Anita Dolly Panek
Anita Dolly Haubenstock Panek is a Brazilian biochemist. She emigrated to Brazil because of World War II from Poland. 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.[1]
In 1988 she showed that endogenous trehalose protects cells against the damage caused by freezing.
Memberships
- Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1986.
- Latin American Academy of Sciences, Caracas, Venezuela, 1989.
- Third World Academy of Sciences, 1989.
Awards
- Commander of the National Order of Scientific Merit, Brazil, 1996.
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