John Boris Balinsky - South African and American zoologist of Ukrainian origin.
Background
His father Boris Balinsky was an embryologist. 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 researher.
His mother died after return from a Soviet prison during World World War World War II
Education
Balinsky studied amphibian physiology.
Career
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 United States organization membership American Association for the Advancement of Science Biochemical Society Royal Society of South Africa Vice chairman (1974-1975) for the South African Biochemical Society and the chairman (1973-1974) of the Society for Experimental Biology, Transvaal.