Carlos Guillermo Aguayo y Castro
Carlos Guillermo Aguayo y Castro, Cuban malacologist & entomologist (Habana 19 December 1899 – 12 February 1982) DESCRIBED MOLLUSCA TAXA Genera Haitia 1932 (with Clench) Pseudopineria 1938 Jaumeia 1943 Torreviana 1943 Bathyspira 1946 (with Borro) Canimarina 1946 (with Borro) Climacina 1946 (with Borro) Parachondrodes 1946 (with Clench) Cupulella 1948 (with Jaume) Glyptemoda 1950 (with Clench) Guladentia 1951 (with Clench) Bakerviana 1957 (with Jaume) Semitrochatella 1958 (with Jaume) Species More than 100 species and subspecies in Living / Fossil Mollusca Described 10 new species of Cuban Hymenoptera too. HONORS Aguayoaster Roig 1952 (Fossil Echinodermata) Aguayoina Bermudez 1939 (Foraminifera) Aguayomiris Maldonado Capriles 1987 (Hemiptera) Aguayodiscus Jaume & Borro 1946 (Mollusca) Subgenus Aguayotudora Torre & Bartsch 1941 (Mollusca) Subgenus Aguayoceramus Torre & Bartsch 1943 (Mollusca) Subgenus
Candido Macasaet Africa
Candido Macasaet Africa, Philippine parasitologist and tropical physician (Lipa, Batangas 02 October 1895 – Manila 12 February 1945) Published 69 scientific papers ACHIEVEMENTS He was the first in the world to describe and report cases of heterophydiasis in human heart First report of Cheilospirura hamulosa parasitizing the man With E. Y. Garcia. A new nematode parasite (Cheilospirura sp.) in the eye of man in the Philippines. J. Phil. Is. Med. Assoc. 16:603-7, 1936 DESCRIBED HELMINTH TAXA Genus Heterophyopsis 1938 with Tubangui Species Candidotrema loossi 1930 Carneophallus brevicaeca 1935 with Garcia Haplorchis vanissimus 1938 Heterophyopsis expectans 1938 with Tubangui Plagiorchis philippinensis 1937 Procerovum calderoni 1935 with Garcia Stictodora manilensis 1935 with Garcia SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With E.Y. Garcia & W. de Leon.Visceral Complications in Intestinal Heterophydiasis of Man. Acta Med. Philipp. (1940) An attempt to elucidate the filtration of eggs of certain heterophyid trematodes into the general circulation (1938) With W. de Leon. Observations on the mechanism of phagocytosis of various helminth ova (1938) With P.G. Refuerzo & E.Y. Garcia. Observations on the life cycle of Gnathostoma spinigerum. Philipp. J. Science 59:513-23, 1936 With P.G. Refuerzo & E.Y. Garcia. Further observations on the life cycle of Gnathostoma spinigerum. Philipp. J. Science 61:221-5, 1936 The Occurrence of Bertiella in Man, Monkey and Dog in Philippines (1935) Three Cases of Insect Bites involving Triatoma Rubrofasciata (1934) An arthropod associated with chronic dermatitis involving the face (1933) Studies on the host relations to Nippostrongylus muris with special reference to age resistance and caquired immunity. J. Parasit. 18:1-13, 1931 With E.Y. Garcia. Embryonated eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides in mesenteric tissue of man with special reference to possibility of autoinfection With J.Z. Santa Cruz. Preliminary Reports in Cysticercous Cellulose in Man. J. P. M. A. 7:209-15, 1927 Notes on Malaria Certain Developmental Stages of Ascaris lumbricoides ova in live tissue HONORS Candidotrema Dollfus 1951 (Trematoda)
Bulent Agrali
Bulent Agrali, Turkish geologist and palynologist (fl.1963-2012) DESCRIBED FOSSIL POLLEN / SPORAE TAXA Genera Akyolisporites 1969 Artuzisporites 1969 Bellisporites 1965 Cadiosporites 1967 with Akyol Egemenisporites 1969 Ergonulisporites 1969 Guthoerlipollenites 1965 Heliosaccipollenites 1967 with Akyol Kyrtomisporites 1967 with Akyol Lunatipollenites 1967 with Akyol Microlagenoisporites 1964 Okayisporites 1969 Pekmezcileripollenites 1969 Perisaccipollenites 1965 Potoniepollenites 1965 Rhizomapollenites 1967 with Akyol Spinosipollenites 1969 Stenozonisporites 1965 Tokaysporites 1969 Yahsimanisporites 1969 Species Over 140
Brother Alain
Henri Eugene Alain Liogier (brother Alain), French botanist in Caribbean lands (Chomelix 31 January 1916 – Fort Worth, Texas 09 November 2009) DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Genera Anacaona 1980 (Cucurbitaceae) Caribea 1960 (Nyctaginaceae) Casabitoa 1980 (Simarubaceae) Cubacroton 1960 Ximeniopsis 1980 (Olacaceae) Species About 390 species from Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico
Bert Geoffrey Achong
Bertrand Geoffrey Achong, English pathologist and electron microscopist born in Trinidad & Tobago (Port of Spain, Trinidad 06 December 1928 – England 20 November 1996) ACHIEVEMENTS Discovered Epstein-Barr virus, the first human tumour virus With M.A. Epstein & Y.M. Barr. Virus particles in cultured lymphoblasts from Burkitt’s lymphoma. The Lancet 283(7335):702-3, 1964. Discovered human foamy virus, the first retrovirus infecting man. With P.W.A. Mansell, M.A. Epstein & P. Clifford. An unusual virus in cultures from a human nasopharyngeal carcinoma. J. Natl.Cancer Inst. 46:299-307, 1971.
Bal Krishan Anand
Bal Krishan Anand, Indian physiologist (Lahore 17 September 1917 – 02 April 2007) ACHIEVEMENTS First described the presence of a “feeding center” and “satiety center” in the hypothalamic region of rat brain With John R. Brobeck. Hypothalamic control of food intake in rats and cats. Yale J. Biol. Med. 24:123-40, 1951 Discovered that the synthesis of acetylcholine declines in winters and that small amounts of acetylcholine accelerate rather than slow down the heart Influence of temperature on vagal inhibition and liberation of acetylcholine in frog hearts. Am. J. Physiol. 168:218, 1952 Established the regulation of various visceral responses from the limbic system of brain linking emotional and aggressive behaviour with these responses