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Die Brownsche Bewegung und die wahre Existenz der Moleküle
Jean B. Perrin
Perrin, J. Die Brownsche Bewegung und die wahre Existenz der Moleküle, 1910
Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870-1942) was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids, verified Albert Einstein’s explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter.
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Künstliche Parthenogenese
Alexander Petrunkewitsch
Petrunkewitsch, A. Künstliche Parthenogenese, 1904
Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (1875-1964) was a Russian arachnologist. From 1910 to 1939 he described over 130 spider species. One of his most famous essays was "The Spider and the Wasp."
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Nitrogen in the Life of Plants
Dmitrii N. Prianishnikov
Prianishnikov, D. Nitrogen in the life of plants, 1951
Dmitry Nikolaevich Prianishnikov (1865-1948) was an agrochemist, biochemist and plant physiologist, founder of the Soviet scientific school in agronomic chemistry.
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Paracelsus Als Medizinischer Schriftsteller
J. K. Proksch
Proksch, J.K. Paracelsus Als Medizinischer Schriftsteller, 1911
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William Davidson of Aberdeen
John Read
Read, J. William Davidson of Aberdeen: the first British professor of chemistry, 1951
Tercentenary memorial lecture delivered in Marischal College, Aberdeen, on 16th November, 1948
John Read (1884-1963) was a British chemist and scientific author.
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The Haemocyanins
Albert C. Redfield
Alfred C. Redfield. The Haemocyanins, 1934
Abstract: As yet we know comparatively little about haemocyanin. especially with regard to its relation to oxygen. It is a matter which would well repay investigation to determine whether it has the remarkable properties which haemoglobin has in this respect. properties which are at present unique. (Bayliss, Principles of General Physiology, 1915.)
Alfred Clarence Redfield (1890 – 1983) was an American oceanographer known for having discovered the Redfield ratio, which describes the ratio between nutrients in plankton and ocean water. In 1966, he received the Eminent Ecologist Award from the Ecological Society of America. His research was used by James Lovelock in the formulation of the Gaia hypothesis, that "Organisms and their environment evolve as a single, self-regulating system." From 1918 to 1924, Redfield worked with Elizabeth M. Bright on studies that involved the effects of radiation and Nereis. In collaboration the team published 12 papers.
During his doctoral research, he studied the mechanism of horned toad skin coloration, identifying adrenaline as the primary control of skin coloration. He later studied the effects of X rays and radium radiation on the physiological action.
Following his graduation, he went on to study marine biology. He studied hemocyanin, which is the blood pigment of many invertebrate species, which binds oxygen, and characterized its physiological behavior.
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A modified Ьethod for the Manufacture of Insulin
T. Brailsford Robertson
T. Brailsford Robertson. A modified method for the manufacture of insulin, 1923
1923 – Insulin manufactured in Australia for the first time. Professor Thorburn Brailsford Robertson obtained a license from Toronto’s Insulin committee to prepare insulin in Australia. As a result, insulin was manufactured for the first time in Australia at the University of Adelaide. Robertson also devised a way of producing insulin more cheaply, quickly and in greater volume than anywhere else in the world.
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Further Explanatory Remarks Concerning the Chemical Mechanics of Cell-Division
T. Brailsford Robertson
T. Brailsford Robertson. Further Explanatory Remarks Concerning the Chemical Mechanics of Cell-Division, 1913
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Note on the Synthesis of a Protein Through the Action of Pepsin
T. Brailsford Robertson
T. Brailsford Robertson. Note on the synthesis of a protein through the action of pepsin, 1907
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On the Extraction of a Substance from the Sperm of a Sea Urchin
T. Brailsford Robertson
T. Brailsford Robertson. On the extraction of a substance from the sperm of a sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) which will fertilize the eggs of that species, 1912
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On the Isolation of Oöcytase, the Fertilizing and Cytolyzing Substance in Mammalian Blood-Sera
T. Brailsford Robertson
T. Brailsford Robertson. On the isolation of oöcytase, the fertilizing and cytolyzing substance in mammalian blood-sera, 1912
It has been observed by Loeb that the eggs of sea-urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) may be induced to form fertilization-membranes by immersing them in mammalian blood-sera which have been rendered isotonic with sea-water by the addition of NaCl. Occasionally, if the serum be especially potent, simple immersion of the eggs in the serum suffices to bring about this result, but as a rule previous treatment of the eggs with a sensitizing agent (SrCl2 or CaCl2) is required. Prolonged action of the serum upon sensitized eggs results in the cytolysis of the eggs. Very potent sera usually cause agglutination of the eggs as well, especially of sensitized eggs.
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On the Nature of the Autocatalyst of Growth
T. Brailsford Robertson
T. Brailsford Robertson. On the Nature of the Autocatalyst of Growth, 1913
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On the Non-Enzymatic Character of Oöeytin(Oöcytase),
T. Brailsford Robertson
T. Brailsford Robertson. On the non-enzymatic character of oöeytin (oöcytase), 1912
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Recent Experiments in the Chemical Fertilization of Animal Eggs
T. Brailsford Robertson
T. Brailsford Robertson. Recent experiments in the chemical fertilization of animal eggs, 1910
A lecture delivered by T. Brailsford Robertson before the Microscopical section of the Royal Society of South Australia, at Adelaide, on Tuesday, June 28, 1910
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Studies in the Chemistry of the Ion-Proteid Compounds
T. Brailsford Robertson
T. Brailsford Robertson. Studies in the chemistry of the ion-proteid compounds, 1907
Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1884 – 1930), generally known as Brailsford Robertson, was an Australian physiologist and biochemist.
Robertson had been very interested in the work of Professor Jacques Loeb of the University of California, one of the ablest biochemists of his time, and immediately after graduation obtained a position in his laboratory. There he worked for five years, contributing during this period around 40 papers to leading scientific journals, and establishing a reputation as an authority on proteins. He never lacked courage, and thus early in his career attacked and subsequently refuted many of the doctrines then generally accepted. In 1910 when Loeb went to the Rockefeller Institute, New York, Robertson became assistant professor of biochemistry and pharmacology at Berkeley, becoming full professor in 1917.
An excellent lecturer, he was, foremost, an inspired and inspiring investigator who greatly influenced the development of a research outlook in the medical school.
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