Anita Dolly Panek Explained

Anita Dolly Haubenstock Panek is a Brazilian biochemist. She emigrated from Poland 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.^[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.

External links

• Anita Dolly Panek

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anita D. Panek's research . ResearchGate.