John B. Balinsky
John Boris Balinsky
Іван (Джон) Балінський | |
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Born | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR | 4 July 1934
Died | 1 October 1983 | (aged 49)
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Fields | Biochemistry, zoology |
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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.
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:
- JB Balinsky, 1957
- JB Balinsky, 1957
- 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.
Sources[]
- "Biographical note in John B. Balinsky Papers 1976–1983". University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Balinsky, Boris (1988). Digital surrogate of Boris Balinsky Memoir. University of Illinois Archives.
- American zoologists
- American biochemists
- South African biologists
- Ukrainian emigrants to South Africa
- Scientists from Johannesburg
- Scientists from Kyiv
- 1934 births
- 1983 deaths
- 20th-century South African zoologists