Anita Dolly Panek
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Anita Dolly Haubenstock Panek (born September 1, 1930 in Cracow, Poland) is a Brazilian biochemist.
She emigrated to Brazil because of World War II. She received a B.Sc. in Chemistry, 1954 and a Ph.D. in 1962. She became a professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
In 1988 she showed that endogenous trehalose protects cells against the damage caused by freezing.
[edit] Memberships
- Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1986.
- Latin American Academy of Sciences, Caracas, Venezuela, 1989.
- Third World Academy of Sciences, 1989.
[edit] Awards
- Commander of the Order of National Scientifc Merit, Brazil, 1996.
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