President Nicolás Maduro announces creation of a Great Mission dedicated to science
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Published at: 18/02/2024 07:12 PM
The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, announced that a Great Mission will soon be created to bear the name of Dr. Humberto Fernández-Morán Villalobos and will convene the entire national scientific community.
The information was provided by the head of state, through his account on the social network X, in which he commemorated the centenary of the birth of the science icon in Venezuela, Dr. Humberto Fernández-Morán Villalobos .
In the message, he said that “today we celebrate the centenary of the birth of a science icon in Venezuela, Dr. Humberto Fernández-Morán Villalobos.”
“We praise his memory and his great contribution to medicine and science in our country, and soon we will create a Great Mission that bears his name to summon the national scientific community to raise the academic and intellectual capacity of our researchers to the highest level,” he argued.
Fernández-Morán was born on February 18, 1924, in Maracaibo, Zulia state, and over time he became a brilliant scientist who made contributions to national science and left a legacy of inspiration that prevails among researchers in Venezuela and the world.
His training as a student took place between Maracaibo, Curaçao and New York. Later, he studied high school in Germany at the Schulgemeinde Institute in Sallfeld, and at 16 years of age, he entered the University of Munich where he began studying medicine and graduated Summa Cum Laude at just 20 years of age.
Humberto Fernández-Morán made a fundamental contribution to the advancement and improvement of electron microscopy, thanks to his knowledge of medicine and biology, which allowed him to develop the mechanical work capacity, precision and reliability of ultra microtomes, modern in his time.
In addition, he pioneered cryoultramicrotomy techniques and used superconducting lenses and liquid helium in electron microscopes, recording his significant participation in the development of the electron microscope.
Mazo News Team