Clovis Teixeira
Clovis Teixeira, Brazilian oceanographer (Sertãozinho, São Paulo 16 April 1932 – São Paulo 29 December 2010) Authored about 100 papers and 2 books Described the diatom genus Melchersiela in 1959 With H. Moreira Filho developed a method for sediment diatoms cleaning (1963) With J.G. Tundisi made suggestions for the use of C14 method in inshore waters and developed research methods for size fractionation of phytoplankton (1968) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Preliminary studies of primary production in the Ubatuba region (1973) Introdução aos métodos para medir a produção primária do fitoplâncton marinho. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. 22:59-92, 1973 With J.G. Tundisi. Plankton studies in a mangrove environment. VII. Size fractionation of the phytoplankton: some studies on methods. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. 17(1):89-94, 1968 With J.G. Tundisi. Primary production and phytoplankton in equatorial waters. Bull. Marine Science 17(4):884-91, 1967 With J.G. Tundisi & J. Santoro-Ycaza. Plankton studies in a mangrove environment. IV. Size fractionation of the phytoplankton. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. 16(1):39-42, 1967 With M.B. Kutner & F.M.S. Torgo. O efeito da respiração bacteriana no estudo da produção primária. Rev. Bras. Biol. 25:287-94, 1965 With J.G. Tundisi & M.B. Kutner. Plankton studies in a mangrove environment. II. The standing-stock and some ecological factors. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. 14(1):13-42, 1965 Relative rates of photosynthesis and standing stock of the net phytoplankton and nannoplankton. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. 13(2):53-60, 1963 With M.B. Kutner. Plankton studies in a mangrove environment. I. First assessment of standing stock and principal ecological factors. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. 12(3):101-24, 1962 With M.B. Kutner. Contribuição para o conhecimento das diatomáceas da região da Cananéia. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. 11:41-74, 1961 Diatomaceae of the bottom sediment from 12 oceanographic stations off the Brazilian coast. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 31(4):599-00, 1960 Estudo sobre algumas características do fitoplâncton da região de Cananéia e seu potencial fotossintético. Doctoral Thesis With J.G. Tundisi & J. Santoro-Ycaza. Primary production, zooplankton standing stock and some environmental factors. Int. Revue Ges. Hydrobiol. Hydrogr. 53(5)
Clara Torok
Clara Torok (née Klara Nussbaum), Romanian-born Brazilian chemist (07 January 1902 – Rio de Janeiro April 1968) With S. Fraenkel. Ueber neue basische cholinderivative. Biochem Ztschr. 182:424-33, 1927 With P. Kubelka & I. Ciornai develop a method for extraction of potassium salts from brine wastewater With H. Zocher. Beitraege sur Kenntnis der Taktosole. Ein neues taktosol: Aluminiumhydroxid. Kolloid Z. 173:1-7, 1960 PATENTS With I. Ciornai a process (1948) OTHERS With H. Zocher. Crystals of higher order and their relation to other superphases. Acta Crystall. 22(6):751-5, 1967 With H. Zocher. About space-time asymmetry in the realm of classical general and crystal physics. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sciences 39:681-6, 1953
Chong Hai Tay
Chong Hai Tay, Singaporean physician (1932- Authored over 120 articles Described Tay syndrome or IBIDS syndrome Ichtyosiform erythrodermia, hair shaft abnormalities, mental and growth retardation. A new recessive disorder. Arch. Dermat. 104:4-13, 1971 Discovered a new eosinophilic arthritis in Rheumatology 38(12):1188-94, 1999
Chiao Tsai
Chiao (Qiao) Tsai (Cai), Chinese physiologist (Jieyang, Guangdong Province 10 November 1897 – 29 July 1990) Authored over 100 papers Discovered ventral tegmental area of Tsai, the central region in the visual sense and eyeball motional function The optic tracts and centers of the opossum Didelphis virginiana. Journ. Comp. Neurol. 39(2):173-216, 1925 The descending tracts of the thalamus and midbrain of the opossum Didelphis virginiana. J. Comp. Neurol. 392:217-48, 1925 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY A comparative study of retention curves for motor habits. Comp. Psych. Monog. 2(11):29-121, 1924 The relative strength of the sex and hunger motives in the albino rat. J. Comp. Psych. 5:407, 1925 Carbohydrate metabolism of the liver. I. Glycogen and other carbohydrates in decapitated cats. Chin. J. Physiol. 7:215-26, 19 With Chun Yu Ling. The relative diffusibility of CO2 and O through various animal membranes. Chin. J. Physiol. 14(2):187-9, 1939 With C.Y. Ling. The density of animal tissues. Chin. J. Physiol. 14:39, 1939 The nature of antihemolytic substance in the plasma. Chin. J. Physiol. 16(2):165-78, 1941 With T.I. Chen. The mechanism of haemostasis in peripheral vessels. J. Physiol. 107:280-8, 1947 The action of narcotics on the conduction of nerve impulses from a single end-organ. J. Physiol. 173:382, 1981
Cheng Kui Tseng
Cheng Kui Tseng, Chinese phycologist and mariculture expert (Xiamen, Fujian Province 18 June 1909 – 20 January 2005) Regarded as an authority on industrial and feeding properties of marine algae Coined the term phycocolloid (1945) Developed culture system for marine algae on scientific foundations With Chaoyuan Wu produced a book on brown algae Laminaria japonica being the first even written work on cultivation of a single species of marine algae (1962) DESCRIBED ALGAE TAXA Valid Genera Parenchymorpha 1984 with Hua (Cyanophyta) Sinocladia 2005 with Li (Rhodophyta) Sinosiphonia 1983 with Zheng (Rhodophyta) Species At least 117 HONORS Tsengia Fan & Fan 1962 (Rhodophyta) Tsengiella Zhang & Xia 1987 (Rhodophyta) Chenkuizengella Cao, Guo, Du, Das, Saren, Jiang, Dunlap, Rooney, Yu & Li 2017 (Bacteria)
Chen Lu Tsou
Chen Lu Tsou or Chenglu Zou, Chinese biochemist (Qingdao, Shandong Province 17 May 1923 – Beijing 23 November 2006) ACHIEVEMENTS Concluded that enzyme succinate dehydrogenase is an electron carrier First purified enzyme succinate dehydrogenase Established the quantitative relationship between the modification of the side chain functional groups, the inactivation of the proteins and the kinetics of enzyme modification reactions Proposed an equation for calculation of essential groups in proteins (Zou equation) Conceived Tsou Chen Lu plot and Tsou Chen Lu statistical method Relation between modification of functional groups of proteins and their biological activity. I. A graphical method for the determination of the number and type of essential groups. Scientia Sinica 11:1535-58, 1962 Showed that the concept of substrate-inhibitor competition applies to both reversible and irreversible cases Showed the apparent rate constant for the irreversible modification step can be obtained in one experiment (widely used and cited in the literature) Proposed the flexibility of enzyme active sites