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John B. Balinsky

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John Boris Balinsky
Іван (Джон) Балінський
Born(1934-07-04)4 July 1934
Died1 October 1983(1983-10-01) (aged 49)
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Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry, zoology
Institutions

John (Ivan) Boris Balinsky (July 4, 1934[1] in Kyiv – October 1, 1983[1] in Ames, Iowa) was a Ukrainian-South African zoologist. His father Boris Balinsky was an embryologist.

Early Life

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Balinsky was born in Kyiv into a family of biologists; his father, Boris Balinsky, was a university professor and his mother, Katia Syngayevskaya,[1] was a laboratory researcher. In 1937, his mother was sentenced to 10 years in a Gulag work camp, as part of Stalin's Great Purge.[2] The sentence was later reduced but she died suddenly in 1943.[2]

Balinsky graduated from St. John's College in Johannesburg, South Africa.[1] He obtained his Bachelors of Science in Zoology and Chemistry in 1955 from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and a Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1959 from the University of London.[1]

Career

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Balinsky studied amphibian physiology. He investigated cell environmental adaptation regulation during development.[1] Balinsky authored 47 research publications, including a chapter in the book "Comparative Biochemistry of Nitrogen Metabolism".[1]

Balinsky also described several species of Echinodermata:

Awards and grants

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Balinsky received numerous awards and grants, including:

Membership

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Balinsky was a member of:

He was also the vice-chair from 1974-1975 of the South African Biochemical Society and, from 1973-1974, chair of the Society for Experimental Biology, Transvaal.[1]

Further reading

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  • Balinsky, Boris (1988). Digital surrogate of Boris Balinsky Memoir. University of Illinois Archives.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Biography Note to the catalogue for the John B. Balinsky Papers in the Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library". Iowa State University Library. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Korzh, Vladimir (2005). "Boris Balinsky: transition from embryology to developmental biology" (PDF). BioEssays. 27: 970–977 – via Wiley.