Hernán Chaimovich Guralnik, Chilean-born Brazilian biochemist (Santiago 07 August 1939 – From Jewish Russian ancestry Authored 136 papers ACHIEVEMENTS First demonstrated that any enzyme behave such
a specific manner With A. Traverso-Cori & O. Cori. Kinetic studies and properties of potato apyrase. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 109(1):173-84, 1965 Developed models for quantitative analysis of
micelles and other aggregates on reactions Described one of the first artificial surfactant systems forming vesicles Elaborated conceptual frameworks for the quantitative analysis of reaction rates in aggregated systems advancing the understanding of interfacial effects on chemical and biological reactivity First described vesicle formation using synthetic
amphiphiles with negative charge (1984) With R.A. Mortara & F.H. Quina. Formation of closed vesicles from a simple phosphate diester. Biochem Biophysl
Res Commun 81(4):1080-1086, 1978 Described methodology for analysis of reaction velocities in complex systems With F.H. Quina. Conceptual framework for ion-exchange im micellar solutions. J. Phys. Chem 83(14);1844-50, 1979 With F.H. Quina, R.M.V. Aleixo, I.M. Cuccovia & D. Zanette. Quantitative analysis of micellar effects on chemical reactivity and equilibria: an evolutionary overview. Solution Behavior of Surfactants 2:949-73, 1982 With A.E. Vercesi
& J.M. Cuccovia. A plant uncoupling mitochondrial protein pump. Nature 375:
24-24, 1995. METHODS
With E.J. Ribaldo, J.B. S. Bonilha, M.J. Politi, F.H. Quina et al. A rapid quantitative method for determining the homolog composition of quaternary ammonium surfactants. J Colloid Interf Science 97:115-120, 1984. With J.M. Cuccovia,
L.S. Romsted & I.N. Silva. A new method for estimating the degree of
ionization and counterion selectivity of cetyltrimethilammonium halide
micelles: chemical trapping of free counterions by water soluble arene
diazonion ion. Langmuir 2628:647-652, 1997. With L. G. K S. Dias
& J. P. S. Farah. A simple method for the fast calculation of charge
redistribution of solutes in an implicit solvent model. Chemical
Physics 282(2):237-243, 2002. HONORS Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques de France (2010) |
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