Alcides Ribeiro Teixeira
Alcides Ribeiro Teixeira, Brazilian mycologist (Torrinha, São Paulo State 06 April 1918 – São Paulo 13 June 2003) Developed techniques for sampling and mounting of hyphae (1956 and 1962) Método para estudo das hifas do carpóforo de fungos poliporáceos Publ. Inst. Bot. Est. S. Paulo 22 (1956) DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA Genera Albatrellopsis 1994 Coltriciopsis 1989 Hornodermoporus 1993 Species Lentinus campinensis 1946 Lenzites cubamyces 1992 Peloronectria bambusina 1955 Phellinus bresadolianus 1992 Phellinus piptadeniae 1950 Phellinus rickii 1950 Physoderma hydrocotylidis 1943 with Viegas Polyporus lucienqueletii 1986 Pseudolpidiopsis achylae 1943 with Viegas Stereum beigehymenium 1945 Syncephalis ubatubensis 1943 with Viegas HONORS Teixeiranthus King & Robinson 1980 (Asteraceae)
Alberto Carlos Taquini
Alberto Carlos Taquini Castiglioni, Argentine medical researcher (Buenos Aires 06 December 1905 – 04 March 1998) Authored 350 scientific papers mainly on cardiology and arterial hypertension With L.F. Leloir, J.C. Fasciolo, J.M. Muñoz and E. Braun Menendez discovered angiotensin and described enzymatic nature of rennin-angiotensin system and its relationship to arterial hypertension With J.M. Muñoz, J.C. Fasciolo & L.F. Leloir. Hypertensin: the substance causing renal hypertension. Nature 144:980, 1939 Proposed universal thoracic heartbeat (Arrillaga-Davobe sign) as a diagnostic way of retro cardiac aorta aneurisms With F. C. Arrillaga. Battement thoracique universal: nouvel element de diagnostic pour les anévrismes de l’aorte retrocardiaque (1933) Proposed the evolutive hypertension Hipertensión arterial evolutiva (1952) With R. Labriola, O.Orias, E.M. de Españes & V. Deulofeu. Fagarine, a possible substitute for quinidine. Science 102(2638):69-70, 1945 METHODS Ideated original techniques of intraesophagic electrocardiography With J.C. Fasciolo. Metodo para el reconocimiento de pequeñas quantidades de renina. Rev. Soc. Arg. Biol. (1947) With J.M. Muñoz, E. Braun-Menendez, J.C. Fasciolo & L.F. Leloir. Metodo para la medición de la renina humana. Rev. Soc. Arg. Biol. 19:321-31, 1943 HONORS Honorary Member, American College of Physicians, American Heart Association, American Physiological Society, Cardiology Society of Belgium, Cardiology Society of France, International Academy of Medicine President, World Heart Federation (1954-62) and International Council of Hypertension (1954-68)
Adolphe Tonduz
Jean François Adolphe Tonduz, Swiss-born Costa Rican botanist and plant pathologist (Pulley, Vaud Canton, Lavraux-Oron District 18 September 1862 – Ciudad de Guatemala 19 December 1921) Authored about 90 works Described the plant species Myroxylon sonsonatense (1908) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY El pudrimiento del tallo del banano. Bol. Inst. Fis. Geogr. Costa Rica 11:309-10, 1901 El blanco o mofo de las raices del cafeto. Bol. Inst. Fis. Geogr. Costa Rica (1900) La fumagina del cafeto. Anal. Inst. Fis-Geogr. Nac. 6 (1897) Herborisations au Costa Rica. Bull. Herb. Boissier 4:163-77, 1896 Exploraciones botánicas em Talamanca. Anales Inst. Fis-Geogr. Nac. (1895) Expediciones botánicas efectuadas en la parte meridional de Costa Rica por los años 1891-1892 (1893) Informe sobre la enfermedad del cafeto (1893) HONORS Tonduzia Pittier 1908 (Apocynaceae) Dontuzia Gómez 1973 (Fungi)
Yvonne Sanguinetti
Yvonne Therezinha Sanguinetti, Brazilian paleontologist (193? DESCRIBED FOSSIL OSTRACODA TAXA Genera Bisulcocypris 1958 with Pinto Brasilicythere 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Species Ambostracon crucicostatum 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Argenticythere levipunctata 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Argenticytherella variabilis 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Australicythere bensoni 1979 Bensonia midipunctata 1979 Bensonia minipunctata 1979 Bensonia tripunctata 1979 Bisulcocypris albertensis 1962 with Pinto Bisulcocypris castellonensis 1987 with Pinto Bisulcocypris lubimovae 1987 with Pinto Bisulcocypris pricei 1987 with Pinto Bisulcocypris truncata 1987 with Pinto Bisulcocypris uninodosa 1987 with Pinto Bradleya pelotensis 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Bradleya rheingantzi 1979 Brasilicythere reticulispinosa 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Callistocythere fossulata 1995 with Coimbra & Bittencourt Calcagno Callistocythere laminata 1995 with Coimbra & Bittencourt Calcagno Callistocythere multicellulosa 1995 with Coimbra & Bittencourt Calcagno Callistocythere sigmocostellata 1995 with Coimbra & Bittencourt Calcagno Caudites diagonalis 1979 Caudites posdiagonalis 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Coquimba bertelsae 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Costa riograndensis 1993 with Ornellas & Coimbra Cyprideis maxipunctata 1993 with Ornellas, Coimbra & Ramos Cyprideis mostardensis 1993 with Ornellas, Coimbra & Ramos Cyprideis posteroinflata 1993 with Ornellas, Coimbra & Ramos Cyprideis sparsopunctata 1993 with Ornellas, Coimbra & Ramos Cypris cassinensis 1993 with Ornellas, Coimbra & Ramos Cytheretta punctata 1979 Cytheropteron tuberculatum 1979 Henryhowella kempfi 1993 with Ornellas & Coimbra Henryhowella rectangulata 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Henryhowella spinosa 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Krithe coimbrai 1999 with Do Carmo Krithe gnoma 1999 with Do Carmo Munseyella vandenboldi 1979 Pellucistoma gibosa 1979 Quadracythere eichlerae 1997 with Carreno & Coimbra Quadracythere nealei 1979 Rocaleberis bertelsae 1979 Rocaleberis sylvesterbradleyi 1979 Theriosynoecum martini 1962 with Pinto Theriosynoecum uninodosa 1958 with Pinto
Yellapragada Subba Row
Yellapragada Subbarao (Subba Row), Indian pharmacist and biochemist in United States (Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh State 12 January 1895 – Pearl River, New York State 08 August 1948) Authored over 100 papers CONTRIBUTIONS Developed Fiske-Subba Row calorimetric method to estimate phosphorus in tissues and body fluids (1924) With C. Fiske, P. Eggleton & G.P. Eggleton discovered phosphagen in muscle (1927) With Fiske discovered that phosphocreatine and ATP were sources of muscle power (1927-9) With Fiske isolated ATP and phosphocreatine independently from Lohmann (1929) With Szent-Gyorgy isolated pyridoxine Isolated and synthesized folic acid (1945) Developed a method to synthesize folic acid Found that folic acid cures tropical sprue Discovered antifolates ANTIBIOTICS With Duggar discovered aureomycin (1948) and tetracycline Discovered diethyl carbazamin Anti-cancer drug Methotrexate (1948) Hetrazan against elephantiasis Hydrazide against tuberculosis Polymyxin used in cattle feed HONORS Antibiotic Subbamycin Genus Subbaromyces Hesseltine 1953 (Fungi)
Wilson Sasso
Wilson da Silva Sasso, Brazilian morphologist (São Paulo 07 July 1925 – 2015) Performed the first chromosomic study of Turner’s syndrome With L. Decourt, E. Chiorboli, M.C. Lima & J.M. Fernandes. Sobre o sexo genético na síndrome de Turner. Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. 1(2):203-6, 1954 With N.F. Romani found a glycoproteolipid complex in human dental cuticle Papers in Nature and Lancet With N.M. de Castro. Sex chromatin (chromoleme) in the Purkinje nerve cells of some mammals. Nature 184:293, 1959 With N.M. de Castro, U.S. Trench & J. Kerbauy. Sex diagnosis by the nuclear structure of the cells of human urinary sediment. Lancet 273(6995):565, 1957 With N.M. de Castro & M.R. de Goes. Sex determination in rats (Rattus norvegicus var. albinus) through the ameloblasts of the dental germ. Nature 178 (4541): 1059-60, 1956 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With I. K. Ueda, M.I. Egami & E.R. Matushima. Cytochemical aspects of the peripheral blood cells of Oreochromis (Tilapia) niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cichlidae, Teleostei). Part II. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. 38(6), 2001 With C.A. Valente. Morphology and morphometry of the cervix uterine of female albino rats in the estrus and diestrus phases. Rev. Bras. Biol. 52(4):527-32, 1992 With M.I. Egami. Cytochemical observations of blood cells of Bothrops jararaca (Reptilia, Squamata). Rev. Bras. Biol. 48(1):155-9, 1988 With O.A. Mora & M.J. Simões. Aspectos ultra-estruturais dos fibroblasts durante a regressão da cauda dos girinos. Rev. Bras. Biol. 47(4):615-8, 1987 With M.A. I. de Lima. Histochemical detection of glycoproteins in the gastric epithelia of Columba livia. Acta Histoch. 76(2):145-50, 1985 With H.R.C. Segreto, L.M. Iwabuchi & N.F. Novo. The influence of whole-body exposure to low doses of x-rays on the peripheral reticulocyte count. Int. J. Appl. Rad. Isotopes 36(6):507, 1985 With S. Katz. Detecção histoquímica de polissacarídeos nas glândulas de Bowman da mucosa anal do rato albino. Rev. Bras. Biol. (1976) With A. Berezin. Electron microscopy of the pulmonary alveolar cells (granular pneumocyte) of normal and vagotomized Amphibian (Bufo icterus icterus). Experientia 30:1074, 1974 With H. de Souza Santos. Ultrastructural and histochemical observations of the external epithelium of echinoderm tube feet. Acta Anat. 88:22-33, 1974 With H. de Souza Santos. Ultrastructural and histochemical studies on the mucous granules in the tube feet of the starfish Echinaster brasiliensis. Experientia (1973) With H. de Souza Santos. Ultrastructural and histochemical studies on the epithelium revestment layer in the tube feet of the starfish Asterina stellifera. J. Morph. 130(3):287-96, 1970 With H. de Souza Santos. Electron microscopic and histochemical studies of human cellular cementum. Rev. Bras. Biol. 28(2):121-8, 1968 With H. de Souza Santos. Morphological and histochemical studies on the secretory glands of starfish tube feet. Acta Anat. (1968) With N. Macha & N.F. Romani. Histochemical study of the mucopolysaccharides of decayed human dentin. Rev. Fac. Odont. Univ. S. Paulo 4 (1966) With H. de Souza Santos. Electron microscopy of enamel and dentin of teeth of the Odontaspis (Selachii). J. Dental Res. (1961) With E. Katchburian & O. Della Serra. Estudo histoquimico de um pigmento da célula hepática do bugio Alouatta fusca. Rev. Bras. Biol. 21:131-8, 1961 With H. de Souza Santos & O. Della Serra. Observações sobre as estruturas mineralizadas do dente do cação do gênero Odontaspis (Selachii, Pisces). Rev. Bras. Biol. 21:79-95, 1961 With N.M. de Castro & E. Katchburian. A histological and histochemical study of the gizzard of the Mugil sp. Acta Anat. 45:155-63, 1961 Pesquisa de mucopolissacarídeos ao nível da mucosa do oviduto da coelha. Anais Fac. Farm. Odont. Univ. S. Paulo (1960) With N. M. de Castro. Diagnosis of genetic sex by the study of the nuclei of the arrectores pilorum muscles in biopsies of human skin. Rev. Latinoam. Anat. Patol. 3:39-46, 1959 Existence of hyaluronic acid in the zona pellucid of the rabbit ovum. Acta Anat. 36:252-7, 1959 With R.A. Aun & A.M. Almeida. Detecção histoquímica do acido hialurônico em cisto pseudomucinoso do ovário. Rev. Assoc. Med. Brasil 4(1):22-5, 1958 With H. de Souza Santos. Electron diffraction and electron microscopy studies of the crystalline component of enamel of the Odontaspis (Selachii). Experientia 17:17, 1957 With N.M. de Castro. Histochemical study of amelogenesis and dentinogenesis. Oral Surg. Oral Med. Oral Path. 10(12):1323-9, 1957 With N. M. de Castro & F. Saad. Da presence da fosfatase alcalina ao nível dos germs dentários. An. Fac. Farm. Odont. Univ. S. Paulo 11:243-7, 1953 With N. M. de Castro. Histochemical detection of mucopolysaccharides in mucous, mucoid and “transitional cells” of Cebus sp. (macaco prego). Rev. Istochim. Norm. Pat.