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Notable students
  

Name
  
John Balinsky

Fields
  
Biochemistry, Zoology


Born
  
4 July 1934 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR (
1934-07-04
)

Citizenship
  
USSR (1934–1950) South Africa (1950–1983)

Institutions
  
University of the Witwatersrand University of London Columbia University Iowa State University

Died
  
October 1, 1983, Ames, Iowa, United States

Alma mater
  
St. John's College, Johannesburg, University of the Witwatersrand

Residence
  
Soviet Union, Germany, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America

John (Ivan) Boris Balinsky (July 4, 1934 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR – October 1, 1983 in Ames, Iowa, Iowa, United States) - South African and American zoologist of Ukrainian origin. His father Boris Balinsky was an embryologist.

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Life

Balinsky was born in Kyiv into a family of biologists; his father was university professor Boris Balinsky and his mother Catherine Singaiivska was a laboratory researcher. His mother died after return from a Soviet prison during World War II.

Science

Balinsky studied amphibian physiology. He investigated cell environmental adaptation regulation during development. Authored 47 research publications, including «Comparative Biochemistry of Nitrogen Metabolism» chapter.

Also described several species of Echinodermata:

  • Ophiactis delagoa JB Balinsky, 1957
  • Macrophiothrix mossambica JB Balinsky, 1957
  • Amphiura inhacensis JB Balinsky, 1957

    • Awards and grants

  • Witwatersrand Council of Education Overseas Scholarship (1956)
  • Nuffield Foundation in dominions (1962)
  • Carnegie Corporation of New York (1967)
  • U. S. National Institutes of Health International Fellowship (1968)
  • South African Council for the scientific and Industrial Research Senior Bursary (1975)
  • Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award (1975)

    • Science organization membership

  • AAAS
  • Biochemical Society
  • Royal Society of South Africa
  • Physiological Society of Southern Africa
  • Society for Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of Southern Africa

    • Vice chairman (1974-1975) for the South African Biochemical Society and the chairman (1973-1974) of the Society for Experimental Biology, Transvaal.

    References

    John B. Balinsky Wikipedia
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