Boris Balinsky
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Boris Ivan Balinsky
Борис Іванович Балінський | |
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| Born | 23 September 1905 Kyiv, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1 September 1997 (aged 91) |
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| Spouse(s) | Catherine Singaiivska, Elizabeth Stengel |
| Children | John B. Balinsky, Helen David |
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| Fields | Embryology, entomology |
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| Doctoral advisor | Ivan Schmalhausen |
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Boris Ivan Balinsky (23 September 1905, in Kyiv, Russian Empire – 1 September 1997, in Johannesburg, South Africa) was a Ukrainian and South African biologist, embryologist, entomologist, professor of Kiev University and University of the Witwatersrand. Pioneer researcher in the field of , electron microscopy and developmental biology. He was author of popular textbook in embryology An Introduction to Embryology.[1]
Born Ukrainian, a student of Ivan Schmalhausen, he was one of the first to experimentally induce organogenesis in amphibian embryos. Balinsky was a full university professor and the deputy director of the Institute of Biology in Kyiv at 28 years of age. He became a recognized expert in fish and amphibian development. Being victim of Soviet repressions, he remained under German occupation during World War II and fled to Posnan, Poland and later Munich, Germany. Balinsky briefly worked in Scotland in Conrad Hal Waddington's laboratory on mice embryology. Finally, he went to South Africa to become one of the founders of South African experimental bioscience.
Balinsky also worked in entomology and described new species of Plecoptera, Odonata and moths from the family Pyralidae, mainly from Caucasus and South Africa.
He had a son John B. Balinsky who is also a scientist.
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Plecoptera[]
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- Agriocnemis pinheyi Balinsky, 1963
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- Ceratogomphus triceraticus Balinsky, 1963
- Chlorolestes draconicus Balinsky, 1956
- Orthetrum robustum Balinsky, 1965
- Pseudagrion helenae Balinsky, 1964
- Pseudagrion inopinatum Balinsky, 1971
- Pseudagrion vumbaense Balinsky, 1963
- Urothemis luciana Balinsky, 1961
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- Abachausia grisea Balinsky, 1994
- Acrobasis africanella Balinsky, 1994
- Afromyelois communis Balinsky, 1991
- Afromylea natalica Balinsky, 1994
- Afropsipyla pictella Balinsky, 1994
- Afropsipyla similis Balinsky, 1994
- Ambetilia crucifera Balinsky, 1994
- Ancylosis aeola Balinsky, 1987
- Ancylosis eugraphella Balinsky, 1987
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- Ancylosis glaphyria Balinsky, 1987
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- Ancylosis mimeugraphella Balinsky, 1989
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- Ancylosis namibiella Balinsky, 1987
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- Ancylosis similis Balinsky, 1987
- Apomyelois bicolorata Balinsky, 1991
- Arsissa transvaalica Balinsky, 1991
- Aspithroides minuta Balinsky, 1994
- Azanicola adspersa Balinsky, 1991
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- Bahiria latevalvata Balinsky, 1994
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- Cabotella inconspicua Balinsky, 1994
- Candiopella dukei Balinsky, 1994
- Cantheleamima excisa Balinsky, 1994
- Ceuthelea umtalensis Balinsky, 1994
- Cunibertoides nigripatagiata Balinsky, 1991
- Emporia melanobasis Balinsky, 1991
- Encryphodes ethiopella Balinsky, 1991
- Epicrocis abbreviata Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis ancylosiformis Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis arcana Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis brevipalpata Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis complicata Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis coriacelloides Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis crassa Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis flavicosta Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis furcilinea Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis gracilis Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis imitans Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis insolita Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis intermedia Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis noncapillata Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis ornata Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis ornatella Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis picta Balinsky, 1991
- Epicrocis plumbifasciata Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis punctata Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis sacculata Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis spiculata Balinsky, 1994
- Epicrocis vansoni Balinsky, 1994
- Eucarphia anomala Balinsky, 1994
- Eurhodope nyctosia Balinsky, 1991
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- Faveria poliostrota Balinsky, 1994
- Flabellobasis montana Balinsky, 1991
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- Homoeosoma masaiensis Balinsky, 1991
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- Namibicola simplex Balinsky, 1994
- Namibicola splendida Balinsky, 1991
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- Nyctegretis cullinanensis Balinsky, 1991
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- Ortholepis polyodonta Balinsky, 1991
- Ortholepis pyrobasis Balinsky, 1991
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- Staudingeria mimeugraphella Balinsky, 1989
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New genera[]
- Abachausia Balinsky, 1994
- Afromyelois Balinsky, 1991
- Afromylea Balinsky, 1994
- Afropsipyla Balinsky, 1994
- Ambetilia Balinsky, 1994
- Aspithroides Balinsky, 1994
- Azanicola Balinsky, 1991
- Bahiria Balinsky, 1994
- Cabotella Balinsky, 1994
- Candiopella Balinsky, 1994
- Cantheleamima Balinsky, 1994
- Ceuthelea Balinsky, 1994
- Cunibertoides Balinsky, 1991
- Flabellobasis Balinsky, 1991
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- Namibicola Balinsky, 1991
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References[]
- ^ Balinsky, Boris (1970). An Introduction to Embryology (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company. ISBN 0721615171.
Sources[]
- Balinsky, Boris (1988). Digital Surrogate of Boris Balinsky Memoir. University of Illinois Archives.
- Korzh, Vladimir (2005). "Boris Balinsky: transition from embryology to developmental biology" (PDF). BioEssays. 27 (9): 970–977. doi:10.1002/bies.20253. PMID 16108077. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23.
- Willis, C.K.; Samways, M.J. (2011). Waterdancers of South Africa's National Botanical Gardens (PDF). SANBI Biodiversity Series. 21. Pretoria, South Africa: South African National Biodiversity Institute. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-919976-68-6.
- Fabian, B. (December 2009). "Balinsky's Darwinian roots". South African Journal of Science. 105 (11–12): 410–414. doi:10.4102/sajs.v105i11/12.149.
- E.S. Grossman (2005). "Boris Ivan Balinsky 10 September 1905 — 1 September 1997". South African Journal of Science. 101 (May/June): 309–312. hdl:10520/EJC96417.
- Desnitskiy, A. G. (2014). "On a contribution of Boris Balinsky to the comparative and ecological embryology of amphibians". Russian Journal of Developmental Biology. 45 (2): 101–104. doi:10.1134/S1062360414010032. ISSN 1062-3604. S2CID 5635200.
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