Biochemistry is one of the scientific disciplines, whose research and applications contribute greatly to the care of human health, allowing, among other things, the increased early detection of a number of diseases.
Hours of study in laboratories, many times without optimal technical means, but resorting to the incessant creativity of those who are determined to achieve results in their work, biochemists also make invaluable contributions to agricultural science, veterinary medicine, and the study and treatment of the environment. problems. La Plata has and continues to have biochemists who have developed a formidable and fruitful professional mission, recognized and awarded within our country and abroad.
Maria Christina Aron
This renowned professional lab is a biochemist who specializes in the physical, chemical, functional, and biological properties of food macromolecules.
In 1974, at the age of 28, she was awarded the title of Doctor of Biochemical Sciences from the Faculty of Exact Sciences of the National University of La Plata.
Senior researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), when he turned 50 in 2008, she was one of the professionals to receive the special award presented for the celebration, and on the occasion she also received a gold pin dedicated to the chief scientists of the organization.
In 2013, it received the Konex Platinum Award in the Agricultural Engineering, Veterinary Medicine and Food category.
Maria Christina Anyon
Rudolf Brenner
Rodolfo Brenner (1922-2018) was an outstanding researcher in the field of biological chemistry and founder of the Biochemical Research Institute of La Plata, accredited by CONICET, from which he received the Great Investigators Award arranged to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. Organism.
In addition, he has had an extensive career as tenured professor in biochemistry and researcher at the United Nations University School of Medicine, where he was appointed Professor Emeritus.
In its production, the contributions of international influence on the biochemistry of lipids, which are of particular interest to biomedicine, stand out.
In recognition of his work and career, he has received more than 30 awards worth highlighting, namely the Campomar Foundation Award in 1972; Herrero Ducloux Award from the National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences in 1974; Konex Prize was awarded to the top 5 biochemists in Argentina in 1983; Gold Medal “G. Conferred Burns and von Euler’ Prize in London in 1985; Society of American Petroleum Chemists in Baltimore in 1990; Third World Academy of Sciences in New Delhi, India, 2002; 2009 ‘Houssay Track Prize’ in the field of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Buenos Aires, 2010 and “Research Excellence of the Argentine Nation” in 2010.
Rodolfo Brenner
Juan Jose Cazulo
Another notable biochemist is Juan José Cazullu, who is, among others, a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Senior Research Fellow at CONICET, Honorary Doctor of Medicine from Uppsala University, Sweden; Member of the Latin American Academy of Sciences and the International Academy of Sciences.
He has been President of the Argentine Society for Research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SAIB), the Argentine Society of Elementary Zoology and Parasitology (SAPyEP) and President of the Inter-American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. His research work refers to the biochemistry and molecular biology of Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease.
Juan Jose Cazulo
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