Roman Nitsch’s Works on Rabies in View of the Development Microbiology as a Medical Discipline at Turn 20th Century Franciszek Henryk Nitsch was born September 5, 1873 Podchybie. In 1899, he graduated from Faculty Medicine Jagiellonian University. Until 1915, worked an assistant Department Hygiene University Krakow, cooperating with Prof. Odon Bujwid. 1915 nominated associate professor hygiene ...

The present work was conducted to evaluate AFLP (Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism) and SSR (Simple Sequence Repeat) marker systems for their ability to detect genetic diversity within a set of 29 common bean accessions spanning both the Andean and Mesoamerican gene pools and to compare the efficiency of these two marker types in the classification of accessions according to the gene pools...

We are gathered in Toronto, today, to render homage to Prof. Keiichi TANAKA, one of the most outstanding electron microscopists of our times. There are occasions, such as this, when the peers select one of their own to pay a tribute on their behalf, to a person who distinguished himself, in a certain field, by the continuous excellence of his lasting contributions. Actually, I feel more honor b...

I (M.B-G.) was born in 1928 in Beauvais (France) where my family lived until 1929, but because of the economic depression, my parents moved to Geneva where we were citizens. Both my parents were interested in the scientific aspects of biology, which was certainly important for my education. Living in Geneva was optimal, as we could easily go to high school and the University by tram, although I...

Von der Philosophisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät angenommen. Berne. I am really grateful to many people that directly or indirectly contributed to this work. I do apologize if I do not explicitly name all of them here, but I indeed thank everyone who helped. First I want to express my gratitude to my advisor, Prof. Dr. Torsten Braun. His trust in my work even when things seemed not to be ...

I am glad to sketch Prof. Tatiana Bani-Sacchi’s outstanding contribution to relaxin research, which has opened new views on the biological effects and therapeutic perspectives of this hormone, with special reference to the cardiovascular field. I first met her about 30 years ago, when she was a young Full Professor of Histology in the Florence University Faculty of Medicine, yet affirmed as an ...