristalino-granulosas de la Sierra de Córdoba y sus fenômenos de contacto. Bol. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 7 Ser. B, 1913 Las vetas con magnetita (martita) y las de wolframita de la pendiente occidental del Cerro de Morro, Prov. San Luis. Bol. Dir. Gen. Minas, Geol. Hidrol. 3 Ser. B, 1913 HONORS Bederite Galliski, Cooper, Hawthorne & Cerny 1999 (Mineral)
Robert Broom
Robert Broom, Scottish-born South-African paleontologist (Paisley, Scotland 30 November 1866 – Pretoria 06 April 1951) ACHIEVEMENTS Discovered Australopithecus robustus (1938) First to find septo-maxilla in the skull of tetrapods (1897) Showed that in a foetal marsupial the cartilaginous coracoids process of the shoulder girdle reaches and articulates with the sternum (1897) Gave first essentially complete account of the skeleton of any mammal-like reptile (1901) Described new families and orders in Fossil Reptilia DESCRIBED FOSSIL GENERA Reptilia About 220 Mammalia Burramys 1895 Dinopithecus 1937 Elephantomys 1937 Gorgopithecus 1949 with Robinson Gypsorhynchus 1930 Karoomys 1903 Mylomygale 1946 with Schepers Notochoerus 1925 Palaeopetaurus 1896 Palaeopetromys 1946 Palaeotomys 1937 Palaeotragiscus 1930 Proamblysomus 1941 Prohyrax 1930 Prototomys 1948 Telanthropus 1949 with Robinson Tetracynodon 1948 with Robinson Amphibia Batrachosaurus 1903 Lydekkerina 1915 Putterilla 1930 Rhinesuchus 1908 Rhinesuchoides 1937 with Olson Pisces Caruichthys 1913 Disichthys 1913 Helichthys 1909 Hydropessum 1909 Peleichthys 1913 Crustacea Notocaris 1913 Species About 560 of Fossil Vertebrata (being 369 therapsid and 12 fishes) HONORS Wollaston Medal (1949) Broometta Chabakov 1928 (Fossil Pisces) Broomia Watson 1914 (Fossil Reptilia) Broomicephalus Brink & Kitching 1953 (Fossil Reptilia) Broomisaurus Joseaud 1920 (Fossil Reptilia) Broomistega Shishkin & Rubidge (Fossil Amphibia) Broomium Koch (Coleoptera) Broomulus Romer 1947 (Fossil Amphibia) Robertia Boonstra 1948 (Fossil Reptilia)
Rinchen Barsbold
Rinchyengiin (Rinchen) Barsbold, Mongolian paleontologist and stratigrapher (Ulaanbaatar 21 December 1935 – DESCRIBED FOSSIL TAXA Reptilia Orders Ornithomimosauria 1976 Oviraptorosauria 1976 Families Garudimidae 1981 Harpymimidae 1984 with Perle Oviraptoridae 1976 Genera Adasaurus 1983 Aepyornithomimus 2017 with Tsogtbaatar, Chinzorig, Currie, Kobayashi & Watabe Anserimimus 1988 Ceratonykus 2009 with Alifanov Citipati 2001 with Clark & Norell Conchoraptor 1986 Enigmosaurus 1983 Gallimimus 1972 with Osmolska & Roniewicz Garudimimus 1981 Gobiraptor 2019 with Lee, Lee, Chinsamy-Turan, Tsogtbaatar & Lu Gobivenator 2014 with Tsuihiji, Watabe, Tsogtbaatar, Chinzorig, Fujiyama & Suzuki Harpymimus 1984 with Perle Ingenia 1981 Khaan 2001 with Clark & Norell Nemegtonykus 2019 with Lee, Lee, Kim, Tsogtbaatar, Park & Lu Nomingia 2000 with Osmolska, Watabe, Currie & Tsogtbaatar Tsaagan 2006 with Norell, Clark, Turner, Makovicky & Rowe Species Adasaurus mongoliensis 1983 Aepyornithomimus tugrikinensis 2017 with Tsogtbaatar, Chinzorig, Currie, Kobayashi & Watabe Anserimimus planinychus 1988 Avimimius nemegtensis 2017 with Funston, Mendonça & Currie Ceratonykus oculatus 2009 with Alifanov Citipati osmolskae 2001 with Clark & Norell Conchoraptor gracilis 1986 Enigmosaurus mongoliensis 1983 Gallimimius bullatus 1972 with Osmolska & Roniewicz Garudimimus breviceps 1981 Gobiraptor minutus 2019 with Lee, Lee, Chinsamy-Turan, Tsogtbaatar & Lu Gobivenator mongoliensis 2014 with Tsuihiji, Watabe, Tsogtbaatar, Chinzorig, Fujiyama & Suzuki Harpymimus okladnikovi 1984 with Perle Heyuannia yanshini 1981 Khaan mckennai 2001 with Clark & Norell Nemegtonykus citus 2019 with Lee, Lee, Kim, Tsogtbaatar, Park & Lu Nomingia gobiensis 2000 with Osmolska, Watabe, Currie & Tsogtbaatar (the first dinosaur with pygostyle) Rinchenia mongoliensis 1997 Saurornithoides junior 1974 Aves Genera Elsornis 2007 with Chiappe, Suzuki, Dyke, Watabe & Tsogtbaatar Hollanda 2010 with Bell, Chiappe, Erickson, Suzuki, Tsogtbaatar & Watabe Species Elsornis keni 2007 with Chiappe, Suzuki, Dyke, Watabe & Tsogtbaatar Hollanda luceria 2010 with Bell, Chiappe, Erickson, Suzuki, Tsogtbaatar & Watabe Mollusca Genus Buginella 1969 Species Buginella autochthona 1969 Buginella buginica 1969 Buginella laevivalvata 1972 Cuneopsis gracilis 1972 Gobiella multicostata 1972 Mesolanistes bajanchongorensis 1972 Oxynaia sainshandica 1972 Pseudohyria arida 1972 Pseudohyria hongilica 1972 Pseudohyria marginodentata 1972 HONORS (Fossil Reptilia) Barsboldia Maryanska & Osmolska 1982 Rinchenia Osmolska & Currie 2004
Ricardo Renzo Brentani
Ricardo Renzo Brentani, Italian-born Brazilian clinical biochemist (Trieste, Friuli-Veneza Giulia 21 July 1937 – São Paulo 29 November 2011) From Italian, Jewish and Austrian ancestry Performed studies on cancer biochemistry and cytology Authored about 200 papers with more than 5,000 citations DISCOVERIES/METHODS Demonstrated the presence of messenger RNA in nucleolus With I. Raw & M. Brentani. Role of nucleolar ribonucleic acid in incorporation of ribosomal amino acid. Nature 201:1130, 1964 With G. Vignolas & L.C.U. Junqueira. A simple and sensitive method for the quantitative estimation of collagen. Anal. Biochem. 94:96-9, 1979 Developed Picrosirius polarization method or Junqueira staining With G. Vignolas & L.C.U. Junqueira. Picrosirius staining of polarization microscopy, a specific method for collagen detection in tissue sections. Histochem. Journal 11: 447-55, 1979 Demonstrated the collagen macromolecular orientation in basement membrane With L.C.U. Junqueira, G.S. Montes, O.M.S.Toledo et al. Evidence for collagen molecular orientation in basement membranes. Histochem. J. 15:785-94, 1983 Showed the presence of laminin receptors in membrane of pathogenic Staphylococcus First to show how Staphylococcus aureus promoted abscesses at distance (later it has been reported the same mechanism for other pathogenic organisms) With J.D. Lopes & M. dos Reis. Presence of laminin receptors in Staphylococcus aureus. Science 229 (4710):275-7, 1985 With C.R.M. Barardi, C.L.S. Santos & L.L. Villa. A direct method for cDNA cloning employing translation-released mRNA. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 20:313-320, 1987 Developed the complementary hydropathy theory (launched by Jan Biro in 1981) Biological implications of complementary hydropathy of amino acids. J. Theor. Biol. 135:495-9, 1988 With V.R. Martins, E. Graner, J. Garcia Abreu, S.J. de Souza & V.M. Neto. Complementary hydropathy identifies a cellular prion protein receptor. Nature Med. 3:1376-81, 1997 With V. Martins, S. Souza & V. Moura Neto found that prion controls and organizes the information passing from outer to inner cell With P.J. Mintz, M. Cardó-Vila, M.G. Ozawa, A. Hajitou, R. Rangel et al. An unrecognized extracellular function for an intracellular adapter protein released from the cytoplasm into the tumour microenvironment. Proceed. Nat. Acad. Sciences USA 106:2182-7, 2009 Papers in renowned magazines With T. Maack & M. Rabinovitch. Increase in ‘alkaline’ ribonuclease of rat kidney cortex after lysozyme and egg-white administration. Nature (London) 186:158, 1960 With M.M. Brentani & I. Raw. Messenger RNA activity of RNA purified from rat-liver nucleoli. Nature (London) 7: 687, 1966. With M.M. Brentani & I. Raw. Messenger activity of purified RNA from rat liver nuclei. Nature (London) 214:1122-1123, 1967 With H. Samaia, J.J. Mari, H.P. Vallada, R. Moura & A.J.G. Simpson. An Inherited Prion Disease With Prolonged Course And Psychiatric Onset. Nature (London) 390:241, 1997 PATENTS/INVENTIONS With L. L. Villa. Vetores de transferência molecular contendo a informação para a síntese de pro-insulina humana e seus processos de obtenção (1983) With S.J. de Souza. Isolated protein having molecular weight of from about 55 kilodaltons to about 65 kilodaltons (SDs-page) which binds to prion protein. US 5679530 (1997) With A.J.G. Simpson & E. Dias Neto. Method for determining nucleotide sequences using arbitrary primers and low stringency. US 0155438 (2002) With A.J. G. Simpson & E. Dias Neto. Métodos para determinar sistemas abertos para leitura do genoma de um organismo, para determinar que uma seqüência de nucleotídeos conhecida a partir de um genoma de um organismo corresponde a uma sequência de nucleotídeos a partir de um sistema aberto para leitura, para preparar uma molécula de ácido nuclêico contíguo a partir de um genoma de um organismo, e para sequenciar todo ou parte de um genoma de um organismo US 0919671620 (2002) PI9900267-1 A2 (2002)