William Wardlaw Thompson
William Wardlaw Thompson, South African ichthyologist (? – 1917) DESCRIBED PISCES TAXA (with Gilchrist) Genus Clinoides 1908 Valid Species Acanthopagrus estuarius 1908 Ambassis natalensis 1908 Anchichoerops natalensis 1909 Blennophis striatus 1908 Chalaroderma ocellata 1908 Chrysoblephus anglicus 1908 Chrysoblephus puniceus 1908 Clinoporus biporosus 1908 Clinus arborescens 1908 Clinus brevicristatus 1908 Clinus ornatus 1908 Clinus robustus 1908 Clinus taurus 1908 Clinus venustris 1908 Coryphaenoides ariommus 1916 Cremnochorites capensis 1908 Enteromius annectens 1917 Fucomimus mus 1908 Gymnura natalensis 1911 Halieutaea fitzsimonsi 1916 Labeo rubromaculatus 1913 Labeo seeberi 1911 Labeobarbus kimberleyensis 1913 Labeobarbus nelspruitensis 1911 Lepidamia natalensis 1908 Lepidotrigla faurei 1914 Neoscorpis litophilus 1908 Nezumia pudens 1916 Omobranchus woodi 1908 Opsaridium peringueyi 1913 Pachymetopon aeneum 1908 Pavoclinus graminis 1908 Pavoclinus laurentii 1908 Pavoclinus mentalis 1908 Pavoclinus pavo 1908 Pomacanthus rhomboides 1908 Pomadasys striatus 1908 Porcostoma dentata 1908 Smithichthys fucorum 1908 Sphyraena africana 1909 Thryssa vitrirostris 1908 Trigla natalensis 1914 Umbrina robinsoni 1908 Upeneus queketti 1908
William Tyson
William Tyson, Jamaican-born South African botanist and plant collector (Port Royal, Jamaica March 1851- Grahamstown 13 April 1920) Collected numerous new species of plants and algae HONORS Afrotysonia Rauschert 1982 (Boraginaceae)
Washington Tafuri
Washington Luiz Tafuri, Brazilian histopathologist (Desterro do Melo, Minas Gerais State 04 December 1926 – Desterro do Melo, Minas Gerais State 30 March 2013) Authored over 200 scientific works and 12 book chapters With H. Menezes, E.O. da Rocha e Silva, J. Ferreira Fernandes & J.Romeu Cançado developed a preventive vaccine for Chagas disease (1972) IDENTIFIED NEW STRUCTURES Elemental neurosecretory granules of intraganglionar nerve fibers from Auerbach myenteric plexus With H. Hager. Elektronenoptischer Nachweis sog neurosekretorischer Elementar-granula in warklosen Nervenfasern des Plexus myentericus (Auerbach) des Meerschwein chens. Naturwissenschaften 45:332-3, 1959 With J.R. Cunha Melo & L. Freire-Maia. Ultrastructure and possible function of an atrial paraganglion not directly related to atrial ganglion in the albino mouse. J. Neur. Transm. 44(4):333-8, 1979 DEVELOPED METHODS A delamination technique of intestinal layers for small size animals With P.M.M. Guedes, V.M. Veloso, L.M.C. Galvão, C.M. Carneiro, M. Lama, E.Chiari, K.A. Soares & M.T. Bahia. The dog as model for chemotherapy of the Chagas disease. Acta Tropica 84:9-17, 2002 With R.L. Santos, R.M.E. Arantes, R. Gonçalves, M.N. Melo & M.S.M. Michalick. An alternative immunohistochemical method for detecting Leishmania amastigotes in paraffin-embedded canine tissues. J. Immunol. Methods 292(1-2):17-23, 2004
Victorio Trippi
Victorio Segundo Trippi, Argentine plant physiologist (28 July 1929 – Pioneer on fundamental concepts about the oxygen pressure regulation paper on growth and development and about the functions of reactive species of oxygen that were studied worldwide Introduced the study of sugars as modulators of growth, development and inducers of senescence SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With H.R. Lascano, M.N. Melchiorre & C.M. Luna. Effect of photoxidative stress induced by paraquat in two wheat cultivars with differential tolareance to water stress. Plant Sci. 164:1019-28, 2003 With M.N. Melchiorre & H.R. Lascano. Transgenic wheat plants resistant to herbicide BASTA obtained by microprojectile bombardment. Biocell 26:217-23, 2002 With H.R.Lascano, G.E. Antonicelli, C.M. Luna. M.N. Melchiorre, L.D. Gómez, R.W. Pacca & L.M. Casano. Antioxidant system response of different wheat cultivars under drought: field and in vitro studies. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 28;1095-1102, 2001 With M. Goleniowski. Effect of growth medium composition on psilostachyinolides and altamisine production. Plant Cell, Tissue Organ Cult.56(3):215-8, 1989 With C.M. Luna & L.M. Casano. Nitrate reductase is inhibited in leaves of Triticum aestivum treated with high levels of copper. Physiol. Plant. 101:103-8, 1997 With L.M. Casano & R.H. Lascano. Hydroxyl radicals and a thylakoid-bound endopeptidase are involved in light- and oxygen-induced proteolysis in oat chloroplasts. Plant Cell Physiol. 35:14?-52, 1994 With C.M.Luna & V.S. Gonzalez. Oxidative damage caused by excess copper in oat leaves. Plant Cell Physiol. 35:11-5, 1994 With O.T. Del Longo, C.A. Gonzales & G.M. Pastori. Antioxidant defenses under hyperoxygenic and hyperosmotic conditions in leaves of two lines of maize with differential sensitivity to drought. Plant Cell Physiol. 34:1023-8, 1993 With G.M. Pastori. Cross resistance between water and oxidative stresses in wheat leaves. J. Agric. Sci. 120:289-94, 1993 With G.M. Pastori. Antioxidative protection in a drought-resistant maize strain during leaf senescence. Physiol. Plant. 87:227-31, 1993 With G.M. Pastori. Oxidative stress induces high rate of glutathione reductase synthesis in a drought-resistant maize strain. Plant Cell Physiol. 33:957-61, 1992 With L.M. Casano. The effect of oxygen radicals on proteolysis in isolated oat chloroplasts. Plant Cell Physiol. 33:329-32, 1992 With L.M. Casano & M. Desimone. Proteolytic activity at alkaline pH oat leaves, isolation of aminopeptidase. Plant Physiol. 91:1414-8, 1989 With G.M. De Luca d’Oro. Effect of stress conditions induced by temperature, water and rain on senescence development. Plant Cell Physiol. 28(8):1389-96, 1987 With J.D. Kenis. Regulation of nitrate reductase in detached oat leaves by light and oxygen. Physiol. Plant. 68:387-90, 1986 With C. Luna. Membrane permeability regulation by exogenous sugars during senescence of oat leaf in light and darkness. Plant Cell Physiol. 27:1051, 1986 With G.M. De Luca d’Oro. The senescence process in oat leaves and its regulation by oxygen concentration and light irradiance. Plant Cell Physiol. 26(7):1303-11, 1985 With A. Paulin. The senescence of cut carnations: a phasic phenomenon. Physiol. Plant. 60:221-6, 1984 With K.V. Thimann. The exudation of solutes during senescence of oat leaves. Physiol. Plantarum (1983) With G.M. DeLuca d’Oro. Changes in the protease and RNase activity during foliar senescence in Phaseolus vulgaris and its regulation by kinetin and cycloheximide in light and darkness. Phyton (1982) With J. Brulfert. Photoperiodic aging in Anagallis arvensis clones. Its relation to RNA content, rooting capacity, and flowering. Amer. J. Bot. 60(10):951-5, 1973 With J. Brulfert. Organization of morphophysiologic unit in Anagallis arvensis and is relation with perpetuation mechanism in senescence. Am. J. Bot. 60:641-7, 1973 With C. Guzmán. Composition and enzymatic activity in Phaseolus vulgaris during germination and its relation to the formative effects of 6-N-benzyladenine on leaves. Phyton 27(2):113-24, 1971 With L. Ruiz Palacios. Leaf shape induced by the cytokinins, kinetin and benzyladenine in Phaseolus vulgaris. Phyton 27(1):7-10, 1970 With O. Queiroz. Physiologie végétale – action du photoperiodisme sur l’activité enzymatique: les isozymes de la malique deshydrogénase. C.R. Acad. Sci. 268:2060-2, 1969 Studies on ontogeny and senility in plants. Phyton (1963-5) Effecto del agua caliente del frio sobre la brotación de la caña de azucar. Rev. Agron. Nor. Arg. 4(1):25-33, 1963
V.K. Ting
Wen Jiang Ting or V. K. Ting, Chinese geologist and stratigrapher (Taixing, Jiangsu Province 20 March 1887 – Changsha, Hunan Province 05 January 1936) Named Wutongshan quartzite SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Geology of the Yantze Delta With F. Solger and H. B. Wang. Report on the Geology and mining industry along the Zhengding-taiyuan Railway. Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce Republic of China 1(1): 14–17; no. 2 (1914): 15–19, 1914 Report on the Geology of the Yangtze Valley below Wuhu (1919) With J. C. Zhang. Report on the coal fields of Yu-hsien, Yang-yuan, and Kuang-ling of Shansi-Hebei Provinces. Geological Society of China Bulletin 1: 1–14, 1919 The Orogenic Movements in China. Geological Society of China Bulletin 8: 151–170, 1929 On the Stratigraphy of the Fengninian System. Geological Society of China Bulletin 10: 1–48, 1931 A statistical study of the difference between the width–height ratio of Spirifer tingi and that of S pirifer Hsieh). Geological Society of China Bulletin 11(4):465–472, 1932 With L.J. Ge. The Permian system of China and its significance towards Permian stratigraphic subdivision (1933) With L.J. Ge. The Significance of the Stratigraphic Subdivision between of Carboniferous of China and that of Mississipi and Pennsylvania (1933) With Y. L. Wang. The Cambrian and Silurian Stratigraphy of Eastern Yunnan. Memoirs Geol. Soc. China 15, 1936 With Y. L. Wang. Cambrian and Silurian Formations of Malung and Chutsing Districts, Yunnan. Geological Society of China Bulletin 16: 1–28, 1937 HONORS (Fossil) Tingia Halle 1925 (Plantae) Tingiostachys Konno 1929 (Plantae) Dingavis O’Connor, Wang & Hu 2016 (Aves)
Travassos brothers
Lauro Pereira Travassos Filho, Brazilian entomologist (Rio de Janeiro 07 February 1918 – São Paulo 29 May 1989) Son of Lauro Travassos Authored 76 papers Developed techniques for maintaining and growing arthropods in laboratory Técnicas gerais seguidas no estudo da ordem Mantodea Burmeister, 1838. Arq. Zool. Est. São Paulo 4(5): 113-56, 1945 Developed techniques for maintaining anatomical pieces Líquido para preservação das estruturas internas de lepidópteros e demais insetos que habitualmente se montam em alfinetes. Arq. Zool. Est. São Paulo 7(7):439-44, 1950 Proposed employing Armadillidium vulgare (Crustacea) in preparation of vertebrate cranes With C. Pereira. O emprego de “tatuzinhos”, Oniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) na preparação de crânios de vertebrados. Rev. Biol. Hyg. 5(2):67-8, 1934 DESCRIBED LEPIDOPTERA TAXA Family Disschematidae 1951 with L. Travassos Genera Romualdisca 1946 with D’Andretta Lepidoneiva 1940 Metamya 1946 Riccia 1953 Mirandisca 1955 Species Adelocephala amena 1940 Ecdemus pereirai 1940 Ernassa ignata 1944 Rhipha curicosilvai 1954 Romualdisca dalmeidai 1946 LINKS http://teste.pc2.com.br/butantan/arquivos/39/PDF/1.pdf (bibliography) Haroldo Pereira Travassos, Brazilian ichthyologist (Rio de Janeiro 23 March 1922 – Rio de Janeiro 13 June 1977) Authored 68 scientific works Modified the Davis-Gore staining method for vertebrate skeletons (1944) DESCRIBED PISCES TAXA Living Valid Species Apareiodon machrisi 1957 Apareiodon mogiguacuensis 1952 Astyanax saltor 1960 Characidium alipioi 1955 Characidium gomesi 1956 Characidium grajahuensis 1944 Characidium japuhybensis 1949 Characidium lagosantensis 1947 Characidium lanei 1967 Characidium lauroi 1957 Characidium oiticicai 1967 Characidium schubarti 1955 Characidium timbuiense 1946 Characidium vidali 1967 Deuterodon langei 1957 Hyphessobrycon axelrodi 1959 Hyphessobrycon cachimbensis 1964 Hyphessobrycon haraldschultzi 1960 Jupiaba minor 1964 Moenkhausia newtoni 1964 Fossil (with Silva Santos) Genera Palaeomyliobatis 1960 Procharax 1956 Rhizolatrus 1960 Species Carcharhinus ackermani 1969 Curimata mosesi 1955 Diodon ferreirai 1960 Galeocerdo paulinoi 1960 Megacheirodon unicus 1955 Palaeomyliobatis pirabensis 1960 Procharax minor 1956 Rhizolatrus vidalis 1960 Sphaerodus paraensis 1960 Sphyraena cunhai 1960 Sphyraena egleri 1960 HONORS Haroldopsis Albuquerque 1954 (Diptera)