Boris Balinsky
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Boris Ivan Balinsky
Борис Іванович Балінський | |
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| Born | 23 September 1905 |
| Died | 1 September 1997 (aged 91) |
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| Spouse(s) | Catherine Singaiivska, Elizabeth Stengel |
| Children | John B. Balinsky, Helen David |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Embryology, entomology |
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| Doctoral advisor | Ivan Schmalhausen |
| Notable students | |
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 experimental embryology, 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.
Insects described
Plecoptera
- Pontoperla teberdinica Balinsky, 1950
- Pontoperla katherinae Balinsky
- Balinskycercella gudu Balinsky, 1956
- Balinskycercella tugelae Balinsky, 1956
- Balinskycercella fontium Balinsky, 1956
Dragonflies
- Agriocnemis pinheyi Balinsky, 1963
- Agriocnemis ruberrima Balinsky, 1961
- 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
Lepidoptera
New species
- 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
- Ancylosis eurhoda Balinsky, 1989
- Ancylosis glaphyria Balinsky, 1987
- Ancylosis melanophlebia Balinsky, 1989
- Ancylosis mimeugraphella Balinsky, 1989
- Ancylosis montana Balinsky, 1989
- Ancylosis namibiella Balinsky, 1987
- Ancylosis obscurella Balinsky, 1989
- Ancylosis perfervid Balinsky, 1989
- Ancylosis similis Balinsky, 1987
- Apomyelois bicolorata Balinsky, 1991
- Arsissa transvaalica Balinsky, 1991
- Aspithroides minuta Balinsky, 1994
- Azanicola adspersa Balinsky, 1991
- Bahiria defecta Balinsky, 1994
- Bahiria durbanica Balinsky, 1994
- Bahiria flavicosta Balinsky, 1994
- Bahiria latevalvata Balinsky, 1994
- Bahiria macrognatha Balinsky, 1994
- Bahiria magna Balinsky, 1994
- Bahiria similis Balinsky, 1994
- Bahiria ximenianata Balinsky, 1994
- 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
- Euzophera crassignatha Balinsky, 1994
- Euzophera crinita Balinsky, 1994
- Euzophera cullinanensis (Balinsky, 1991)
- Euzophera minima Balinsky, 1994
- Euzophera termivelata Balinsky, 1994
- Euzopherodes capicola Balinsky, 1994
- Faveria dubia Balinsky, 1994
- Faveria fusca Balinsky, 1994
- Faveria ignicephalis Balinsky, 1994
- Faveria minima Balinsky, 1994
- Faveria minuscula Balinsky, 1994
- Faveria nonceracanthia Balinsky, 1994
- Faveria onigra Balinsky, 1994
- Faveria poliostrota Balinsky, 1994
- Flabellobasis montana Balinsky, 1991
- Gaana minima Balinsky, 1994
- Gaana quatra Balinsky, 1994
- Getulia maculosa Balinsky, 1994
- Hobohmia paradoxa Balinsky, 1994
- Homoeosoma masaiensis Balinsky, 1991
- Joannisia heterotypa Balinsky, 1994
- Joannisia jansei Balinsky, 1994
- Joannisia poliopasta Balinsky, 1994
- Joannisia semiales Balinsky, 1994
- Kivia longisacculata Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia affinis Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia glaucocephalis Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia grisella Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia homotypa Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia hortensis Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia inermis Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia injucunda Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia karkloofensis Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia lugubris Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia nigerrima Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia nonplagella Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia pulchra Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia salisburyensis Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia sarniensis Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia similis Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia spissa Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia squamata Balinsky, 1994
- Laodamia zoetendalensis Balinsky, 1994
- Leviantenna ferox Balinsky, 1994
- Macrovalva quadrielevata Balinsky, 1994
- Magiriamorpha superpalpia Balinsky, 1994
- Miliberta gnathilata Balinsky, 1994
- Nakurubia sacculata Balinsky, 1994
- Namibicola simplex Balinsky, 1994
- Namibicola splendida Balinsky, 1991
- Namibiopsis punctata Balinsky, 1994
- Nonphycita lineata Balinsky, 1994
- Nyctegretis cullinanensis Balinsky, 1991
- Oncocera affinis Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera cenochreella Ragonot, 1888
- Oncocera dubia Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera glaucocephalis Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera grisella Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera homotypa Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera horrens Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera hortensis Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera ignicephalis Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera inermis Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera injucunda Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera karkloofensis Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera lugubris Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera nigerrima Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera nonplagella Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera pulchra Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera salisburyensis Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera sarniensis Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera similis Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera spiculata Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera spissa Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera squamata Balinsky, 1994
- Oncocera zoetendalensis Balinsky, 1994
- Ortholepis polyodonta Balinsky, 1991
- Ortholepis pyrobasis Balinsky, 1991
- Ortholepis unguinata Balinsky, 1994
- Paralaodamia haploa Balinsky, 1994
- Paralaodamia angustata Balinsky, 1994
- Paralaodamia fraudulenta Balinsky, 1994
- Paralaodamia modesta Balinsky, 1994
- Paralaodamia pretoriensis Balinsky, 1994
- Paralaodamia serrata Balinsky, 1994
- Paralaodamia subligaculata Balinsky, 1994
- Paralaodamia transvaalica Balinsky, 1994
- Phycita attenuata Balinsky, 1994
- Phycita exaggerata Balinsky, 1994
- Phycita ligubris Balinsky, 1994
- Phycita randensis Balinsky, 1994
- Phycita singularis Balinsky, 1994
- Phycita spiculata Balinsky, 1994
- Phycita spissoterminata Balinsky, 1994
- Phycita suppenditata Balinsky, 1994
- Phycitophila obscurita Balinsky, 1994
- Phycitopsis insulata Balinsky, 1994
- Pretoria nigribasis Balinsky, 1994
- Proancylosis argenticostata Balinsky, 1991
- Pseudogetulia luminosa Balinsky, 1994
- Pseudographis dermatina Balinsky, 1989
- Pseudographis mesosema Balinsky, 1989
- Psorosa africana Balinsky, 1991
- Pylamorpha albida Balinsky, 1994
- Pylamorpha cristata Balinsky, 1994
- Quasiexuperius rhodesianus Balinsky, 1994
- Ramosignathos inconspicuella Balinsky, 1994
- Samaria inconspicuella Balinsky, 1994
- Sematoneura africana Balinsky, 1994
- Shebania grandis Balinsky, 1991
- Shebania maculata Balinsky, 1991
- Spatulipalpia monstrosa Balinsky, 1994
- Staudingeria mimeugraphella Balinsky, 1989
- Trachypteryx victoriola Balinsky, 1991
- Ulophora flavinia Balinsky, 1994
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
- Hobohmia Balinsky, 1994
- Joannisia Balinsky, 1994
- Kivia Balinsky, 1994
- Leviantenna Balinsky, 1994
- Macrovalva Balinsky, 1994
- Magiriamorpha Balinsky, 1994
- Miliberta Balinsky, 1994
- Nakurubia Balinsky, 1994
- Namibicola Balinsky, 1991
- Namibiopsis Balinsky, 1994
- Nonphycita Balinsky, 1994
- Paralaodamia Balinsky, 1994
- Phycitophila Balinsky, 1994
- Proancylosis Balinsky, 1991
- Pseudogetulia Balinsky, 1994
- Pseudographis Balinsky, 1989
- Pylamorpha Balinsky, 1994
- Quasiexuperius Balinsky, 1994
- Ramosignathos Balinsky, 1994
- Shebania Balinsky, 1991
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. Waterdancers of South Africa's National Botanical Gardens (PDF). SANBI Biodiversity Series. Vol. 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.
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